1. Like someone mentioned below, they are a Double simple recessive gene. VERY HARD to produce NUMBERS. I have nice group of adult males, but still. I breed a SNOW to a DH snow, and only 1/4 of the babies come out SNOW. You really have to have power animals or just a lot of patience. Another thing with the Double Simple recessive gene. Many Albinos are weak as babies. They have a VERY hard time digesting that yolk, and if that yolk is very large, then they just don't make it. Some snows born just a DAY or 2 early have a tendency because they are "Albinos" to do the same thing. They have a HARD time lasting through those 3 CRUCIAL first days. So, with the GENES being rare, and this difficulty, it is MUCH harder to produce LARGE numbers of Snows.

2. The snows as they get older DO yellow out. Many of the anerythristics used, tend to TAN out as Adults. Even though they are beautiful Animals, they do yellow out. So, when bred into the albino gene, you'll see that many of the Snows keep a nice white for the first year, but after that, I have yet to see a snow that doesn't have a good amount of yellow. They still LOOK a lot different from your albinos, and they don't yellow AS much as albino. They also have the white eyes, but yes they do yellow. They are a great gene to work with though, and I ABSOLUTLEY LOVE the Snow boa. I think it is one of the best looking Babies around. Even Adults are Striking to stare at.

In conclusion, I wanted to mention that many are trying to use the Type 2 anerythristic gene to get into the Snow project. There is some speculation that not only are some of the type 2 anerythristics anerythristic, but they are also Axanthic. I bleieve I have one of those animals, but ONLY time will tell. I have a nice group of DH snow/type 2 adults and I hope to produce the Snow/type 2 this year. One breeding has been done so far. Only 13 babies came out and since the snow is a 1 out of 16 there were NO snows/type's produced. However, the Anerythristics that came out look INCREDIBLE. They do look axanthic, and very neat with 1/2 Columbian gene in them. The Albinos are very neat too. I for sure think this is going to make a MUCH BETTER snow. Even, though I LOVE The snow as it is. There is ALWAYS room for improvement. Keep your Fingers Crossed for a MAY Type 2 Blizzad/Snow Boa. I have 1 really good shot in May, and one in Late July. Take Care, Jeremy Stone (The Image Posted, is the FOUNDING Matriarach of my Type 2 snow project. She is the one I do believe to be not only Anerythristic, but also axanthic. ONLY Time will tell. She is gravid again this year with taking 2 years off. I bred her to a coral albino this year.

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• RE: Snow boas? Why do I see so few of them and how much are they? - Randall_Turner, Fri Apr 30 01:43:07 2004
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• RE: Snow boas? Why do I see so few of them and how much are they? - viper69, Mon May 3 19:53:47 2004
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• RE: 2 REASONS, IMO................................... - Jeremy Stone, Fri Apr 30 11:43:47 2004
• RE: 2 REASONS, IMO................................... - ksshane, Fri Apr 30 11:57:06 2004
• Crosses fingers...GOOD LUCK!..np - Randall_Turner, Fri Apr 30 12:28:51 2004