[Anne]

I was discussing burmese on another forum, and was told that there is different ways to make burmese. In my knowledge Burmese is c^ch/c^h, but I was told that

c^i/c^ch
c^i/c^e
c^i/c^h (I could imaging that this would have points and might look burmese-like?)
c^i/c^c (what is c^c???)

c^ch/c^e
c^ch/c^h (the real deal)
c^ch/c

all could make burmese.

So, am I totally wrong, because I havent read this on any of the genetics pages I have found, and also i own a c^ch/cê or c^ch/c and it does'nt have points and is somewhat lighter than my burmese.

What do you say? Is there really many different ways to make burmese?

 

[PPVallhunds]

im still new to mice, as far as ive read only cch/ch is burmese, ive read u can get mock colours that look like others but arnt geneticaly that colour.

this is the site i use,
http://www.hiiret.fi/eng/breeding/varieties/index.html
in the genetics section it gives examples of what you would get with the diffrent genes, for example for ci/cch it says
"i/cch
Ay/* ci/cch D/* P/* (and ...p/p) are in between Apricot and Cream in colour. Aw/* ci/cch D/* P/* is so called Lemon Agouti: lighter than Agouti, yellower than Chinchilla, light belly with usually yellower sides to the belly. With A, the mouse resembles light Agouti. at/* ci/cch D/* P/* is "lemon bellied" intermediary form between tan and fox. a/a on black background look like a poor Black, others do not differ noticeably from their C/* counterparts."

 

[SarahY]

The 'cch' gene will usually give a pointed effect unless it's bred out, so a lot of 'cch' brown colours do look like poor Burmese. Proper Burmese is a/a ch/cch.

Sarah xxx

 

[Anne]

SarahY: Oh thank you That explains a lot, I just never saw a pointed chinchilla, but maybe it doesnt show in them. In finnmouse it says that only the himalayangene makes points due to tempaturedifference in different places of the body.

PPVallhunds: finnmouse is my bible too :lol:

 

[PPVallhunds]

hehe i find it easy to understand

 

[Anne]

yes it is I wouldnt know half the stuff about mice that I know now, without finnmouse!