pastels, lipsticks, corals and jungles..
(so I remember what to respond to.... lol )

Yes, Jeff made his by selective breeding.. starting with one ugly pair, picking the best, and continuing on and on.

Doug believes his are dominant, I believe, where one can be bred to another and half or more should be pastel.

Burke also selectively bred. I think they may have used other high color and/or pastel lines to increase the color in their animals, I don't think it came from a hypo.

Many people don't like sunglows or anything with hypo trait to it because it tends to take away color, NOT add. When you take away the black and can see the red, it appears that it added color, when in fact, it did nothing more than take away the color that blocked the red.

Again, i'm not sure how the coral works, or how it is inherited. From what i've heard, true colors begin to pick up their color with growth/maturity. I think it starts around a few months and then continues to get more intense..
I think pastel albinos/lipsticks and the such can be seen immediately upon birth.. the corals you can't tell.

I do know that albinism takes away the black, and is a deficiency. It can happen more on one animal than another. It can be totally white, so light that it is see through, darker and spotted, or intensely red. This MAY have been how corals came about... selectively breeding the more colorful animals, and not the weaker, duller appearing white snakes.

Jungles, Jungles, Jungles... the comment about not recognizing jungles from normals in a litter is very common for beginners, or those that do not have and breed Jungles.
If you ask anyone that has and/or breeds them, they will tell you it is about 99.9% a no brainer... very easy.


Hope that helps!
Take care, Joe











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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
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