Well the results are in.. I think! Only time may tell on this breeding. Bloods like to continuely amaze us with some of their funky genetics and intense color changes, I think the Pale Gray gene falls in that catagory!
This is the result of many years in the works. Tracy(VPI) imported a beautiful example of hypomelanism which she termed the 'Pale Gray' blood.
Tracy bred him with a second generation gorgeous yellow, She did not reproduce the original Pale Gray trait. But was hopeful that with the breeding of the babies it would prove out as a recessive morph.
I raised up a pair of the hets and they turned out to be wonderful looking animals that carry distinctive qualities of both the Pale Gray male and yellow female he was bred with.
With a sucessful breeding this year from my hets, the female laid 10 good eggs. This is the results so far as we can best tell...
2 Pale Grays, 4 probable visual hets and 4 66%possible hets.
Eggs hatching!
Pale Gray #1 with 66 poss het..
Pale Gray #2 with 66 poss het
Pale Gray, Probable visual het and 66 poss het..
The distinctive characteristics of the Pale Gray baby seem to be the overall exceptionally light coloration, faded black pattern on the bellies and most of all the lack of black pigment in the stripe that comes off of the back of the eye. It seems to be almost orange in color just like the original male.
I think after a first shed in a couple months and especially going into the first year of color changing, we'll have good idea of how these lil' guys will turn out!
Any questions, comments and opinions are welcome!
Thanks Mike
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Mike Jenks-Solar Serpents llc
