I want more gray agoutis..

[bbbluw]

Hi

I have a gray agouti, what should I pair him with to get gray agouti pups. Right now hes with a argente female.

[callimico]

I love gray agouti's, there so beautiful. Has your pair had any pups yet? If neither carry any hidden recessives, all the pups will be Golden Agouti- but they'll carry Gg and Pp, once they have their first litter you'll be able to tell the rest of both of their recessives.

If the Argente Golden carries Gg, but not other recessives, 1/2 the pups will be golden agouti, 1/2 gray agouti. But if she doesn't carry it you'll have to find a gerbil that does to pair with either the gray agouti, or one of his pups (since all the pups will carry Gg).
Those would be:
Gray Agouti
Ivory Cream
Light Ivory Cream
Polar Fox
Apricot
BEW
Pearl
Slate
REW
Silver Nutmeg

Or any pup that had one of these colors as a parent, or a grandparent (50/50 chance).

Many of those colors are rare though, but if you can find one they'll have beautiful pups. If your current pair has no other recessives the pups will carry AA CC EE Gg Pp, if bred to the gray agouti 1/2 the pups would be gray agouti, 1/2 golden agouti, but then you would be in-breeding for one generation. Which shouldn't harm the pups again so long as their parent's weren't in-bred and they aren't in-bred, you would definently get gray agouti though.

[bbbluw]

Thanks, Im getting there...genetics are hard

I have a REW female with 6 pups of Agoutis and another REW female (pregnant) who had 2 Argente pups. So, I can breed one of the Argente pups to the Gray Agouti?

[callimico]

Yup Argente (Aa CC E- Gg pp) and Gray Agouti (A- C-E-ggP-) will have 1/2 golden 1/2 gray agouti, more colors if the gray agouti carries p or a.

But if you breed one of the Rew Feamales Argente Pups, with one of the Gray Agouti's, agouti pups, they will have (at least- possibly more colors)
3/4 Golden Agouti and Argente
1/4 Gray Agouti AND Ivory Cream(rare but beautiful:))

When's the Gray Agouti's first litter of pups with the Argente due?