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Post by wilnap on Mar 11, 2008 1:11:04 GMT -8
I've just been looking at Jill's thread asking for pictures of the different gerbil colours, and I noticed some by Nikkiy showing a grey agouti (fantastic pictures by the way!)
We have a gerbil that looks very similar, although a fair bit lighter, but with the same ticking. We were told she was Dove, although we were pretty certain she wasn't, but what I'm not sure about now is her eye colour. I'm still trying to get to grips with the whole genetics thing, and I just wondered whether you can have a grey agouti with pink eyes?
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Post by lindbergfromdk on Mar 11, 2008 1:37:45 GMT -8
no, a grey agouti with pink eyes would be an ivory cream  do you have a pic? |
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Post by wilnap on Mar 11, 2008 1:55:12 GMT -8
Lol, well she's definitely not that then! Hang on, I'll try and get a pic... Typical...she's gone to sleep now so this is the best I could do...but it doesn't show the ticking, so she just looks a normal all over grey. I'll have to try again later.  |
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Post by Shooting Star on Mar 11, 2008 5:32:21 GMT -8
Well, I see pink skin on the ear, so she's probably Dove. Grey Agouti has pigmented ears. Also, Grey Agouti would have a white belly. This is another Grey Agouti, somewhat lighter:  |
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Post by lindbergfromdk on Mar 11, 2008 15:33:56 GMT -8
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Post by wilnap on Mar 13, 2008 2:06:19 GMT -8
Right, well looking at that second grey agouti picture, she's not like that. Of course, I was forgetting about the white belly, so she couldn't be agouti. She doesn't look quite like your dove in the last picture either, although it's closer. Here's another pic I've got today:  It still doesn't really show the dark ticking, but it's better than the other. So do you think she is a dove after all? She just doesn't seem like others that I've seen, but I know there will be some variation. Possibly it's just because her coat isn't as smooth and shiny as some - she's one of our rescue gerbils, and her coat probably still shows some of the effects of her previous diet and living conditions, although it's improved a lot. |
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Post by lindbergfromdk on Mar 13, 2008 2:15:21 GMT -8
She could be sapphire  That's the colour between lilac and dove. |
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Post by angielouise on Mar 13, 2008 2:46:37 GMT -8
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Post by wilnap on Mar 13, 2008 2:52:34 GMT -8
Aaaw. He's gorgeous! I love the first photo.
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Post by vacampbell on Mar 13, 2008 3:14:50 GMT -8
Angie...I'd say he was LCP grey agouti. If you look at his nails they are way too light to be LCP agouti. The nails are one of the give aways between grey and golden L/CP agouti I'd say Wilnaps gerbil is a dove |
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Post by Shooting Star on Mar 13, 2008 8:07:52 GMT -8
I'd say Wilnap's gerbil is either a Sapphire or Dove. I have trouble telling those apart, since all I've had is Lilac and e[f]-Sapphire. It's tough with flash, but judging by the nails, I'd say Ash is an L/CP Grey Agouti, leaning more towards CP than LCP. My CP Grey Agouti:  CP Grey Agouti nails:  LCP Gold Agouti nails:  |
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