[m137b]

Also known as some of my ugly babies, lol.

Chocolate has slipped in somewhere along the way and makes for some hideous splashes lol.

They were looking like brindles a while ago, but somewhere along the way they got the stripes messed up. These two are genetically black brindle, lol, but I've never had one this ugly before.

These three were a surprise, not because I didn't breed their parents on purpose, but when you take a himi angora to a mock choc angora you expect to get angoras. These are not angora. These are PINK…very very pink, lol.

Okay, that's it for the ugly fest, lol,

 

[SarahC]

were both the parents of your brindle black?I've got one as well but I think of mine as sable.

 

[m137b]

were both the parents of your brindle black?I've got one as well but I think of mine as sable.

They do look like sables, I hadn't even thought of that since I don't have dominant reds. Genetically they're Avy/a. The parents are a self black and an agouti beige brindle[Avy/A cch/ce], littermates other than these two are cinnamon, 2 ivorys and a beige brindle.

 

[SarahC]

mine is a dominant red x to a black,an accident,I thought the doe was to fat and old to be fertile but she had 2 babies.The colour is very similar.

 

[WoodWitch]

mine is a dominant red x to a black,an accident,I thought the doe was to fat and old to be fertile but she had 2 babies

I've had the odd 'pinky surprise' from my red fatties too.........

 

[moustress]

Me too! And with the fatties you don't even notice the pregnancy, and then one day, shazzam! there's pinkers!

I like the splashed chocolates. Are they splashed or variegated?

 

[m137b]

Me too! And with the fatties you don't even notice the pregnancy, and then one day, shazzam! there's pinkers!

I like the splashed chocolates. Are they splashed or variegated?

Yep, splashed, siamese based. I've had the occasional chocolate based one but to have 3 in one litter and the self chocolate was particularly vexing, lol

 

[moustress]

Ah, yes. I thought those were pointed; explains the ruby eyes as well. Mixing siamese with tri/splashed does some interesting things.

 

[m137b]

Most of my shorthaired splashed mice are pointeds either himi, siamese, or colorpoints. I know it's not a popular opinion but I prefer the pointed splashed mice, just not chocolate or blue based ones. I don't actually breed for tricolors, I just don't find them all that pretty. Though recently I've had a ton of them showing up.

 

[Bryana]

Hehe, the splashed chocolates look like they got in an oil spill!