Hey Josh, That's interesting to hear that normals and Hypo Motleys occasionally pop out from Hypo Motley x normal breedings. Out of curiosity, were the unexpected Hypo Motleys born from Hypo Motley mothers, and the unexpected normals born from normal mothers?



It seems like a lot of Motley litters have one or two unexpected babies born along side an otherwise textbook litter, or maybe it's just the multiple bold genes involved in general that make it easy to tell when something doesn't belong. If the unexpected babies are partho babies it could explain why you got Hypo Motleys unexpectedly. For example, if an Albino gives partho birth, it can only have Albino babies, since the mother is Homozygous Albino. Since Hypo and Motley are allelic, a Hypo Motley is essentially a homozygous morph. I wonder if partho babies from a Hypo Motley mother could only be Hypo Motleys, or if you would get Super Hypos and Super Motleys, or all three?



Have you ever had a normal born from a Hypo Motley mother? That would be crazy! I didn't know about the Blizzard issue. I've heard that the Double Homozygous was eluding breeders, but never heard anything more than that. Weird stuff!

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