I have had a number of breedings of Pearlescent Boas over the few years since 2003. In every case when I used a Pearlescent Boa, that is where one parent had an inverse stripe, I produced approximately half a litter of offspring that also had that inverse stripe. This is in offspring whether Hypo babies or non-hypo babies alike. Many other aberrant babies have been produced at the same time. All of the breedings I have been successful with so far, have been using a Pearlescent Boa bred to either a Monster Tail Bloodline animal or a Boa from my DuBay Pastel Bloodline. The DuBay Pastel Bloodline happens to be my original bloodline of Colombian Boas so I have a lot of them. A lot of them. Many of my Pastel Adults are from this or related to this bloodline. I have tried to breed Pearlescents with Albinos, Motleys, Jungles and other completely unrelated bloodlines, but to date have not done so successfully. I expect the results of these breedings to be the same, but I have not actually done so yet. Also, it may very well be that the ultimate "definition" of Pearlescent will widen as it has the Jungle Boas as we learn more in the years to come. Remember it was more than ten or twelve years into breeding Jungles, before we more or less settled upon how to determine a Jungle from non-Jungle siblings. The same may be true of the Pearlescent Boas. In fact, I did get surprise Pearlescents from a female one year that did not have the inverse stripe. Neither did the male that bred her. This female is a sister of the original Pearlescent male. It's obviously in the genes and somehow was brought out in her second litter after being bred to a different male that was slightly aberrant and also a DuBay Bloodline Pastel. Moreover, it's a beautiful thing and a project that I have really enjoyed. It's time to share the fun!

I have literally hundreds of pictures of Pearlescent Hypos, normals, litters and babies right after birth posted on the web.




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