Description guinea pig breed “Argent”

Argentines, or as they are also called, silver pigs, are one of the new breeds of guinea pigs that have been bred quite recently and are not yet widespread in our country.

Argentines are similar to agouti in their coat color with the so-called ticking, when each hair is dyed in a certain way. However, if in agouti ticking implies three shades in the color of the hairs (closer to the skin of the hair it has the main color, in the central part it brightens, and at the tip it darkens again), then Argent is a slightly different story. Unlike agouti, argents hair is divided not into three, but into two zones. In other words, argents are guinea pigs with two-tone colored hairs. The ticking covers the entire body of the guinea pig, the only exception is the monochromatic belly.

Unlike most guinea pigs, argent eyes have a bright reddish pink tint, which, combined with their unusual fur, makes them stand out easily from other breeds.

Another feature of argents is that they are born exclusively with light colored fur, ranging from white and lilac colors to golden and beige. The reason for this is that argents are essentially cross-eyed agouti. The presence of the gene for red eyes lightens the black color of the coat to lilac, and brown to beige.

Argents have six main colors, just like agouti. When describing the fur color of argents, the ticking color is indicated first:

• gold / lilac (Gold / Lilac). The main color is purple, the ends of the hair on the coat are golden, the belly is golden. The eyes are red with an orange tint. Ears and paw pads are pink.

• gold / beige (Gold / Beige). The main color is beige, the ends of the hair on the wool are golden, the belly is golden. The eyes are red with an orange tint. Ears and paw pads are pink.

• lemon / lilac (Lemon / Lilac). The main color is lilac, the ends of the hair on the coat are lemon, the belly is a delicate lemon color. The eyes are red with an orange tint. Ears and paw pads are pink.

• lemon / beige (Lemon / Beige). The main color is beige, the ends of the hair on the coat are lemon, the belly is a delicate lemon color. The eyes are red with an orange tint. Ears and paw pads are pink.
• white / lilac (White / Lilac). The main color is purple, the ends of the hair are white, the belly is white. The eyes are orange-red. Ears and paw pads are pink.

• white / beige (White / Beige). The main color is beige, the ends of the hair are white, the belly is white. The eyes are orange-red. Ears and paw pads are pink.

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