Reptile & Amphibian Forums

Welcome to kingsnake.com's message board system. Here you may share and discuss information with others about your favorite reptile and amphibian related topics such as care and feeding, caging requirements, permits and licenses, and more. Launched in 1997, the kingsnake.com message board system is one of the oldest and largest systems on the internet.

Click here for Dragon Serpents
Click for ZooMed
Click here for Dragon Serpents

Mojave cross clutch has hatched.......

EmberBall Aug 13, 2006 08:37 PM

And I did not get what I expected. When people get mixed clutches, or put two or more males in with one female, I think to myself, "That is not too smart." At least not in my opinion, but now, I have gotten one of those clutches. I bred my Ghost male to my original Hypo looking female that produced the Mojave cross babies last year in a breeding loan with Eric Sandoval. I was surprised to see the first head poke out, looking like a Pastel. I was expecting Morphs and normals, 100% Het Hypo. Well, all 8 eggs hatched, all pipped and came out on their own, no egg cutting at all. I got 3 pastels, one looks like a Pastel Morph, two Morphs, and three Normals. So, how did I get Pastels in a Ghost x non Pastel female? The ONLY thing I can think of is this: A week or so before I put my Pastel male breeder up for sale, I cycled him through his females one last time, one of those females was the Ember Ball, whose tub is right under the Mojave cross female's tub. I MAY have inadvertantly put the Pastel in with the Mojave cross female instead of the Ember. I cannot imagine that I did that, but that is the only thing I can think of. I think the one Morph looks kind of like a Sable.

Pic one is a Pastel and morph, the one I think looks like a Sable....Pic two is the morph, up top, normal on the right, and the pastels on the left, with the Super Pastel looking one being the one I think is a Pastel Morph.

Replies (4)

ballroom Aug 14, 2006 06:15 AM

Congratulations. Looks like a Pastel Ghost has finally been made the double codominant way...
Beautiful animals.
-----
Michael Cole
Ballroom Pythons South
863-439-3015
WWW.BallroomPythonsSouth.com

EmberBall Aug 14, 2006 08:32 AM

Thanks man! but you set the bar REALLY high with that Pastel Calico, I really like em. I will expect some pics on the aging process, I think it will be interesting to see how the Pastel Calico age!

Dave

pythonregius35 Aug 14, 2006 07:13 AM

n/p

EmberBall Aug 14, 2006 08:33 AM

Yeah, there is no way for them to be a Sable, I just really like the dark one, and to me it has the Sable, or super Sable "look" to it.

Dave

Site Tools