Argente creme
The argente creme is essentially a pink eyed chinchilla. That is, an agouti tan that is homozygous for chinchillation (c^ch) and pink eyed dilution (p). It can also be made using the white bellied agouti gene (A^w) instead of agouti tan (A/a^t). As it involves genes on three locii, making argente creme from scratch will take a few generations. At present there are no UK fanciers exhibiting this variety, though it has had its fans in the past and I believe at least one breeder is working on creating a strain.
The standard for argente creme states: "Eye pink. An argente creme mouse shall be a delicate blend of deep cream and silver. The undercolour to be an extremely pale blue. Feet the same colour as body. Belly White.". The top colour of the mouse is further diluted from argente and resembles a vanilla custard, giving enough contrast between the yellowy top and white belly to be able to clearly make out the demarcation line between the two.
Despite chinchillation being available in the 1930s, the argente crème was not standardised until 1967. It was reintroduced and established by Birmingham fancier Bert Cooke.
The standard for argente creme states: "Eye pink. An argente creme mouse shall be a delicate blend of deep cream and silver. The undercolour to be an extremely pale blue. Feet the same colour as body. Belly White.". The top colour of the mouse is further diluted from argente and resembles a vanilla custard, giving enough contrast between the yellowy top and white belly to be able to clearly make out the demarcation line between the two.
Despite chinchillation being available in the 1930s, the argente crème was not standardised until 1967. It was reintroduced and established by Birmingham fancier Bert Cooke.
