the caramel boa strain bred by Mike had been bred to Kahl strain.
Someone told me that yes in fact this has been done and resulted in NORMAL babies (het for both I assume). If anyone has more details hopefully he/she will add them here. So that really MAY say something re the difference of Kahl and Sharp.

My feeling several years ago re Sharp being some "t positive connected snake," was based soley on my work with BLOOD PYTHONS. In blood pythons some of the red is melanin based, and when you remove some black as seen in the caramel or t- albinos, the red is also changed from a deep maroon red to a brighter red, orange, or almost yellow. That made me think that even though the Sharp looks so close to the Kahl t- albino there MIGHT still be some not visually obvious melanin related pigments which accounted for the deeper red colors.

Linda and Ed's litter will be a great addition to the information pool, and will be eagerly awaited--will these animals look, normal, the same, or different?!!

Paradigm or Caramel from that cross to VPI caramel! If that does something I would greatly expand my view of like animals and include various caramel look alikes into the mix!!

What that means is we have a huge new pool of animals to mix and match to create shades of boas ranging from the most minimal looking caramel boa all the way up to the sharp albino!
Add these to Motleys, Jungles, Arabesques, Stripes, and their supers and we will have an amazing group of animals!!

Congrats to Mike for his efforts and bringing this to the table and good luck to all!!

I think it is great for all to stick their necks out a little and try and predict--that's where the fun is--no guts no glory!

And remember, in reality we know absolutely nothing about what we are talking about biochemically with any of these things--isn't there someone out there who wants to get a Master's degree!!

Tracy

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