Greenwood Chinchillas
Lavender
Female - GW9803FX
Beige Violet
Born: 19th March 1998
(Acquired Aug 2003)
Parents
Unknown Unknown No pic available No pic available Male
Standard VC
Born: Unknown
Female
Beige VC
Born: Unknown
I bought Lavender and Vi from a hobbyist breeder in Coventry, she originally acquired Lavender and a male Violet from separate sources around the midlands, which she then intended to use for breeding her own violets - the dad is believed to have been from Paul Spooner lines.
Unfortunately the dad died before I saw him, but full and complete records came with Lavender and her daughter to me when the owner no longer had time to give them the attention they needed and decided to reduce the number of chins that she owned.
Lavender is a very friendly chin that likes to take her time to explore and investigate every nook and cranny when out for her play time -she can be a bit of a problem when its time to go back to the cage but a sand bath and a raisin normally is enough to tempt her to return.
She has been taken along to two shows under the NCS - at both events the judges sent stewards to enquire as to her genetic make up so they could define her colour! Even though she was over 5 by the time she went to the shows she still managed to attain two HCs in the Novice section
The genetic make up on Lavender is unusual in that she is a Violet and a Beige at the same time - she carries two genes for Violet, and one for beige - so her fur shows as neither beige nor violet.. This also means that to all her offspring she passes one violet gene - so all kits that she produces will be violet carriers even if the father carries no violet genes.
Lavender was sold to Cherie on 12th June 04 as part of the reduction of my violet stock to make way for the sapphires.
Kits to date:
Vi (violet)