Albino?

[furrylovables]

This girl is completly white all around. Her eyes are the color of White Zinfandel. Could she be an albino? Will take more pics if needed to determine questions.

 

[Remyma0408]

looks like a pink white to me

 

[furrylovables]

All of my pink white either have freckles, or little bit of color somewhere on their bodies. She is completely white everywhere. Not even a folicle of dark or tan or gray.

 

[mishalaa]

She could be a homo pink white. Do you know what her parents were?

 

[threewingedfury]

She's a pink white.

My pink white has no freckles and is completely white.

 

[alli713]

She's a pink white. There really aren't any real albino's being bred in chinchillas. I believe they had issues with poor or no eyesight.

Not all beiges or pink whites or tans will have freckles on their ears.

 

[furrylovables]

Mom was a pink white and dad was homo beige. I have read that there are no true albino chinchillas today, but in 1960 there was one born that was blind in both eyes.
She could be a homo pink white, but I have really pink white chins, and they all have some flaw in their white with a hint of a beige or gray.

 

[Megan]

I've seen pink wihtes with no markings. Pink Whites with a ton of markings. She is a pink white

 

[Bethany]

I feel so sheltered, I had to look up white zinfandel. I bet she is a homo beige pink white. Non of my beiges have freckles, and I have seen more pink whites that were all white than those with color.

 

[Silverrose]

I agree with PW. I have a pink white (supposedly homo beige) and he doesn't have any beige markings, ear freckles, and his eyes are a very light blush pink.

 

[furrylovables]

Thanks for helping me out. All my pink white are not all white. She's only 1 and I thought she'd change like the rest of them. But she stayed the same. Thanks for the answers!!!

 

[kare_bear]

Like was said, Homo-beige pink white needing a bath They can be from having almost all beige to basically no beige which is why they are often called albinos.

People see pink eyes and a light colored animal and assume albino.

 

[CritterMom]

I see beige on the back...I think, or maybe he/she was sprayed by another chinnie.

 

[chinchildren]

that is what i was thinking but regadless, it does look like a pw.

I see beige on the back...I think, or maybe he/she was sprayed by another chinnie.

 

[Diva Chins]

OOO! I love this topic, I often argue with non-chin owners over it.
There are no known albinos in existence. While a pink white with a homo beige parent can look much like an albino, an albino is the lack of any color pigments and homo beige and white are both dominant genes.

Directly from a Jim Ritterspach news letter:
"Some people new to chinchillas often mistake homozygous beiges or white variants for albinos. There are no true albino chinchillas being bred today. In about 1960, a true albino chinchilla did appear, but it was completely blind, and no breeders continued the line. "

Since the albino gene is recessive, it's highly doubtful that you have an albino yourself.

 

[CritterMom]

Like was said, Homo-beige pink white needing a bath

That's why I couldn't tell if there was beige on the back or not.

 

[Parkerspetchins]

Definitely needs a bath. Cool color though.

 

[starleomach]

That is a pink white

 

[moon]

Agreed. About the Pink White, and about the bath.

 

[shuboyje]

I think a bath is an understatement, if that chin is a year old it has been shorted about 365 baths. Sorry to go off topic but like always I'm not one to sugar coat things. That animals looks like a 10 year old female who has just had her 4th breedback litter without a break. I hope it is just from excessive handling.....