I've asked this on another forum, but haven't got much of a response, so here goes.

I'm a sucker for white snakes...just love 'em! With 2 morphs that definitely have Leucistic Balls as the super form, as well as a couple others that may (not sure, but I've heard rumors), why are Leucy's still so hard to find, and so pricey? This seems odd considering how fast the co-dom morphs that produced them have come down in price.

To get down to the heart of the matter, I would think that in the years since the first Leucy was produced, there has been enough of an incentive to do a Leucy x Leucy pairing, in order to create a clutch of all Leucy's. I haven't seen that happening...at least, I haven't seen any evidence of it happening.

To put this in recessive terms, it takes a relatively short time for a recessive morph to start being produced and seen in greater numbers once the visual form is produced. If Mojaves and Fires are just visual hets for Leucistic, can someone tell me if anyone has done a homozygous pairing? If so, what have the results been, and why is it such a seemingly rare occurence?

Any input is appreciated.
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