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Nutty for Nutmegs








 
 
Nutmeg pups are bright orange and to the untrained eye can look like and be mistaken for a Dark eyed Honey "DEH". The only difference is "there is NO white belly"  
 
Nutmegs have a yellow undercoat because of the ee, but tipping or bands of the hair are black because of the aa. Pups usually start molting by 10weeks old. It takes only a few days to a week for a Nutmeg to molt all but the top of it's head. I call it a soul spot :) It looks like a little halo but to some it looks like a taupe LOL.
 
Nutmegs like ANY gerbil will molt it's whole life. It is very visible in the Nutmeg compared to other gerbils. Often when placing gerbils I like to show new adopters the Nutmegs and how they are ever changing. I absolutely love Nutmegs. I love how they molt as a pup and how they changing as adults. They are like a kaleidoscope. Each time they molt they have a new pattern.
 
 
 
Abbreviation for Nutmeg is NM
  • Nutmeg - aaee
  • CPNM - aacbcheePP
  • Lt CPNM - aachcheePP
 
 
Abbreviation for Red eyed "RE" Nutmeg = RF-Red Fox
"-US- Red Fox/-UK- Saffron=Argente Nutmeg"
 
  • RE NM "RF" - aaeepp
  • CPRF - aacbcheepp
  • Lt CPRF- aachcheepp
 
 
Abbreviation for Silver Nutmeg = SN
"-US- Silver Nutmeg/-UK- Blue Fox"
 
  • Silver NM - aaeeggPP
  • CPSN - aacbcheeggPP
  • Lt. CPSN - aachcheeggPP
  • RE Silver NM - aaeeggpp
  • CPRESN - aacbcheeggpp
  • Lt. CPRESN - aachcheeggpp

 

Here, I will show some Nutmeg pictures, how some molt, and the recessives behind it.
 
 
Dark Eyed Honey is an "A"-Agouti white belly "ee" gerbil. The Nutmeg is the black "ee" Self Belly gerbil. The Honey Cream is said to be a pied spotting but Ibeg to differ as I not only get the spine stripe marking known as HC but I also get normal spot, Pied, and what I call a True Mottle like any other mottle color. THEN! There is the cream marking...
 
For a long time breeders thought that only DEH gerbils could be Honey Cream "HC" 
But with some reserch I found that ALL the "ee" gerbils tend to come in this marking. 
 
Here is a straight litter of Nutmeg "aa" gerbils bred from two spotted parents. 
 
Read More on this pattern HERE
 
 
 
Flair as a pup..2006-. What intrigued me to work with Nutmeg 
 
 
BIS -2007
 
 
Old man Flair -NOW- 2009 all white and old LOL.. Nutmegs loose their ticking with age.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nutmeg Pups


There are no two nutmegs the same. All have their own personality and markings to boot.


Stages of a CC NM & a NM carrying a CP  "Lt.NM"






CC NM



 
 







Finished product. -No molt lines-






Stages of a Lt. NM
 
"Light NM, result of a recessives of some kind that washes the coat. Some recessives wash more then others."
In ALL colors not just Nutmeg, The spotting recessive will also dilute as well as one that carries red eye "p"
 
 




This pup carried Ccb - aa Ccb ee G* P*


This pup carried Cch - aa Cch ee G* P*

Yet this pup is also Cch and look how dark.
Just goes to show don't count on the look of the color "Only" as a way to find out which one carries a gene.










Another Lt. NM in the molt. This one is diluted by "p" aa C* ee G* Pp




 


Finished Lt. NM Spot - no molt lines-
 


Color Point Nutmeg
 
 "CPNM"
 
 
Spots
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ccb or Cch "single gene" makes up the CPNM - aa Cch/cb? ee G* P*



Top- Sapphire,Middle CP Nutmeg, Bottom Pied Burmese
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Stages of a Lt. CPNM

Both Siamese and Burmese in a Lt CP - "aa chcb ee G* P*" ~ "Lt. CP = Light Color Point"
 
This pup followed is Spotted



3 weeks old



 Adult - 7 months old - This one is spot "note: the tail"
 




One year old



Red Eyed Nutmeg

The red eyed Nutmeg aa ee pp is a Red Fox - A Yellow Fox is an "A-e-p" Agouti. Yellow Fox has a white belly and not to be confused with a Red Fox which has a solid belly and is "a-e-p"

 

Red Fox can come in spots and HC markings just like any "e" gerbil.

Read More on this pattern Here

 

 

Yellow Fox - White Belly

 

Red Fox - Self Belly


 

 

 

The Black eyed HC markings above can also come on Red Fox as well as any other "ee" gerbil.. Below are two Dark eyed Honey "DEH one Cream, one Self.

 

Red eyed version

 Red & Yellow fox Cream, Self Red Fox 

 

 

Adults

 

 

Mottled "Spotted" Red Fox

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nutmeg "gg"

Silver Nutmeg - aa C* ee gg P*

creamy yellow when pups and molt just like NM but the cream turns a silver gray ticking

 

 

 Another pied or Mottled NM

 

 

 RF Cream & Silver Nutmeg

 

 

 

 

Red Eyed Silver Nutmeg

RESN look very much like Pink eyed whites. You will only know if it's a true RESN by knowing who the parents are or by breeding.

The RESN does have a light white/cream base as a pup and should not be confused with an apricot as they are ALOT lighter then that. This is a poor picture and I hope to get a new one up soon.

 

 

 

Color Point Silver Nutmeg

 

 

 Color Point SN & CP Slate

 

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