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Amel or snow or?

wombat Jul 17, 2006 11:08 PM

I had a small clutch this year from this pair, just 5 eggs, Momma is a snow, daddy is a hypo Miami "possibly het bloodred", what does this baby look like? I expected triple-het normals, got three of these and two normals... what would you call it?

Replies (5)

phiber_optikx Jul 17, 2006 11:21 PM

Amel. Daddy is het. amel.
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 MO Locale Black Ratsnake "Molly" (Flogging Molly)

As we say in Missouri, "I ain't goin back to Missouri!"

MikeRusso Jul 18, 2006 05:58 AM

I Agree with Phiber... That hatchling is albino... which means that your male is het albino..

~ Mike Russo

wombat Jul 18, 2006 10:07 PM

Muttley bunch of babies- cute though! Have to wait see how they turn out- much fun!

3 amel
1 hypo
1 normal

draybar Jul 19, 2006 04:16 PM

>>Muttley bunch of babies- cute though! Have to wait see how they turn out- much fun!
>>

in that group pic, one looks hypo.
That female may have also been het hypo.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

Draybars Snakes

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wombat Jul 19, 2006 10:02 PM

Roger that, hypo baby was surprise #2- the last hatchling to emerge-

The amels might be het or maybe homozygous for hypo- does a snake that is homo for hypo on top of homo for amel look any different?

Momma is proven:
homozygous amel
homozygous anery A
het hypo

Poppa is proven:
homozygous hypo
het amel
also poppa is probably not het anery A, but not proven(too bad!)

Each baby must have some mix of all three different morph genes: hypo, amel, and anery A 100% certain

I'm predicting snow (s) in my future!

Of course poppa (or momma) still might have been het bloodred or either mom or dad could be het caramel or lavender or anery B or martian...I understand why people use nice non-het WC's in breeding!

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