Let me preface this by saying I don't own a super and haven't produced one yet.

I think many of the original supers were produced from very inbred parents which resulted in weak animals that did poorly. We have seen this in other morphs like albinos and snows. Once more out bred animals were used the albinos and snows produced were more viable. I expect it will be similar with supers. It is my impression from looking at pictures that more normal appearing Motley and Jungle supers are being produced. I would expect that these animals will be able to breed. It is also possible that the addition of another gene to the supers like the hypo gene may result in more hearty animals that are able to breed. I think there is no question the hypo gene has made albinos stronger and more easy to breed. It may be that the first generation of supers viable enough to breed is just now reaching breeding age.

Bill Kirby

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