Whimsy
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I have, what appears to be a black velvet/ebony cross baby. Cricket was born on 8/4/11 and her coloring has only gotten more distinct. The issue is, neither of her parents is a black velvet.
Her mother is an extra dark ebony white and father is a Shoot's extra dark standard. Knowing that black velvet is a dominant color and that one of her parents has to BE a velvet for an offspring to occur, how is this possible?
There is no way the mother was exposed to a different male. And even though she "might" have the black velvet gene hiding under the white, neither of her parents was a black velvet either (and the mother has no tell-tale paw spats).
I'm stumped... unless this baby just has an unusually dark mask and veiling. Could this be a spontaneous, first generation mutation? They've got to start somewhere.
Her mother is an extra dark ebony white and father is a Shoot's extra dark standard. Knowing that black velvet is a dominant color and that one of her parents has to BE a velvet for an offspring to occur, how is this possible?
There is no way the mother was exposed to a different male. And even though she "might" have the black velvet gene hiding under the white, neither of her parents was a black velvet either (and the mother has no tell-tale paw spats).
I'm stumped... unless this baby just has an unusually dark mask and veiling. Could this be a spontaneous, first generation mutation? They've got to start somewhere.