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Post by sandy2 on Oct 5, 2004 9:47:56 GMT -8
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Post by lydia on Oct 5, 2004 13:49:42 GMT -8
He does look a little bit dark for a siamese.I would want a Siamese to be white except for it's points.Whatever colour he is (and I'm no expert) he is gorgeous,like his sister from the previous litter.
Lyd
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Post by sweetie on Oct 5, 2004 19:34:09 GMT -8
Sandy,
What cuties!!!! I am very excited for you. They are all adorable. What where the colors of the parents?
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Post by queenofthenile on Oct 6, 2004 9:40:07 GMT -8
He does look burmese to me. My siamese were almost white at that age.
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Post by sandy2 on Oct 6, 2004 16:06:17 GMT -8
OK, ok, so he's a burmese. It must be the spotting gene making him lighter. His parents were spotted agouti and black. Remember, there are no chm gerbils in BC yet other than these (to my knowledge).
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Post by queenofthenile on Oct 6, 2004 18:32:51 GMT -8
Since there are no other chm gerbils in BC, I think it's great that you got burmese. They are better for breeding programs anyway (less chance for white than Siamese). You can actually see a siamese pup that's about 17 days old in my sig. It is the far right picture. You are right about the spotting making them appear lighter. What colour is the white pup third from the bottom in the pumpkin pic? It almost looks siamese because the tail is slightly darker... Here's some pics of my pups when they were about the same age (I know they look a bit green, but you get the general idea *shrug*):  L-R siamese, siamese, burmese. burmese, cp slate  Cute little burmese  this was one of my favourite pics Gosh you wind up with such cute and colourful litters!! |
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Post by sandy2 on Oct 8, 2004 19:17:46 GMT -8
Thanks for the compliments! I generally wind up with so much variety because I am "fishing" for the recessives and they come up in more than one colour. As I get a solid line of colourpoints going, there will be less colour in the litters but more predictability. I am very pleased with one of the black little boys, since he is a nearly perfect black. He only has a couple of fingers that have white. No white bib, and no "hand" rings, just a couple of fingers, one on each hand. I'm hopeful that they will disappear. At any rate, it shows that my blacks are getting less white on them and approaching the perfect standard. I'm a perfectionist, I admit it!
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Post by jubileehawker on Oct 12, 2004 11:09:28 GMT -8
If the gerbils are still available, I would be interested in adopting a few. How much would you be selling them for? I'd want the burmese, the black with the white on his head, and one of the whites. (I don't know the technical names.) Can you ship gerbils? I live in the U.S.
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Post by jubileehawker on Oct 12, 2004 11:09:55 GMT -8
If the gerbils are still available, I would be interested in adopting a few. How much would you be selling them for? I'd want the burmese, the black with the white on his head, and one of the whites. (I don't know the technical names.) Can you ship gerbils? I live in the U.S.
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Post by sandy2 on Oct 13, 2004 12:42:47 GMT -8
Jubilee, I live in BC Canada and do not ship them. You should be able to find gerbils similar to these closer to you, unless you are located in Washington state, or, at the furthest, Idaho or Oregon. I can't imagine driving that far just to get some gerbils!
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Here's our October litter...I'm told the little guy at the top is a Burmese (I think Siamese) so what do you experienced people think?
this was one of my favourite pics