Dark Patched Pied Gerbils

[sirius]

I made a bit search and revealed that
your DP is our mottled and your mottled is our variegated
Language and nationality brings always some funny things I hope you can understand me.
Here's a pics from "lilac dpp" (our mottled)

And a pictures of "mottled" (our variegated)
i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/Vidu76/Junnupieni.jpg
i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/Vidu76/Raitatiineen7pieni.jpg

I don't even talk about spotted ones
We have 5, white bellies (agouti etc) have collared or white spotted, non-white bellis (black etc) have pied, patched and variegated. (ofc this mottled but it's not a spot is a "error".

[kanadadianana]

your "mottled" (your variegated) gerbils look almost extream white spotted.
I love the DPP gerbil such a nice patch of dark on it!

[Shooting Star]

Orangepenguin-- It's hard to tell whether Chip is a DP, since the suspected dark patch runs off the edge of the picture.

Sirius-- Are our DP's more common where you are, then, to have a class all their own?

[sirius]

shootingstar, Iam not quite sure what you asked
kanadadianana, ofc it looks extream white spotted, otherwise it would be just overpatterned pied what's pattern-fail, not what kind of pied should be.

check also threat:
gerbilforum.proboards21.com/index.cgi?board=colours&action=display&thread=1199702008

[orangepenguin]

i will get a better pic of her for you

[Shooting Star]

Sirius-- I was really just asking how common your mottleds are.

[orangepenguin]

got some better pics of chips dark patch..







(on her back end )

[Shooting Star]

Yes, I'd say that looks defined enough to be a DP. Is she pregnant, or just chubby?

[orangepenguin]

yeh shes pregnant, due tomoro!

[batman]

have their been any pups yet??

[orangepenguin]

yeh they were born 17th jan 5 lil wrigglies lol

[sandy]

I just write it into the pedigrees as part of the colour. It is interesting to take note of just in case future offspring have a slightly higher tendency to show them. Though I never saw any more other than those in my gerbils. But definitely worth keeping an eye out for them! They can be lovely, especially in mottleds!