I need pics!!!

[birchmoon]

Is there a web sight that has pics of the different colors and markings? I have a dozen gerbils, and the only one I'm sure about is the black one. I have some very pretty gerbs...but I don't know what color they are. LOL


heather

[RW]

Here are three sites that are good for identifying colors:

www.agsgerbils.org/Color_Strip/index.html

home.wtal.de/ehr/gerbils/colors.htm

www.gerbil-info.nl.com/colours1.htm

Here's one that will help with the variety of white markings:

www.gerbils.co.uk/gerbils/pied.htm

RW

[birchmoon]

Let me practice with my sig pics.....DEW, spotted slate, mottled black...and in the pot are two DEH, a siamese and another spotted slate???

heather

[andrea]

The third pic along isn't mottled thats a pied black, he may even just be a spotted black as the collar isn't complete.

Heres a mottled black

[queenofthenile]

I forget where (not sure if it was here or AGS webring), but it said that patched gerbils are ones that have the head spot and neck spot but not a full collar. So I would call your gerbil a black patched. (Not to be confused with dark patched which has spots even darker than the rest of the body)

[darrenb]

Hiya,

Yes when talking of dark patched gerbils the patching is refering to a splodge of darker fur than the main - not the white

The gerbil to the far right is " dark patched pied slate" cos he has a darker bottom, but also has the pied collar.



I am quite sure that patched gerbil for refering to a white marking is not used by NGS standards - unsure of AGS standard though as not yet a member

[sandy2]

Ummm...looks to me like Black Eyed White, Colourpoint Slate, and Spotted Black or Slate (can't really see the shade but assume Black in the absence of a closer/clearer picture).

[birchmoon]

Even after seeing pics and reading about the colors I'm still confused. Too much information at one time make brain hurt.....duh.

I'll bet if I put a pic of all 12 of them on here there would be 78 different opinions on what color they are.