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OK here's the deal. I plan on getting a male for my female cal king, who is banded. Should I breed her to a striped or an albino? I'm leaning towards striped. Just would appreciate some thoughts. Thanks.
PS-I plan on buying a hatchling so I can grow him myself and so I have time to let my female cal king grow. She seems to be no where near 36 inches and I got her in October 2002. Is this ok? I'll get pictures later
save yourself the headache and just buy both...
the first generation babies would all look the same anyway and theyd be hets
What do you mean by "they'd look the same"? You mean I'd just get banded babies? Or still a combo of striped, banded, and aberrant ones?
If you have a normal banded female and you breed her to a normal striped male. You will get all normal offspring. The pattern is not an exact science. Striping is somewhat dominant to banded but often aberants result.
If you breed a striped albino to your normal banded female. You will get all normal looking babies. They will be heterozygous for albino but they will look just like the offspring described above.
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