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The Standard is on
the left - notice the
white belly. This is
how most
chinchillas look. |
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The Ebony Charcoal
is on the right, with
a black belly. This
is how anything
bred to an Ebony
will look. |
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Standard: The
"standard" grey color sold in stores most commonly. They
have a grey color over their body and a white belly. The
white tends to fade from bottom upwards, creating a
shaded area on their sides. Usually about $180 in pet
stores.
Lilac: A little bit
"bluer" of a color than the standard, but still has a
white belly. These are very uncommon, but usually
sell for about $230 retail.
Ebony Charcoal: This
is actually a mix between an Ebony and a Charcoal. To a
breeder, this is worth hundreds of dollars, which is why
I'm keeping all mine. To a pet owner, it's not worth
much more than a standard, because that's pretty much
what it looks like except it has a black tummy. This is
why: the Ebony is an ALL BLACK animal. The charcoal is a
standard looking animal without the white fading up the
sides. When you breed them together, you pretty much get
a standard top, ebony bottom chinchilla. It's worth so
much to me because I can produce all kinds of things if
I breed this to any other color mutation. Very
important. I've never seen one sold it stores, but they
would probably go for about $350-$500.
Black Velvet: These
are often found in stores. They have a pitch black top
with a white belly. The only problem with these is the
lethal factor. That means if I breed two black
velvets together, about 25% of the babies will never
develop, leaving me with only 75% of the babies. Seeing
how chinchillas only have about 2 babies per clutch,
this is a problem. Other than that, they seem to sell
VERY well. Everyone loves the black velvets. About $240
in a store.
Hetero Beige: This
stands for "heterozygous", which means it carries two
different genes on the same locus. Don't cry, it's not
complicated. It just means it carries one standard
gene and one beige gene. Look at the Homo Beige.
That is the real Beige. If you breed it to a standard,
you get a chiny that is a mix between the two colors. If
Beige is BB, and Standard is SS, then Hetero Beige is
SB. Kinda like mixing paint. But the cool thing about
the beiges is the eye color. The Het Beiges have ruby
eyes. Sell for about $210 in a retail store.
Homo Beige: This is
the real "Beige" color. Homo stands for homozygous,
which means it carries two copies of the color mutation.
(This will make sense of you read the "Hetero Beige"
description) The Homo Beige, also called Champagne, has
bright pink eyes. I love these, but they usually don't
sell as well as the blacks or whites, so they usually
only cost about $210 in pet stores.
Mosaic: The Mosaics
are awesome! There are a couple different types; the
Wilson White, Silvered, etc and bla bla bla. But I will
just stick with calling them Mosaics. they are white
with grey on their ears, nose, and tail. The Silvered
have grey on the last half of every hair, making them
look like a shiny silver, while the Wilson Whites are
bred for the lack of grey color, being all white with
black eyes. Oh, and these also have the Lethal Factor,
like the Black Velvets. That means if you breed two
whites together, 25% will never even develop. Yup,
weird. These are perfect for people that wear a lot of
white though, that way people would never notice all the
fur on you haha... Anyway, these sell great, and are
about $240 in pet stores.
Pink White: Don't
confuse these with Albinos, because as far as I
know, there are no albino chinchillas, at lease not
tyrosinase negative types. Both beige and mosaic are
tyrosinase positive, or (T+). That means they don't
produce most dark pigment, but somehow are still allowed
to produce a little, giving them a little color. But
when you breed them together, you get both albino-like
traits: Pink eyes and no dark color from the beige, and
white hair from the mosaic. These are pretty powerful in
a breeding colony because they can produce both colors
when bred to one female. It's like using two males at
once, but you only have to house and feed one
chinchilla. Woo Hoo! I've never seen one of these in a
pet store, but they would probably cost about $230.
That's it for that. Remember though, these are NOT my
prices, and will never be. I sell according to
availability and importance to me as a breeder. My
prices are about half of what most people sell theirs
for, and even 1/3 of what others get. But prices change,
so I will not post them. You must call for an
availability list, before they're gone!
