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Post by sandy2 on Aug 26, 2004 15:37:22 GMT -8
Yeeha! I did it! And all from my own stock! Here is the first, to my knowledge, siamese gerbil bred in BC, Canada--maybe even in Alberta too: I'm so happy....   |
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Post by queenofthenile on Aug 26, 2004 15:49:52 GMT -8
Congratulations Sandy! That is wonderful. Where did you aquire the Cchm gene? The spotting looks like it will be very nice as well! I do know, however, that it isn't the first in Alberta. Mads Lund from Ponoka has been breeding Siamese for awhile, and I bred siamese, burmese, cp slate and lcp slate for about a year (I'm from Edmonton). Anyway, it is still quite an accomplishment! I think it's great to see more breeders of the colourpoints in the Western provinces. In case you are interested, there is a breeder in Saskatoon that breeds pretty much everything. www.geocities.com/gerbils_2003/ Siamese, burmese, deh, polar fox, schimmel, nutmeg, grey agouti, and the list goes on  . Unfortunately, I really don't agree with her ethics (she breeds for pets *and* feeders). Since I'm moving to Saskatoon next year, I'm hoping to eventually help Crazycritter establish either the ee or schimmel line in Alberta, if she lets me  . |
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Post by RW on Aug 27, 2004 4:00:15 GMT -8
Congratulations, Sandy. It must be very exciting to get a color new to your kennel. Is Siamese something you've been working toward?
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Post by sandy2 on Aug 27, 2004 14:06:48 GMT -8
Yes, well, when I started learning about gerbil colours I had a gerbil born that was a sapphire so I knew that I had the chm gene in my stock. I paired the agouti dad of that sapphire to a dove gerbil, and have now bred two siblings together from that pairing. One sibling is a pied agouti female who has proven she carries himalayan, and her mate is a black male who has now proven to carry chinchilla medium. This black male is very dark and has minimal white markings.
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Post by crazycritter on Aug 27, 2004 14:09:31 GMT -8
Since I'm moving to Saskatoon next year, I'm hoping to eventually help Crazycritter establish either the ee or schimmel line in Alberta, if she lets me . Haha, yes...I'll let you! I would love to breed schimmels! Congrats Sandy on your siamese! My Colorpoint slate is going to have pups soon...I'm very excited |
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Post by sweetie on Aug 28, 2004 11:17:32 GMT -8
Sandy,
Congrats. I love the burmese and the siamese and the polar fox,and the ........ Heck who am I kidding, I love them all. I wished I lived closer to you all!! I hope fully will be moving back to Maine in a year or two!!
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Post by sandy2 on Aug 31, 2004 20:51:34 GMT -8
Crazycritter, I'm as interested as you are in what pups you will get! Best of luck! The little female seems to be getting dark ticking, so maybe she is a Lt. Cpt. Agouti, which is great too. I've never seen a Cpt. gerbil in the flesh before, never mind how a Cpt. pup would develop. I'm just so happy this gene has popped out like this so I can have something definite to work with instead of hopeful maybes. Now I can streamline a bit too, have maybe two or three lines of definite gene types instead of somewhat of a mishmash which is what I have now. Anyways, the mishmash seems to have worked. You can see the whole litter of ten pups on my newly updated web page: The Gerbil Corner www.geocities.com/cvaneysinga/gerbil.html |
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Post by sandy2 on Sept 3, 2004 15:58:00 GMT -8
New piccy:  |
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Post by queenofthenile on Sept 3, 2004 16:13:57 GMT -8
Awww... it's adorable  . |
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Post by Ritzie/Admin on Sept 4, 2004 5:11:10 GMT -8
Hi Sandy, beautiful gerbils!!!!!! ;D |
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Post by sandy2 on Sept 8, 2004 8:53:43 GMT -8
Hi Peter, welcome back from your holidays! I think this little one is a light colourpoint. The picture doesn't show it but her ticking has a brownish tinge, so I don't think she's a grey agouti. Also her mom has produced some dove and argente cream pups. Time will tell--if she has a siamese pup in the next couple of litters then I'll know for sure. She is lovely.  |
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Post by sweetie on Sept 8, 2004 11:35:34 GMT -8
Hey Sandy, She's even cuter with hair!! How beautiful!! |
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Post by paws on Sept 29, 2004 7:24:22 GMT -8
Cute little baby!!!!! I want to breed mine so badly.
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