Guinea Pig Breeding Color Genetics

Before we delve into the many guinea pig color variations you may see when venturing.

Guinea pig breeding color genetics. Please note that these genotypes only apply to pure breeding animals. Everything what seems to be cute will be targeted by breeding it. This color can be bred to quite a few other color varieties. Some guinea pig races are disputed.

Agouti this causes colors like golden agouti with banded hair shafts and white bellies. Everything what seems cute or useful will be forced by determined breeding and results in cruel breeds. Cavy genetics exists to provide information on coat and color genetics in cavies guinea pigs. Note that even though you can crossbreed guinea pigs each breed still has its own standard.

Guinea pig colors the genetics of guinea pig colors. Due to cross breeding and in breeding self colour types are not often found. We inform about all genetic defined differences. P guinea pigs can at most have three different colors on their coats.

The red series colors are red orange gold and cream. Agouti solid this causes banding like agouti but no white belly. Now that we have the scientific stuff out of the way let s take a look at some. They then mated this white female with a.

The term self is also used to describe extended regions of a guinea pigs coat which are of the same colour. The black series colors are black chocolate lilac beige and slate. I think it s a fair statement to make that the majority of guinea pig owners and even breeders don t have a good understanding of the genetics behind the breeds they either own or are trying to breed. You can breed black to either silver or golden agoutis and solids.

You can breed to red or chocolate. You can breed this color to chocolate beige and to red. Solid guinea pig coat colors. In an attempt to allow everyone to enjoy the site information provided is simple enough for those not familiar with genetics to understand but also provides in depth.

Everything what seems cute or useful will be forced by determined breeding and results in cruel breeds. Coat color genetics a gene a. All cavy colors are made from two basic pigments black and red. There are several genetically dispositions within the species of guinea pigs and they come across in many different races colors and fur marking.

Self colours come in beige black buff chocolate cream golden lilac red saffron slate and white. When breeding to white look closely at the pedigree first. This includes recent findings such as the california and dilute genes as well as information gathered from sources around the world to provide breeders with the information to better their herds. Genetics are often given a bad wrap with most people thinking that they re too complicated to understand.

Broken is the most basic color pattern to rely on the white spotted gene note for cavies color combinations not including white and so not using this gene are also called and shown as broken. All the offspring from the mating were black w. The most common colors of guinea pigs. White w coat color in guinea pigs is recessive to black w.

You can also breed of course to other blacks.