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BackBeat
Apr 13, 2004 06:08 PM
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BackBeat
Apr 13, 2004 06:10 PM
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elaphe4herps
Apr 13, 2004 06:26 PM
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Apr 13, 2004 06:44 PM
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BackBeat
Apr 14, 2004 12:42 PM
Yes, he does look like a pewter. But he has belly pattern.
Was bought as a charcoal. I tracked down the breeder and was told he is a Phantom (hypo char.). At this point I'm almost sure that the 'hypo look' he has is from Bloodred influence.
Not to pee in anyone's cornflakes, but at not quite two years of age he looks 'more' like a pewter than some adult pewters I've seen.
BB
krisg
Apr 14, 2004 07:18 AM
That's what I've been waiting for! Very nice... very, very nice...
Amazing how his pattern has almost totally washed out, if it weren't for the belly pattern, I'd say Pewter as well. Until then, you're right, breed it to a bloodred and see how many little grey heads pop out Has he been made a man yet this season? Do tell...
Kris
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BackBeat
Apr 14, 2004 12:34 PM
Nope, he has not been made a man yet this season. I *may* use him to double-clutch an anery motley het hypo female. It would test him for hypo atleast.
But at this point I'm leaning more towards double clutching her with the ghost het motley and going for more ghost motleys.
Is it possible for me to hatch 'too many' ghost motleys? Not that I can think of.
BB
DonSoderberg
Apr 14, 2004 04:00 PM
. . . the belly is 97% or higher patternless white, it's an anerythristic bloodred in my opinion. I don't see charcoal in this one. I don't recall if you know the lineage on this one or not. If you don't, the belly will say "pure" or "outcrossed" by amount of pattern and the color is anery. A in my opinion. The breeding trial for this is swift and decisive. Breed it to any pattern of anerythristic "A". If you get all anerys., it's not charcoal. If you get any normals, it's charcoal. Now watch it be homozygous for both. In the scenario that both snakes are double homozygous for the black genes, it should still be easy to distinguish between A and B anerys.. Again, I don't recall what the belly pattern is(if any). It has to be 97% or more white to be a homozygous bloodred. Other colors of bloodred can have bellies as little as 10% white, but in the black bloodreds, the belly is always almost pure white. IMHE
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