I would like to breed her to a diff male but this is the only male I have that is adult. haha

Actually, there is more to it than that... I did NOT plan to ever breed these two again since the litter was such a heartbreak, but I was given advice (from hobbiest and breeders alike) saying I should go ahead and try them again. That way I would see if it really is bad genetics or if it was a fluke (I had some low temp fluxuations when she was gravid as well as this was the first litter for the female).

If they breed again and the litter has the same high mortality rate then that will be the end of it for those two.
If that happens I would probably try the female with either a normal or salmon without any albino genes in it or a diff. het, that way I can try to figure out if it is the albino gene that is weak or if the female just throws bad litters.
The male fathered a healthy litter of 34 with a normal female.

I'll post updates here of course if and when it happens.
-April

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• Just an albino sibling update - AbsoluteApril, Tue May 3 12:04:16 2005
• RE: Just an albino sibling update - Randall_Turner, Tue May 3 12:09:35 2005
• about the mom... - AbsoluteApril, Tue May 3 13:51:25 2005
• RE: about the mom... - srsnakes, Tue May 3 14:00:44 2005
• yeah I would like to... - AbsoluteApril, Tue May 3 14:21:12 2005
• Albino Females - ChrisGilbert, Tue May 3 15:14:06 2005
• Yup... - AbsoluteApril, Tue May 3 16:21:02 2005
• Hey Chris..... - callmedaddie, Wed May 4 10:32:05 2005
• RE: Hey Chris..... - ChrisGilbert, Wed May 4 14:04:59 2005
• She is definetely a real beauty. I hope to have one like her one day.np - Randall_Turner, Wed May 4 22:21:45 2005