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PLS BE PATIENT WITH LOADING, ONCE YOU HAVE VISITED IT SHOULD LOAD QUICKER NEXT TIME. Some of the pictures and text below have all been kindly supplied from
Pacific Northwest Chinchillas, Etherdale Chinchillas, Claire Davidson and people from
Chinchillas Unlimited: All pics are of my chinchillas unless otherwise stated.
The original chinchilla colour. Pic 15-18 is Kindly Supplied by the owners and breeders R & E Crutchley of Etherdale Chinchillas.
Pic 8 is from Jacci Shaw, Pic 22 is bred and owned by Lyn Gardener, Pic 26 is bred and owned by Ian of Chinchillaworld, Pic 27 is of Paul Spooner Scottish Grand Show Champion Wilson White and Pics 28 & 29 are of Joan Davis Wilson Whites. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Black White Cross or TOV Whites
By breeding Black velvet to Wilson White, we get a black white cross or TOV White. As you can see from the small cross section above there is a vast and wide multitude of different shades and patterns. The tell tale difference between a TOV and a normal white is that the above will all have paw spats, the standard trait of the TOV influence. Pic 1 is Kindly donated by Rissa of CU & CW, Pic 2 is donated by Heather and Dick Green of Albatross Chinchillas, Pic 3, 4, 11 & 13 were very kindly donated by my good friend Kim (Doolittle) of CU and CW. Pic 5 was donated by Carmen Voss of CU & CW, Pic 6 is from Lella of CU & CW, Pics 7 & 12 are curtsey of Linda Rolfe cheekychin/chinchillas2home, Pic 8 is from Vicky (Chinchat) CU & CU, Pic 9 was supplied by Woods-Chins (Donna) on CU and finally Pic 10 was donated by Margaret Andrea of CU.
Pic 4 & 5 from
Isabel Remaud (Top French
breeder), Pic 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 are bred and owned by R & E Crutchley, Pic
14 is Joyce Garvey's
beautiful black velvet, pic 15 is Kim (Doolittle) from CU, pic 16 is
curtsey of Linda Rolfe cheekychin/chinchillas2home,
Pic 17 is from Jay-Jay of CU & CW and Pic 18 is kindly supplied from Ian
of CW.
Beige chins are also known as Tower beiges. Beiges have the agouti hair stripes similar to standards, only they are beige. Pic 21, 22 & 23 are bred and owned by Joan
Davis.
Pic 1 is from Chinny addict of CU, Pic 2
is courtesy of
Pacific Northwest Chinchillas, Pic 3 is from CU, Pic 4 is courtesy of
Jacci Shaw, and Pic 5 is from Donna of CU. TOV Homo Beige
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Pic 5 Is bred and owned by Joan Davis. Pic 15
is from Jane of CU. Brown Velvet
More commonly known as Brown Velvet. Pics 3,4 & 8 are from Ian of CW, Pic 5 is
owned, bred and supplied by Heather and Dick Green of Albatross
Chinchillas, and CU, Pic 6 is from
Margaret Andrea
of CU. Homo Ebony
This is an "every hair shiny black" chin, even the tummy! In the heterozygous state with standard, it looks like a standard but with a black back and grey sides and tummy. This colour is where the "wrap around" comes in to being which simply means that the tummy is the same colour as the rest of the chin. Pic 3 & 5 are supplied by Ian of CW. Pics 13,
15, 16, 17 & 18 are supplied by Jacci Shaw. Hetero Ebony
Breeding Ebony to Standard gives you a Hetero Ebony in the majority of cases. They can be anywhere from light (looking like a dark Standard) to dark (like above) depending upon how many generations of the ebony gene are influencing the colour. Pic 3 is supplied by Pacific Northwest
Chinchillas, Pic 4 is supplied by Jacci Shaw, Pic 5 is supplied by Kim
(Doolittle) of CU & CW. TOV Hetero & Homo Ebony
Breeding Ebony to Black Velvet gives you TOV Ebony. These also can vary in the depth of colour depending upon how many generations of the ebony gene are bred in. I do not agree with the breeding of these two genes and think the outcome is dreadful! Personally I love my ebony and I love my black velvets, but I do not like the 2 mixed. Pic 3 is supplied by Pacific Northwest
Chinchillas, Pic 4 is supplied by Lella of CU.
White Mosaic bred to Ebony will produce kits with varying markings. This kit will lighten up and the black markings will be "contrast". Pic 1, 5 & 7 are provided by Lella and Carly of
CU (Bred by Paul
Spooner). Pic 2,3 & 5 are courtesy of Pacific Northwest Chinchillas and
Pic 4 is supplied by Julima of CU. TOV-White Mosaic-Ebony
Now add TOV into the White Mosaic and Ebony and these are some examples of what you could get, along with several possible variations in the markings. You will often see the typical TOV paw stripes, but not always. Obviously, these can be hard to distinguish from White Ebonies (especially to the untrained eye) so it's very important, as always, to know the pedigree of your animal. The amount of Ebony influence is a key factor in the appearance of the chin as it accumulates with successive generations. Pics are supplied by Pacific Northwest Chinchillas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tan
Tan - Not to be confused with Pastels, tan are a beige chin crossed with an ebony chin. The pastel is what you get when you cross beige with a charcoal. It looks quite a bit like regular beige although the beige colour may be a bit darker, but the important difference is that the tummy will not be white, but the same colour as the back. If you take this chin and breed it to ebony, and continue to do this, you will end up with a deep chocolate brown or tan colour (as shown pic 3). Nice tans are quite hard to get, as they represent many generations of a breeders work! Pic 4, 5, 6, 16,
17, 18 & 19 are kindly supplied by Jacci Shaw.
