[Rhasputin]

Here's some photos I just snapped for the heck of it.

Some 1 and 3 day old babies. Almost all agouti, some Ruby eyed most are black. There were 2 argente but they culled one (or it died) and the other I am fostering on a mouse because I reeeeeally need another argente, so I can't afford for the other to die. :?

Here is a pile of week and a half old babies. They are almost all agouti, some are very very dark agouti, and there is one little cinnamon stuck in there.

Here is a photo of the cinnamon next to a standard agouti. Their size difference really isn't as bad as it looks in the picture! Lol! It's just a bad angle. They do NOT want to hold still. :roll:

 

[MouseHeaven]

Very cute!

 

[shadowmouse]

Very cute.

What kind of coat is that? For us new to mice.

 

[Rhasputin]

What kind of coat?
These are standard ASF pups with Piebald markings.

 

[Jack Garcia]

Very cute.

What kind of coat is that? For us new to mice.

These are a different species, called African Soft Fur (ASF) mice, multi-mammate mice, and natal rats (all the same species). Their standard coat is different from what "normal" mice have.

 

[ian]

Ah ASF=multimammate, thought you had some dodgy gremlin mice going on in that first picture. No offense, the do look more appealing in the later photos

 

[Rhasputin]

gremlin mice! :lol:

 

[Jack Garcia]

I really have no idea how they managed to get so many names. Anybody know?

 

[Stina]

They are freaky lookin as babies...lol

I've never seen anything but regular agouti and argente (I have both)! I like the really dark ones

 

[Rhasputin]

The really dark ones will brown up as they get older. But they do have a nice rich colour!
I'm specifially keeping the nice dark ones for my agouti line, and taking out the nice reds for the soon to be formed cinnamon colony.

Now that I have a good stock to pick from, I'm going to be cracking down on selection a lot more. I'm trying to split the normal ASFs up into 8 or so colonies all breeding towards a specific goal.

 

[CatWoman]

That one on top of the pile in the first pic reminds me of the old man that lives up the street from me. :lol:

 

[omahapied]

They are cuties! I've had several litters now and there is quite the variety when it comes to colors... mine go from a more cinnamon, light phase all the way down to dark, chocolate brown. It's agouti great?

 

[Rhasputin]

The range of their agouti coloring is really interesting!
I'm trying to seperate tham into groups so I can have colonies that are specifically dark agouti, and one that is specifically cinnamon agouti.

I am not sure about the genetics behind ASF cinnamon, but I don't think it's the same as in mice and rats. In rats it's Agouti genes + chocolate genes, in ASFs I don't know that it is. . .

 

[fuzzymom]

Such cute little babies! I love how they develop their fur so quickly.

 

[Rhasputin]

Yes! They're born with it.

 

[Stina]

they look like wierd little alien creatures when they're born with that random fuzz....

 

[Rhasputin]

:lol:
I'm sure they think the same of you.

 

[Stina]

they shouldn't think I'm little...... lol

 

[moustress]

we're all a little little even when we're big