what color are my babies?

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I'm with Spoof on this one...I think there is some ebony coming down from one or both of the parents that's making the babies such a wide range of colors.

The first definitely has TOV but possibly TOV tan...I don't see a white belly and she's pretty dark.

I think #2 is a **** beige wrap. I've seen others that look like that and they darken a bit as they age.

I have never seen a TOV **** beige, so I have no idea about #3. Looks to be TOV though and he looks like he has a white belly.
 
they do have grey-ish white bellies but you have to literally flip them over to see it. the first baby is not a sibling of the second and third but they do have the same father.
speaking of their father, he is a slightly odd shade of brown velvet, he has a rusty kind of tent to his fur (i don't know if there is a name for this at all). maybe that is why its so hard to decide on the kits' colors? :hmm:
i do notice that sometimes the lighter two kits (the two that are siblings) have a reddish hue in their fur, too.

i will update with new pictures whenever they start to look different again :)
 
he is a slightly odd shade of brown velvet, he has a rusty kind of tent to his fur
That's just from age. It's called oxidization.

When you see it in the baby's fur it can be poor color, but they look blue in to me. When they are very blue they can reflect the colors around them.
 
It does look like you are dealing with some ebony that may have been hidden if you didnt know it was in the pedigree
 
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