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Title: What kind of chin?
Post by: trsanimallover on April 30, 2011, 09:27:54 AM

My mosiac(Chinta) and beige(Cheerio) chinchillas finally had kits!  They had three beautiful show chins.  Two are pure white, 1 boy(Pocano) 1 girl(Willow).  The othere one is the runt.  She doesn't have a name yet.  She is exactly all white in the front and all beige in the back even her tail.  What kind of chinchilla is she?  Is she a rare breed?  What should she be listed as in shows?  Is it a good thing?  Also, any name suggestions?  Thanks!!! :)

Title: Re: What kind of chin?
Post by: chinchillacity on May 03, 2011, 11:51:07 PM

She is a beige mosaic.  Mosaics come in many different patterns!  The other two are either beige mosaic or regular white mosaic even if they have no markings (the difference is if they have a beige or standard gene in addition to a white gene).  Sometimes beige mosaics are called Pink Whites, they have their own section under whites at a show.  
While mosaics in general are quite common, the half one color/ half white pattern isn't super common but I probably wouldn't say call her rare either.  I bet she's a cutie; I would love to see pictures. :)

Title: Re: What kind of chin?
Post by: jbcstratton on May 05, 2011, 03:14:12 PM

Most likely the 2 are pink white, do they have pink ears?  Probably the other is beige and with change color some as it matures.  Pictures would help but flashes make it hard to tell.

Title: Re: What kind of chin?
Post by: jmdebb on May 05, 2011, 06:27:54 PM

i had a beige mosaic once, really pretty.

hope you post some pic.

j