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striped clutch all out........

wisema2297 Jun 24, 2008 11:07 AM

My clutch of what I THOUGHT where hypo stripe X hypo stripe have all hatched. Don Soderberg helped me via email and stated that the first hatchling looked just like a normal striped should look and explained that the stripe gene does subdue the dark colors wich can cause some confussion with people (like me) not used to dealing with the hypo stripe gene. Obviously it caused some confussion with the person I bought them from as well but he is good people with a good rep so he shall remain nameless and gets a "pass" from me since I plan on doing more business with him anyway.

The only bummer is that the female that I thought was a hypo stripe female was bred to my phantom male for the double clutch in an effort to produce het phantom stripes. She laid 9 good eggs......but if that's the only bummer I can think of then I guess I'm not too bad off!! I should still be able to produce some phanotm stripes and charcoal stripes from those.


Here is a pic of the clutch showing one anery stripe and one amel stripe with the last one still pipped but I can tell that it to is an amel stripe.

Replies (6)

Rob Lewis Jun 24, 2008 11:39 AM

...I love the striped gene. Those are great looking babies.

Rob

DonSoderberg Jun 24, 2008 11:42 AM

Those have some of the best striping I've seen. I'm jealous.

Don
South Mountain Reptiles

DMong Jun 24, 2008 12:12 PM

Well, don't feel TOO bad about it, it certainly wouldn't be the first time it's happened to someone. One thing's very obvious, and that is those strpers are VERY nice looking as Don mentioned!....I sure understand you wanting to produce Phantoms,....those are really super looking animals!..

good luck with everything!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

tspuckler Jun 24, 2008 03:15 PM

...but it's a pretty cool looking clutch O' corns!

Tim

buddygrout Jun 24, 2008 07:00 PM

That is a great looking clutch of snakes. Buddy

Steve_Craig Jun 24, 2008 07:36 PM

Gorgeous corns Ralph. The striping on them is outstanding.

Steve

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