degu colour?

[paulakim]

hi all i adopted 2 degus today mother and her daughter and wonderd if anyone can help on the colour quary i have? mother is a normal brown but her baby who is about 8 weeks old is at the moment a blue colour and i.m wondering if she is likely to stay blue or go brown like her mum? the pet shop wasn,t able to tell me what color her dad was, hope this makes sence

[moletteuk]

She's likely to be 'blue' and stay 'blue', it's called blue, but it usually looks fairly grey. She may darken or change in tone slightly as she grows, but overall colour type is fixed from birth.

A word to the wise, please try and check the sexes for yourself just to be certain you don't have a surprise litter.....it happens a lot!