Identifying Lethal Gene Babies

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Hi, I know this is probably unfounded as Hope seems to have no problems, but I always worry whether he is one of those unfortunate Lethal Gene Babies. He is white with red eyes, but has some beige parts on his ears?

I am a little inexperienced when it comes to this kind of thing so any help is appreciated.
 
Do you know if your piggy's parents are roan, or have any roan genes? Lethals come from roan parents. Also, lethals usually have deformed teeth. But, if your guinea pig has no problems, then there probably isn't anything to worry about :) If your Hope is white with red eyes, he's probably albino.

I had a young lethal before and he was blind, deaf, and very small. His eyes were also very small. I also have 2 albino guinea pigs, and they are not lethals.
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Here's the lethal, Wilbur. He kept his eyes closed most of the time. Sadly, he didn't live very long :(

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Here's Dobby, one of the albino's.
Willow is my other albino, and hairless piggy :))

Hope this helps! :)
 
She is a beauty! I did some research, Hope does seem more albino or even a self coloured, pink-eyed white. Looked at his teeth, and they're as lovely as he is.

Hope sleeping, soo cute!

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Hope playing in my Gingerbread House tin!

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He's a little darling, but he is a bit naughty at times, like all small children. He had a tantrum earlier, I put him in his cage and he flung himself on to his back and just kicked until I picked him up!
 
wow, I never had a pig that had a tantrum before. I did have one that would bite when angry, though. Her name was Nibbles :))
 
HairlessWillow7 said:
wow, I never had a pig that had a tantrum before. I did have one that would bite when angry, though. Her name was Nibbles :))
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Scared me to death! I thought he was having some kind of fit or something and really freaked. It took Steve and my friend Penny, as well as some nebs to get me back to normal lol
 
Your pig is definately not lethal. I made a thread on lethals etc in the Breeds section. It's a sticky, somewhere near the top. Your pig is a Pink Eyed White, there is no such thing as an albino guinea pig. :)
 
Hope is doing well thanks, he's as sweet, loving and kind as he ever could be. Currently he is on my shoulder as he was getting upset as I was poorly earlier.

I think Hope has decided he wants to look after his mummy
 
awww bless him, thats nice of him :)) i have a boy who likes to sit on my shoulder i think he was a parrot in a former life!
 
lauralucy said:
awww bless him, thats nice of him :)) i have a boy who likes to sit on my shoulder i think he was a parrot in a former life!
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They just know when you need them, don't they? Hope just tried running off the end of the bed, as i was sat at the side of it!
 
bless him lol, would he of jumped? i think they do know.
 
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