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Post by bananaboat on Dec 14, 2022 4:40:23 GMT -8
imgur.com/a/xA5kuoCI have three gerbils One is completely white with red eyes and no sign of any other color. I’m thinking pink eyed white. The second looks almost black, but is more of a very dark brownish grey of you look closely. He has white on his paws and his eyes are black, but they are red with flash on. It looks like his ears and the top of his tail are slightly darker, but it’s hard to be sure. His whiskers are dark, not white. I was thinking slate. The third has a white belly and looks grey, but has black tips on his hairs. His nails are dark brown and the tip of his tail has some dark coloring. His ears are medium grey and his eyes are black, red with flash. The tip of his face isn’t dark, so I’m confused if he would be colorpoint grey agouti. I haven’t figured out colors and genetics (or how to upload pictures with Imgur). Please help, thank you.
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Post by Markpd on Dec 16, 2022 16:30:55 GMT -8
Afraid I can't really help with gerbil colours, but as to how to upload pics here, check out the linked thread in my sig.
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Post by betty on Dec 17, 2022 11:33:19 GMT -8
So totally white gerbils with REALLY pink eyes are usually Pink-Eyed White's which is a colourpoint gerbil that has been totally bleached out - so genetically a colourpoint Agouti/Black/Honey/Nutmeg etc.
Washed out black-coloured gerbils are usually Slate - especially if you can see a slightly different shade on the points - but it could also be just a 'hidden' dilution gene on a Black gerbil any of the main loci.
The one in the image looks to me like a cp agouti - either a normal agouti colourpoint, or a colourpoint grey agouti (I can never really tell as it is all about the toenails and things which I can't keep up with...).
If they are all siblings - Slate, CP Grey Agouti, and PEW would all go together quite nicely genetically.
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