Cadance x ST's Avisha... Extreme Dilute Carriers!!!

[Mama2six]

Well, I got tired out and stopped working early for the day. And now that I have the time, I can't resist posting pictures!

They are 19 days old today.

Cadance is a Cinnamon tort banded. (who carries black) You will see her in the pictures. She is a large, friendly hamster (for a yellow!) with lovely type.

ST's Avisha is an extreme dilute... extreme dilute WHAT is the question. It was mostly suspected that he was an ED honeyblack. Here he is, in all his cuteness:

Avisha.jpg

If Avisha is homozygous extreme dilute, as suspected, all of the babies are carriers. This is my first ED litter, and I was kind of surprised by the "grey". If you have had experience with ED's, especially cinnamon ED carriers, please let me know what you think!

Here they are, just waking up.

19 day sleepyheads.jpg

Here are all of them from the top view:

19 day all.jpg

Here is Cadance with 3 of the pups:

19 day Cady and 3 pups.jpg

And here is Cadance with the "greyest" pup. Each pup has a grey patch on his or her head, some of them strikingly obvious, and some less obvious unless you're looking at the right angle. The grey spot is grey from tip to root, no orange mixed in.

I suspect that each baby is honey, as there is no blueish-grey undercoat. It could also be that the ED is messing that up... (I honestly don't know... ideas?)

If they are all honey, that confirms the yellow for Avisha, but he probably is not black. (Since none are black or honeyblack)

Let me know what you think! I'm very curious about the grey patches.