[heavenlyhogs]

Cholet had her 2nd litter as many are aware her first baby girl never made it past a week.
Very pleased to report that she had 2 babies a few weeks back and they are doing very well.2 boys.
Seems one of them is looking to be a silver...he has white quills banded by light grey and is quite mottled.Eyes are black and the skin looks very light silvery grey.He gives off a silvery hue too.Mask is also silvery grey.
Of course still time for him to develop but that's the way it's looking to be.

 

[heavenlyhogs]

Would also like to add the other boy is also a most unusual colour...no one has any idea what he could be and that he may not even be reconised by iha.So where would he fit in if i have something out of the ordinary?
He is as above except he doesn't have the silver hue and his quills are banded by a burnt orangey/browny colour.

 

[PixiesExoticHedgies]

You'll need to post pics for opinions.....

 

[iamdbf]

ooh i wanna see theese guys! don't get ur hopes up tho. they may be rare coulours now, but then be normal after later quillings. Hey, I just thought, does the back colour change(once they are in the age where they aren't bright pink)? or can you tell the quill range in adulthood from a juviniles back color?

 

[Hedgiepets]

You can not accurately tell the color of a baby until it is 9 weeks old. They really have unusual colors before that. I have had them go from looking like an apricot to becoming a brown. Right now, Marshmellow started off looking like an albino for the first week, now she is very slowly changing. She is almost 4 weeks and getting to look like she will be an algerian gray snowflake.

 

[PixiesExoticHedgies]

You can not accurately tell the color of a baby until it is 9 weeks old. They really have unusual colors before that. I have had them go from looking like an apricot to becoming a brown.

Same here.
I was just asking him to post pics b/c of the 'silvery hue' he mentioned.

Sparked my curiosity.

Pix

 

[bhali333]

Hi,

My name is Bruce, I am a new hedgie owner! My little girl is salt & pepper.

I used to be a champion breeder of English parakeets. If a bird did not fit into any standard color category it was registered and shown as NRC (non recognized color) if the color mutation continued in 5 or more breeder lines for a determined amount of time it would then be added as a recognized color standard or placed into a sub category of a recognized color.

Bruce

 

[Hedgiepets]

Thanks Bruce, I appreciate your input. Hedgehogs change alot in color during their first 9 weeks of life. In fact all babies are born pink, with no pigmentation. They start getting pigmentation at about 1 day old, sometimes a little longer.

 

[bryan]

Hi,
If a bird did not fit into any standard color category it was registered and shown as NRC (non recognized color) if the color mutation continued in 5 or more breeder lines for a determined amount of time it would then be added as a recognized color standard or placed into a sub category of a recognized color.
Bruce

Hi Bruce!
In reference to your comments, there are two interesting point to mention.

Firstly, (as HedgiePets already mentioned) the immature colouration of a hedgehog (under 9 weeks) is not always indicative of the adult colour. The immature colours appear to be a blending of the adult visible colour set and the carried set. As a result, accurate colour identification under 9 weeks is impossible.

Secondly, we have had an Any Other Color (AOC) class for hedgehogs at shows for the past 12 years, but at the last show in Milwaukee in October, the IHA Board and I discussed eliminating this class requirement for future shows as there are very few non-standard colours showing up. (maybe 4 in 12 years) The gene sets are still very "close", so there are only small variations within recognized colours. Once we have another mutation occur that cracks open a new gene set we will start seeing new colours, but until then there are "only" 92 colours across two distinct gene sets.

Bryan