What colours are my gerbils? [New owner]

[smileramy]

I've seen a lot of talk about gerbil colouring and, after searching online, I'm still not sure what colour they are. (I've only had them a matter of days so am still getting used to all this)

Pictures of them should be seen in my signature. Gauss (dark grey) has a white patch on his his back so he's either pied or spotted but I'm not sure what to describe his colouring as. Fermi (dirty white) has a similar patching of white fur and the rest of him looks like the tips of his fur are darker than the rest of him.

Any ideas?

[minisonnette]

Hi Smileramy.

It is quite hard to see them in your signature. Do you have bigger pictures?

[smileramy]

I don't at the moment but I'll try

[betty]

Great - bigger pictures are always better...

I can't see your signature - but Grey Agoutis and Polar Foxes have similar genes, so that is a possibility if they are litter mates. Gray Agoutis have a very white tummy and Polar Foxes can look dirty white - especially if the spotting gene has lightened their original coat.

Can't wait to see the new images to confirm (as this guess could be totally wrong of course).

[Shooting Star]

Gauss is either Spot Black or Spot Slate. Fermi looks like Spot Colorpoint Agouti.
As mentioned, would need bigger pictures to really tell.

[betty]

Ah, I have seen the images now and yes, I agree with Shooting Star.