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RE: hypo recognition

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Posted by: jayf at Mon Dec 12 12:23:10 2005   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jayf ]  
   

well first, i would have to say that hypos are a visual morph that seems to be pretty apparent when viewing the animal. the only case where i could see someone possibly having trouble is with say a hypo nic., but even then i would say when compared to a normal nic. the hypo is obvious.
sunglows on the other hand are a bit more difficult to determine. there are often cases of nicely colored albinos appearing to look like a sunglow. the only way i would think to determine visually would be to look for the reduction of the 'would be black' pigment around the tail area. on albinos, you can see a slight difference in color between the surrounding area and the area that would be black if the animal were not albino. this should be reduced in a sunglow just as it is in a hypo. the only true way to determine would be to breed the animal. hope this helps some, but i find the more you look at different animals, the easier it is to visually distinguish them (sunglow from an albino etc).

in your case i am assuming you will be producing a litter with albinos and sunglows. i would think that compared to one another, you should be able to tell the difference visually when you accualy have the litter in front of you.


   

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