...of this has occurred to me as well...

I've had a number of people tell me, that my (Roswell sibling) laddertails can't be a type of "BCC" Motley, because the side striping is incomplete...but I know I've seen lots of photos of CA Motleys, that lacked full sidestriping, and laddertails as well...

I've also noticed quite a few Colombian Motleys, that are not nearly as nice as other sibling Motleys in the same litter...

Looking at the numbers of laddertails in my 2007 and 2008 litter, around half are clearly laddertails, with no question...but there are also quite a few with connected patterns, and tails that tried to be laddertails, but didn't quite make the look...( these 'almost' laddertails resemble the larger adult female, mother of this year's litter...she has the connected pattern and side striping, but the ladders on her tail aren't nearly as nice as her brother and sister...but she obviously has the Roswell gene...so I suspect the babies without the perfect laddertails, may have the gene as well...)

This male is a holdback as well, and is a great example of the 'almost' laddertail babies that showed up in both litters...








This female holdback, is representative of what I would call the 'normals' of both litters.







A few others with the normal look:













They have a radically different appearance, compared to a few of the screamer connected pattern/side striping/laddertails from both litters:

































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Heather Martin
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