Dawn B 212 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 These pics were taken by somebody in Canada. In his sisters garden, these 3 Cubs are regularly seen (5 in total) Look at the colour of the first one! Its a deep chocolate colour. The other two pics are of two of the others, the remaining are the normal colour as in pic 2. What do you think? Dawn. The choccy! This one is normalish, but has a chocolate overlay. This one and the remaining two are all normal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue 1 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 nice colour , ive seen a very pale fox a couple of years back Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogs-n-natives 1,182 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 I think it will be a black one, (melanistic). You get odd black'uns in most animals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dawn B 212 Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Possibly, but the eyes and pigment is definately chocolate brown colour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogs-n-natives 1,182 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 (edited) Possibly, but the eyes and pigment is definately chocolate brown colour. Yeah, but as far as I know, most melanistic mamals dont look JET black. Its just a gene with the colour pigment MELANIN. which happens to crop up from time to time. But just for you we could call this one a rare CHOCOLISTIC fox! lol Edited May 22, 2008 by dogs-n-natives Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dawn B 212 Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 You could be right, I know Black leopards still have visible markings in the sunlight, its just this one is a definate chocolate and melanistic animals have black pigment. Nice animal whatever colour. Chocolistic! Perhaps I could breed a few!! make a bit of cash, chocolate Patts go for a fair whack! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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F.R. 2 Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Used to get jet black fox/white tip, reds and silver phase as well where I used to live in the states. Nice photos, certain areas had pockets of different color phases. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Lovely photo's Dawn. What a privelige for them to be able to capture such shots! I also like the use use of the RealTree material as a back cloth! Now, I'm not at all intimately familiar with young fox cubs. But two things strike me here; One is that none of their eyes have that amber colour yet ~ I believe that comes as they grow a bit older? And also, the fact that smaller cubs are - I believe? - brown coated untill they develope the red coats as they grow? I'm obviously not trying to suggest that's retained whelp colouration. But I do wonder at the ~ if any ~ conection between eye colour and coat colour. Perhaps one of the more experienced Terrier Men could shed some light on the question of colours at given ages? Of course, it's probably all far more obvious and straightforeward: It's simply a very nice colour abberation and, indeed, a chocholate coloured fox. Now some dick will come along and kill it, specifically because it's unusual! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lady-hunter07 15 Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 cracking pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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