I have read a few accounts of possible parthenogenesis in boas, and I think I may have one more. I breed a Jungle to a Jungle het albino. Both have bread before. The male was bred to an albino last year and produced no albinos, so I’m pretty sure he’s not het. The het albino female was bred to a non-het last year, it was her first year with a male, 26 babies, no albinos. This year, there was a lone albino Super Jungle produced. There were other babies; normals, Jungles and Super Jungles, but only one albino, and it was a Super Jungle. Unfortunately, it was still born. I was there for the birthing. It was fully developed, looked great, but it simply never took a breath. But I found it very odd that a non-het albino Jungle bred to a het albino Jungle would produce one albino, and it’d be a super.

Mark
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• Parthenogenesis in boas - mpollard, Fri May 1 14:02:00 2009
• oops.... - mpollard, Fri May 1 14:06:22 2009
• Did you sex the baby? - boaphile, Fri May 1 14:56:15 2009
• RE: Did you sex the baby? - mpollard, Fri May 1 15:05:35 2009
• RE: Did you sex the baby? - Boaloco, Sat May 2 10:41:54 2009
• RE: Did you sex the baby? - mpollard, Sat May 2 15:21:05 2009
• Oops. I am a dope. I'm surprised that... - boaphile, Sat May 2 13:12:42 2009
• RE: Oops. I am a dope. I'm surprised that... - mpollard, Sat May 2 15:27:34 2009
• RE: Oops. I am a dope. I'm surprised that... - kylefrost, Sat May 2 15:58:56 2009
• RE: Oops. I am a dope. I'm surprised that... - mpollard, Sat May 2 20:46:44 2009
• food for thought..... - Sojourner, Sun May 3 09:55:27 2009
• I dont think the baby would....... - vcaruso15, Mon May 4 07:36:03 2009