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Post by RyanF on Oct 3, 2004 9:12:13 GMT -8
I just want to know if these 2 gerbils are Dark Eyed Honeys.   I think I picked names!! yay!! Honey, and Buttercup! ;D |
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Post by andrea on Oct 3, 2004 9:52:04 GMT -8
I would say they are dark eyed honeys. ;D
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Post by sweetie on Oct 4, 2004 18:55:05 GMT -8
Yup, they are DEH's. They are adorable. I have one and he's a beauty. His name is Honeymunch!!!! He is so soft. Are your DEH's softer than the other gerbils?
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Post by lizzy on Oct 5, 2004 1:51:14 GMT -8
absolutely adorable  we had one at work a few weeks back. i sold her too, when i wanted to take her home myself  |
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Post by lydia on Oct 5, 2004 4:45:38 GMT -8
They are lovely Ryan,really pretty. where is the pic of their little black friend ? Haven't spotted it yet  . Lyd |
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Post by RyanF on Oct 5, 2004 12:34:45 GMT -8
Here she is. Her name is Mini. She looks like a miniature of Rody, so we named her that! ;D  |
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Post by lydia on Oct 5, 2004 13:56:30 GMT -8
Mini is stunning Ryan,her whiskers are almost as impressive as Rody's.
Lyd
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Post by RyanF on Oct 5, 2004 15:05:32 GMT -8
Thanks!  Maybe Rody and Mini are related somehow... You never know! |
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Post by RyanF on Oct 6, 2004 12:17:38 GMT -8
I just thought of something! They have a lot of gray on them and I am inclined to think they are NUTMEGS!! |
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Post by Gwirrel on Oct 6, 2004 12:51:26 GMT -8
The way to know whether or not it is a DEH is by looking at the tummy, does it have a white belly or not?? The photos do appear to have white eye flashes, and the white extending up the cheeks and white ear fur though.
I don't think its fur is dark enough for a nutmeg, do you know how old they are? At 6 weeks or so, the dark ticking will begin to come through on the Nutmeg and then by 8/9 weeks their moult should have finished and they will be very dark.
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Post by queenofthenile on Oct 6, 2004 14:11:54 GMT -8
I agree with Gwirrel, just check their bellies. If the bellies are white = DEHs. If the bellies are the same colour as the back = nutmegs.
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Post by RyanF on Oct 6, 2004 15:14:11 GMT -8
Mine are babies, no more than 6 weeks. They have white on their bellies, but in a photo I saw on a website, nutmegs look just like mine at this age. |
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Post by queenofthenile on Oct 6, 2004 18:39:35 GMT -8
Nutmegs and DEHs look very similar when they are that young. Yours must be DEHs, however, because they have white bellies. Check out this link to see how close DEHs and nutmegs look when they are that young: www.agsgerbils.org/Color_Strip/index.html |
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Post by sweetie on Oct 13, 2004 12:31:20 GMT -8
Hey there Ryan, As promised, pictures of my DEH & my new Nutmeg together so you can see the difference. Here is Honeymunch (DEH) and Bandit (nutmeg) my new mating pair:  and another picture of them:  |
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we had one at work a few weeks back. i sold her too, when i wanted to take her home myself 
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Maybe Rody and Mini are related somehow... You never know! 