[shadowmouse]

Well, our mice (Erica08's babies) will be fully weaned by the end of this week, so I decided we might go get them Sunday instead of waiting a whole week longer. I just couldn't wait. My son is excited, but I think I am probably more excited. I picked up 2 more 10 gallons with screen lids for free of freecycle, so now we have 3 good tanks. That way if we fall for more than 3 mice we'll have a place to put them.

Here's a few pictures of the mice we can pick from...

White Satin Doe w/tail spot

Champagne doe and ry dutch

Black and white dutch

Black banded with head spot

Strictly on color and cuteness... Which one would you pick? I do intend to take personality into consideration before choosing, but for now I'm looking at appearance alone.

 

[shadowmouse]

Are some of these pictures coming across HUGE? Because I resized them on photobucket to be small sized, but here they look GIGANTIC.

 

[NuttySian]

They look fine here, sometimes it takes your own comp a while to realise they've been resized, mine does it too.

They all look adorable :love1 I'm rubbish at choosing lol.

 

[moustress]

Looks like you're getting a nice assortment. The markings on the dutch are very good.

 

[shadowmouse]

I do love the 2 dutch myself. They're right at the top of my list.

 

[kerryann]

i do like the dutch also i personally love white satins, they are all gorgeous TAKE THEM ALL :lol:

 

[shadowmouse]

i do like the dutch also i personally love white satins, they are all gorgeous TAKE THEM ALL :lol:

Hey! That's not helping. :lol: You're suppose to tell me I really only NEED 3 mice.

 

[NuttySian]

You're right! I really need ALL the mice

Fixed your post :lol:

 

[thekylie]

Yep, you need all of them.

Strictly on cuteness, I vote the first 3.

I'm happy for you that you are finally getting them!

 

[bethmccallister]

I would love to have this selection available to me...I would take the satin, the grey (dove) one with a head spot, the dutch for sure, and then I really like the black banded with head spot (last one) I think that's more then 3 though

 

[shadowmouse]

I would love to have this selection available to me...I would take the satin, the grey (dove) one with a head spot, the dutch for sure, and then I really like the black banded with head spot (last one) I think that's more then 3 though

So you think the one is Dove, not champagne? Interesting. I like that one for size too. It just looks nice. I definitely open to more than 3. If I can't decide I might just have to take them all home. :lol: Nutty is right. I really need ALL the mice, if Erica will let me.

 

[Erica08]

glad everyone thinks they look good I haven't been doing this very long so it's very suspenseful posting pics of them
As for taking all of them it really is more the merrier they're more fun when you have multiples.

 

[shadowmouse]

LMBO!! Wow. You're not much help either Erica!! :lol: You know... my husband is out of town. Next week IS my birthday. :mrgreen: LOL. That will teach him to leave me alone for 10 days.

 

[bethmccallister]

The grey one does look like a dove to me assuming the eyes are pink like I think they are, black eyes would be lilac. It could also be a diluted chocolate but I don't think so. Here is pictures and the genetic information of these for your own evaluation...http://www.hiiret.fi/eng/breeding/varieties/I.html. Take them all that'll teach him! :ange

 

[shadowmouse]

I would love it if she were a dove. I like that color a lot.

 

[thekylie]

I think she's champagne, not dove. A dark champagne to be sure, but still champagne. I have a REALLY bright monitor here and I don't see any grey to her. I could be wrong though. I have 3 champagnes (although with poor color) and my darkest is almost exactly the color that is appearing on my screen. I even pulled up pics and put their coat colors right next to each other.

 

[shadowmouse]

How can you tell the difference between Dove and Champagne?

 

[thekylie]

Champagnes are more pink, doves are more blue. The gene that causes pink eyes changes the whole color of most standard colors to a diluted, so champagne is a pink eyed version of chocolate (which shouldn't have any black in their coat at all) , and dove is a dilution of black based colors. I think it's pretty easy to tell in person, but I haven't been around as much as some people! I'm just starting out with breeding. Also, my descriptions are EXTREMELY broad and not technical at all so don't take them too seriously if you're studying their genetics lol.

And I'm on a different computer now with a darker screen, and she DOES look like she could be dove. If I had looked at her on this screen I would have doubted she was a champagne too! That's why it's so hard to judge how a mouse looks on a screen as opposed to real life.

 

[shadowmouse]

When I get them home I will try to get some closer up pictures of their coats. I know poor Erica's camera is not focusing right at the moment, so that makes it hard to get close up pictures. I will eventually get good close up pictures of all the babies I get, then ask for some good evaluation of their colors.

 

[bethmccallister]

Looking forward to it! Excited for you, thanks for allowing us to be part of your joy!