Asf morph

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Originally Posted by Mike Cavanaugh

You know the little guys with the stripes on the forehead. Can't remember the fancy name Connie has for them.

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I only consider them spotted. Or head spotted. Then the homozygous are pieds. :gj:

not had any solids yet but I did get a couple almost solid but he face is white with the raccoon look around the eyes .I thought these looked funny. I tel lyou I am shocked how many are born in a short order . I got one tank that only got a few babies and they useally eaten withing a 4day period .. the othertank came from the same guy and grouping had at least 50 babies now and that not counting I had to spread that group into 2 tanks cause by the time a quarter of the mare weaned he tank would of been standing room only .

I've got a piebald with some pretty dark black. I'll have to try to work her into the solid color ones and see if I can get an all black. I don't fully understand all the different color genes. Is there both cinnamon and dilute? I've got at least one of them and it seems recessive but I'm not so clear on the gray/brown/black.

So is the co-dominant piebald the mutation and the solid color the wild type or is it the other way around? I had to look a bit to find my solid color ASF's as pied seems much more common in the US captive population, at least in my area. I just set up my first colony to cross the two types.

never seen a black one yet?

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Originally Posted by RandyRemington

I've got a piebald with some pretty dark black. I'll have to try to work her into the solid color ones and see if I can get an all black. I don't fully understand all the different color genes. Is there both cinnamon and dilute? I've got at least one of them and it seems recessive but I'm not so clear on the gray/brown/black.

So is the co-dominant piebald the mutation and the solid color the wild type or is it the other way around? I had to look a bit to find my solid color ASF's as pied seems much more common in the US captive population, at least in my area. I just set up my first colony to cross the two types.

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Yes, the white spotting is the "morph". Het = white head spot, homo = white head and butt.

The dilutes appear to be recessive.

These are colors I know

Agouti is the wild type. It is a dark grey color with black pigmented ears.

Cinnamon, pink ears, eyes nearly black, comes out a rich brown color on an agouti hair.

Light cinnamon, pink ears, eyes brown, nearly black, little more yellow in the coat, but still brown.

Ruby eyed (unknown if it's the same as either before mentioned)
Ruby colored eyes, brown coat on agouti hair

Amber, pink eyes, orange yellow hair on Agouti. Even lighter when on a cinnamon coat.

I got a cream colored female with red eyes (albino?) and a panda looking female (is this what you called gremlin, Mike?). The male is all black. Both females had babies within 2 days of each other but then they put them all in one pile so now I don't know which ones are which... The really wierd thing is, I only have 2 color babies seem like - a black or a panda... no creams.