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What color am I?
« on: January 23, 2010, 11:46:56 PM »

Hi I had babies born to a standard mom & a pink white dad.....My question is....I have 2 beiges I think, but one has a solid grey belly....is this possible?
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Re: What color am I?
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2010, 06:49:12 AM »

Don't you just love surprises!   My first guess it that someone has ebony in the background somewhere.  That sneaky little gene can hide itself for several generations and then creep back in to ruin the next one!

If that isn't it I would look at the quality of the parents.  Does the standard have a super clear belly?  Hard to see flaws in the parents can be magnified in the babies.  Is this the first breeding?  If you have had beautiful kits before and you know its not ebony don't worry about it.  Just mark that one pet quality.  I have had two beautiful chinchillas produce show quality lines and then one day just pop out the ugliest colored chinchilla you have ever seen..then back to show quality again.   ::shrug::
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Re: What color am I?
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2010, 10:32:40 AM »

Hi again....The Standard mom has a super crisp white belly....This is her 3rd. litter and the other 2 litters produced pink white babies like dad....I know the genes of mom and dad's, mom and dad, and there is no ebony 1 generation back, but I'm unsure of the other generations....Thanx
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Re: What color am I?
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2010, 11:00:17 AM »

You'll need to look back a little farther than that.  Can you ask the breeder you got them from?
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Re: What color am I?
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2010, 12:55:47 PM »

I wants to see  ;)
can you take a pic?
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Re: What color am I?
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2010, 09:04:19 AM »

 ::silly::  There can be an ebony as far back as 4+ generations and it show up ... that's why it is often referred to as a 'wild card' ... if there's not a known ebony in the background, it could be considered a "dirty belly" and, as Jamie said, sold as 'pet quality chinchilla, not for breeding' (unless mated with an ebony - depending on the other breeding qualities of the chin) .

With having other nice litters, I would keep them in breeding ... if the quality of the other kits is good ... I would let any future buyers know that there is a slight chance/possibility there is an ebony in the line somewhere and/or one standard was produced with a possible "dirty belly".  To most folks that want a "pet" that would not matter, but to a breeder, it would.

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