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Just wanted to share a quick pic of our paradox albino ovulating.
The male in the pic is also a pardox albino.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers
Paul

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amazing- I have never seen a paradox Boa before, I have seen paradox Retic's, but this is a whole 'nother ball game! Thanks for the post-
Rob

Not sure if this is the first paradox x paradox breeding but good luck.

I tried 3 years in a row with different paradox combinations and did not produced another paradox.

Good luck and keep us posted.
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Richard Ceniceros

Finally someone is doing a Paradox to Paradox breeding !!

Thank goodness she's Ovulating congratulations

I can't wait to see the results

. . . Lar M
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Boas By Klevitz

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Obviously everyone is hoping that you'll get some awesome Paradox babies - no question .

I'm wondering if you think these are actual Paradox Albinos -- resultig in a whole litter of Albino babies (hopefully some with Paradox markings) ? Or do you think these adults are Paradox "het" Albinos -- producing Albinos and possible hets ?

Keep us posted . Congrats on the ovulation
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Snake room janitor

Well im hoping with fingers and toes crossed that this breeding will result with something paradox coming out. If it doesn't then I'll try again next year and bemoan my luck from before
Cheers
Paul
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Haha, I had to look up "bemoan", I really thought you accidentally hit a bunch of random keys . Definitely an exciting pairing, I wish you the best from it!
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Rachel Squier
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I am very interested to know the results of this pairing.. I believe you will produce at least one calico in that litter.. If my theroy is right, the calico are kinda genetic but skip generations.. Its thats the case, you should produce one calcio.. Or if not this year, you should next year with the same pairing..

Skipping a generation simply means Heterozygous individuals are produced wouldn't it ? . . . . .

They do not exhibit the trait because they only received one copy of the autosomal gene.

Therefore the Homozygous form cannot appear until two copies of the proper autosomal genes come together.

I cannot figure out any other way something could "skip" a generation ?

If the Paradox Albino Boas are Het for Paradox they will produce a completely new Phenotype.

If these Paradox ( Specifically the Boas in this thread) are actually Homozygous individuals they will produce a whole litter of Paradox Boas.

The Question in my mind is how this trait might be tied to the Albino ( Amelanistic ) trait.

What we see as Paradox Albino Boas might actually be Heterozygous Albino Boas and Heterozygous Paradox (visual hets).

Or

They might be Heterozygous Albino and Homozygous Paradox.

Or

They might be Homozygous Albino and Homozygous Paradox.

So on and so forth . . . etc . . . . for the other possible percentages of out comes in this scheme.

In the end we might see partial litters of Albino Boas and Paradox Albino Boas or non Albino yet still Paradox Boas . . . how ever that Paradox mutation might be expressed.

Possibly full litters of the Paradox mutation, once again how ever that might be expressed. . . . . .

I'm excited to see if anything special occurs at all.

. . . Lar M

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Boas By Klevitz

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I'd love to see something unusual come out too.

However, if the paradox parents are chimeras that were produced by smushing two fertilized eggs together, then it would depend on the genetic makeup of the ovaries and testes. If all the sperm and eggs are genetically albino, then all the babies would be albinos. But I am inclined to expect a mixture of albino and normal-looking het albino babies. It would not be impossible to have a paradox albino or two, also.

Paul Hollander