Thanks for the complements on my violet wrap. I am looking for a good standard violet carrier or ebony/violet or tan/violet carrier that has strong fur and a good blocky build, hers is great and I don't want to take away from that. I need to keep her with the best I can find. I'm going to keep looking till I find the right one.
Right now, she is just happy to share her cage with a couple of white mosaic girls I have. She is the dominate female of the bunch, so it will take a good male to make her happy.
Vinny is beautiful! I love his big fluffy tail, too.
Isis looks great ... very blocky build!
Your ebonies are what you want to use to get the wraps ... a good ebony violet carrier should give some good results with the standard vc/ec.
... standard vc/ec female ... planning on breeding her with a violet male ... in hopes to get some violets and some solids.
Keep in mind, any time there is an ebony in the background, it can show up and give you a dark belly (undesirable) down through the generations. Breeding an ebony carrier with a pure violet may get you some wraps, but, it may also give you violets with dirty bellies (violet/ebony carrier) and standards with dirty bellies (standard/vc/ec) ... these could be crossed with ebony/violet carriers for a better chance at violet wraps and ebony/violet carriers. Anytime you start mixing, make sure you will want what you may get.
Once you get the ebony into the line, there it will stay. This is good in some ways and bad in others.
Do you breed the offspring back to a violet (unrelated of course) in order to get the richer, darker color? Ive read this somewhere.
Your richer darker colors often come from the influence of the ebony or the Gunning black (black velvet).
When interested in keeping the pure white bellies, I would use a good Gunning black or a very dark standard gray.
If you are looking for the wraps, stick with the ebony in the line.
It takes allot of generations to get a violet wrap like the one I got from her ... that's why I am being so picky about the one I want to breed her to. ..... With my luck, when I finally find one for her, put them together, wait a year and still no kits ... one of them will be sterile.
I hope not, so keep your fingers crossed for me!
Let us know how your match-up works out!
Jo Ann