possible, but also highly improbable. We first need to "prove" the Hypo Motleys can only produce Hypos and Mots (or generate Hypo and Motley gametes). I am expecting a litter from the same Hotley bred to a Sharp (not het) in less than one month. If I get all Hypos and Motleys (along with all the other breedings I have heard of similar results), I say it is pretty safe to assume what to expect from Hypo Mots and my Hotley is not het Sharp. She should throw a litter of around 30. With this stated, lets not forget a Hypo Mot should not produce a normal and getting a Normal Sharp is highly suspicious.



I know numerous people (including myself) who have sold their poss hets to the pet trade, but it would take the right kind of unknowing consumer/hobbyist to make the right pairing (normally petshop customers want pets and know little about this industry) to even have the possibility of producing a visual. It is a lot of "if, ands, or maybe's" in these scenarios which make them unlikely. I also have a well documented history on all the animals I keep (2-3 generations back) and only deal with well known breeders and/or hobbyists (to which their animals rarely come from petshops). (I know some of the Matriarch's of these big projects come into our industry this way, but they go back several documented generations). All this is possible, but it is highly unlikely this poss het ended up in my hands.



Thank you for the dialogue and the skeptisism. I like when people get these old wheels turing. We definitely have to get these Hypo Mot genetics squared away and set in the literature. It should be old news by now.
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