Some of you may remember this project I aquired from VPI some months back. Mom on right, son on left.
Here are the results of the pairing, hatched 3/12/08:
3.2 not quite like mom, but they are kind of cool...
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-Diana
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First Hatchlings of '08 - Project Update
Rapture
Apr 06, 2008 08:36 PM
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RyanT
Apr 06, 2008 08:40 PM
They look like the male. Damn, how did that happen? I suspect I'll probably end up being in the same boat in a couple months after trying to do the same thing with this female and her son. It's fun to hope and try though.
Rapture
Apr 08, 2008 12:11 AM
Ryan, I also have a couple of her female babies from '06 that have those junky patterns and "keyholes."
Good luck with your project!
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-Diana
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bristen
Apr 07, 2008 12:13 PM
That animal looks different enough that it's hard to imagine it's not genetic... maybe the animal has to "age" to get that look? All part of the game I guess, some are really screamers and some just bomb out... I'm not sure I'd give up yet, but it's certainly not the results I was hoping you were going to get!
Regards,
Bristen.
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Rapture
Apr 08, 2008 12:11 AM
Thanks for your support... not giving up quite yet!
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-Diana
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Coldthumb
Apr 07, 2008 04:11 PM
Nice clutch!...I know it wasn't quite what you were hoping for,but...
Whether she is dom/do-dom or recessive.It's entirely possible that you missed the 50% odds..Mom definitely has the "has to be genetic" look,so maybe it will turn out to be a recessive trait(,or if the 3.2 look enough like the sire,then maybe it is a really subtle co-dom).
If it were me,I would keep them all and try again next year too.
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Charles Glaspie
Rapture
Apr 08, 2008 12:13 AM
I'm still hoping I just missed. All of her offspring that I have here have the same strange patterns. Could just be coincidence...
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-Diana
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BRC
Apr 09, 2008 07:14 AM
I'm thinking that she's going to throw killer animals like that all the time....throw her to a yb or a pastel or a spider and I bet you get some clean bright animals.
Pretty snakes for sure.
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blackrockcaptives.com
Rapture
Apr 11, 2008 11:42 PM
Thanks and I'm kind of thinking along the same lines as you... gonna have to decide who to pair her with next season, Yellow belly is very possible. Thanks!
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-Diana
www.LunarBoids.com
