What types of Gerbil are there?
Although there are albino varieties, and occasionally other colors appear, breeders have failed to produce the kind of uniformly colored varieties seen in other types of small rodent such as mice, rats and hamsters. Inbreeding is the method most likely to produce color mutations, but gerbils are particularly prone to deformities such as kinks in the tail and breathing difficulties as a result. Because of this random selection is favored more, and has indeed given rise to such shades as dove, white, black and golden.
