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I just got back from vacation and noticed way down that you had a question on Lavender Cal king eye color. Here is a pic from 2006 that shows a Lavender and an Albino Cal King from the same clutch (parents were double hets). Together, they are quite obvious.

Kerby...

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>>I just got back from vacation and noticed way down that you had a question on Lavender Cal king eye color. Here is a pic from 2006 that shows a Lavender and an Albino Cal King from the same clutch (parents were double hets). Together, they are quite obvious.

Great picture Mr. Ross.......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

Thank you! Do you think people refer to lavenders as lavender albinos because they are T "albinos" as opposed to the regular T- albinos?

I did buy that little lavender I saw at the pet shop. It's a female and ate a fuzzy mouse right away, after I got her detached from my finger! Love these little guys!
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

I don't know why the plus sign goes away when I type T 'plus'. Wierd.
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

I prefer and label them as just Lavenders.

Kerby...
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gottcha
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

Those are COOL Kirby ,But unless im mistaken they are both albino,call an amel an amel ...this could help the forum in general !? C

>>Those are COOL Kirby ,But unless im mistaken they are both albino,call an amel an amel ...this could help the forum in general !? C

Lavender is hypomel.......not amel.........there is black pigment but it is reduced to lavender.......
If it were amel then the black would be replaced by the absence of color....white.....

Black in the eye mixed with red from the blood gives it a ruby color......
If no black...no ruby color....just red from the blood.....

So.... Both are not amel.........lol
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

John , What i wrote was to call the Amel an Amel not just albino,as both snakes are albino by definition ,and the laugh out load was unecessary

>>John , What i wrote was to call the Amel an Amel not just albino,as both snakes are albino by definition ,and the laugh out load was unecessary

Chris....
Both snakes are not amelanistic.....
The Lavender with the Ruby eyes is Hypomelanistic....
Lavender is just an extreme version of Hypomelanism....

And you are right stating that both are albino by definition....But they are both not Amelanistic....Sorry if I mis read your first post.....

Sometimes it is difficult to interpret text on forums...
BTW...I was laughing out loud at myself typing all that not at you.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
www.coastalbendcaptivebreeding.com

John , I think we're on the same page ! . By myself saying both snakes are albino but only one is an Amel....peace