[lovemykids3]

It's just molding - the changing of fur Plus, some poorly coloured mice get lighter/browner with age. It's completely normal and nothing to worry about.

I was thinking it could be molting, which now he looks more brown than black, which is unfortunate cause I was hoping for black but I am starting to question that. I guess we'll see how light he gets in a few weeks. I'll probably pair him up with my poor black female anyway in a few weeks to a month, we'll see if she surprises me with some color changing then.

 

[lovemykids3]

Lighter belly is also a very common fault even in show lines

So would you say he's still a poor black? Or more chocolate? : /

 

[lovemykids3]

In the last picture he looks more chocolate but I am guessing that is because there's a strong flash/light. Going by the fact he is petshop stock I would be pretty sure he's poor black from the other pictures, poor chocolate would be a quite light brown and only gets to the dark chocolate shades with good breeding over generations selecting for the darkest.

Even if he was to be chocolate you'd still get a litter of at least 50% black (depending on whether the doe carries chocolate)

Actually the last pic was the only pic I didn't use flash, I had to go to my window to get a good pic of the area where the color is changing. My phone camera sucks lol. Well I'm still going to breed him with my doe in month and we'll see what happens watch my mind get blown again lol