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Originally Posted by Hamsterita
I'll be waiting for those photos too!!
I'm glad that things are running smoothly
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Thanks!
I chatted with Starbuck's breeder, and she agreed I was on the right track. It is entirely possible though that Starbuck carries for dark eared white - Cc(d) instead of extreme dilute. She assumes her mother was a DEW carrier, so if that's true Starbuck definitely will only be able to carry the DEW gene.
DEW and ED are both allelic, and interact. The mystery light pups are probably Heterozygous Extreme Dilute - possibly either golden or black. I've only had Homozygous Extreme Dilute pups, which are much darker.
Here is a beautiful example of a heterozygous extreme dilute, from the watermarked source:
And a homozygous extreme dilute:
The DEW gene lightens up the animal even more.
And for comparison, here is a heterozygous extreme dilute black:
SBH's Hamlet is a homozygous extreme dilute black, and you can see how much darker he is:
I'm fine with either, though I will want to tread carefully with the DEW gene as I'm not positive I'd like to create DEWs:
From HHH. While I personally don't mind the phenotype, my partner isn't a lover of red eyes.