This year I did something that I should have done two years ago. That was put my male blazing blizzard double het with a female bell albino to prove out the albino portion. I did that. What follows is the result of the LONE egg that was fertile and hatched from her.
This is also the LAST egg I have for the season! Been one of those years for me.
I say that with qualification as the egg was only marked "Bell" and I did do some breeding for Bell Het. This egg came at about the same time as many distractions, including frustration with the very low hatch rate I have experienced this year. BUT, unless one of the normals that I put my Bell male with is also het for Bell (unlikely) this egg actually did come from my BBDH X Bell mating. She was also with a patternless male, but that was earlier in the season and he was pretty young at the time.
So, without any other boring details or fanfare (and appologies for the little bugger moving to get out of the light) here is another FIRST for Royal Gold Reptiles:
Here is an overall view of the critter. On first glance it looks VERY similar to a Las Vegas albino. As a matter of fact when I opened the container and saw it that is the first thing that crossed my mind, "CRUD ( or something similar) I mismarked MORE eggs?" Then I noticed something different. The eyes actually were GLOWING, even though it was quite dim.
Check out the eyes! (again, I appologize for the fuzzyness. These guys have EXTREMELY sensitive eyes and it was constantly trying to find a dark place to hide)
Here is a picture of one of my newly hatched Las Vegas for reference. Notice the darkness from the eyes on the top of the head. Compare that to the lack of color on the Bell above. Mainly though, notice the difference in EYE color itself! Amazing.
What do you think? A great way to end a season?
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Steven
Royal Gold Reptiles
Offspring available now from LV Patternless Albino stock for '03 and '04.
Working towards Bell Patternless Albinos for '05.
