Help identifying this colour?

[sophonax]

Hey all, I'm fairly new to breeding rabbits and learning about their coat color genetics and I'm really unsure on this kit. Sire is a sable marten, Dam is a Californian, and if you look at this kit it looks kind of silver but there are very clear pure white areas too. It looks like a silvery white REW. I'm thinking it's possibly a sable point but any assistance on confirming or telling me what it actually is would be great

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

Just looks like a REW with frosted fur. Two of my Himis have had it

 

[sophonax]

Just looks like a REW with frosted fur. Two of my Himis have had it

Thanks! I'd just never seen a rabbit quite that colour before so I had no idea

 

[MsTemeraire]

It's a chilled Himalayan marked baby. The colour is temperature sensitive and they can only form pigment on the colder parts of the body. They often have shading like that when young which moults out later on.

Sable (both siamese and marten) usually carries REW (sometimes Himi) so that has matched up with the Himalayan gene your Californian has. Given that one parent is Marten, it may also have inherited the tan pattern gene a(t), so it will have white nostrils, ear lacing, and under tail once the points come in.

It can't be a sable point as those have dark eyes.

 

[sophonax]

It's a chilled Himalayan marked baby. The colour is temperature sensitive and they can only form pigment on the colder parts of the body. They often have shading like that when young which moults out later on.

Sable (both siamese and marten) usually carries REW (sometimes Himi) so that has matched up with the Himalayan gene your Californian has. Given that one parent is Marten, it may also have inherited the tan pattern gene a(t), so it will have white nostrils, ear lacing, and under tail once the points come in.

It can't be a sable point as those have dark eyes.

Thanks for the in-depth explanation! I've been reading up on their coat genetics and this one definitely had me stumped! I've had a few tan pattern kits from that buck so that makes sense too.