Pics are supplied by Pacific Northwest Chinchillas
Tan bred to Mosaic/Wilson White (usually) to produce kits with various markings, the same as ebony white, but the black is replace with tan/beigey markings. Pics is supplied by Pacific Northwest Chinchillas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOV Tan White
TOV Tan white (left), will have the TOV either from the TOV in the ebony or Tan (Brown velvet) or white!!! it is a genetic minefield! Pic 1 is courtesy of Pacific Northwest Chinchillas. Pic 2 is supplied from Sue B of CU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Standard Carrying Charcoal
The Standard Carriers play such an important part of improving health and quality in those Recessive mutations which require them. As you can see the colour is exactly the same colour as normal standards, which a crisp clear white belly unlike the ebony carriers which have a discolouration to their tummies. Pics 1-3 have been very kindly supplied by Claire D of CU and Davidson Chinchillas. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pics 1-3 have been very kindly supplied by Claire D of CU and Davidson Chinchillas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Char Black
When we cross black velvet charcoal carriers with the charcoal an intense beautiful black charcoal can be created, these are very appealing, but again need good animals to achieve good results. Pic 1 is kindly provided by Woods-Chin (Donna) on CU, pic 2 is from Claire D of CU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pastel
The Pastel is a cross between the charcoal and beige, like the tan they are varying degrees of shading, from pale to dark. I think Patels are very attractive, and hope they will thrive in the future. Pics 1-3 have been very kindly supplied by Claire D of CU and Davidson Chinchillas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Char Brown
As you can see, once again varying degrees of colour in the Char Brown, which is created by breeding a brown velvet charcoal carrier and charcoal, or a beige charcoal carrier and black velvet charcoal carrier, or a char black and a beige carrying charcoal!!! another complicated genetic combination. Pic has been very kindly supplied by Claire D of CU and Davidson Chinchillas. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pastel White Mosaic
When white is added to the combination a the above colour is achievable, however I would not advise trying to breed this as the charcoals we have today are far too limited to outcross the lines this far with other weak mutations. Pic is courtesy of Pacific Northwest Chinchillas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Standard Carrying Violet
The Standard Carriers play such an important part of improving health and quality in those Recessive mutations which require them. As you can see the colour is exactly the same colour as normal standards, which a crisp clear white belly. Pic 1 from Jessica of United Chindom and Pic 2 is from Ian of CW.
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This is a recessive colour, so you will only see it when there are 2 violet genes present. Violets are a very even dove grey colour. I often tell people that they are the same colour as a Russian Blue cat, which is helpful if you have seen one of those! Some people refer to TOV violets as "Ultra-violets" but I consider this to be incorrect, as it is important to know that it is a TOV chin, so you are aware of the lethal factor that exists in all TOV chins. A white and violet chin shows the violet colour mixed in with white. Another very pretty violet colour is the solid violet. Genetically this is a violet chin with the "wrap around" or ebony gene. This chin is a very dark violet colour all over, even the tummy. Pic 1 is courtesy of
Pacific Northwest Chinchillas, Pic 3 is supplied by Jane from CU, Pic 4
& 5 are supplied by Jessica of
United Chindom, Pic 6 & 8 have been supplied by Lady_t_o of CU, Pic
8 is supplied by Kim (Doolittle) of CU and Pics 10 & 12 are from
Margaret Andrea of CU and Pic 11 is supplied by Carmen Voss of CU & CW.
Throw in that wonderful TOV gene with the Violet and you get a darker, veiled, more "contrasty" chin with paw stripes. Pic 1 is courtesy of Pacific Northwest Chinchillas, Pic 2 is from Sarahchin of CU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beige Violet
This in my opinion is a very attractive mutation, when beige is bred to violet this will give us a beige violet carrier, once this is bred to a violet or violet carrier the possible offspring is the chinchilla above, a beautiful pale beige with a real blue haze/aura. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Violet Wrap
When the ebony gene is introduced, the violet wrap can be achieved. This is a dark violet wrap around the whole body varying from light to dark (brown tingeing is common). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- White Violet
There are also white and violet chins (genetically violet, violet and white mosaic, NO standard). Don't confuse these with white mosaic violet carriers, which do not show the violet and look just like a white mosaic, but are violet carriers. Pic 1 is courtesy of Pacific Northwest Chinchillas, Pic 2 is from Sue b of CU and Pic 3 is from Linda Rolfe cheekychin/chinchillas2home. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Solid Violet
Pic 1 & 2 is courtesy of Pacific Northwest
Chinchillas Sapphire
Now if you take a Sapphire and breed it Black velvet Carrying Violet you
will end up with a Royal Blue, a very attractive animal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- White Sapphire
There are also white and sapphire chins (genetically sapphire, sapphire and white mosaic, NO standard). Don't confuse these with white mosaic sapphire carriers, which do not show the sapphire and look just like a white mosaic, but are sapphire carriers. Note the pink ears, clearly distinguishing this chin from the White or White Violet.
Pic is courtesy of
Pacific Northwest Chinchillas Solid Sapphire
Now if you take a Sapphire and breed it with Ebony you get this gorgeous chin. The more generations of Ebony bred in, the darker the sapphire colour. The tummy is the same colour as the back. Pic is courtesy of
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