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I was cleaning cages yesterday and found one of my 2009 AN-FL babies had shed and is now sporting some white scales. Kind of surprising as I would have thought the Calico trait would be recessive or there would be more of them. None of my 2008's have shown any white and none of the other 2009's have either. This one, now named Snowy is the only one so far and also the only one to brown out. May be related? Also, she had been sold and the buyer backed out. Phew, she almost got away from me.

Any way you slice it, I now appear to have two Calico's!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (02/01/2010):
42.61 BRB
27.40 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Snowy is here too!!!

Is that one of the '09 females?
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (02/01/2010):
42.61 BRB
27.40 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Both are 2008 fluffy offspring,I got from you.
The female has change her color.

Very cool Dave! Still a bit skeptical that it only appeares to be in the crescents, but still a good sign. Please keep us updated!
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Aubrey Ross

www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

Yeah, not totlly convinced myself but there are partial white scales in some dorsal patterns as well.

You can see a couple in these pics...

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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (02/01/2010):
42.61 BRB
27.40 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Eagerly anticipating updates on that snake and any others from the bloodline that get the white scales.

Very nice Dave! I am glade that it’s happening but skeptical that the white scale is in the crescent. You said ‘scales,’ are there other white scales that are not in crescents? That would be awesome. I would have thought that the trait (if inheritable) would have been recessive but you never know.

O’ yeah, lucky-lucky you didn’t sell that one off!!!

Merry Xmas to you and your family ☺
John

Most of the white scales are partial and in the crescents. There are a few in the edges of the dorsal patterns. Not many but still promising.

Here are a couple white tipped scale in the dorsal areas...


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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (02/01/2010):
42.61 BRB
27.40 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats