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I thought this would be interesting for anyone wondering how designer projects (like the Creamsicle project) are started.

When selective breeding for a creamsicle project, it's obviously best to start with orange geckos with a lighter dorsal (fire/harlequin) pattern if you can. The lighter the dorsal pattern and the "oranger" the background color, the better.

What if you don't have a gecko that has orange coloration and a light fire pattern? Here's a little project I did here this year since I had a female that didn't fit into any of my other projects.

Here's dad, a pastel orange tiger...he's responsible for the orange coloration seen in a lot of my orange harlequins/fires.

Knowing his color is pretty potent, genetically speaking, I paired him up with this pretty basic chocolate/orange fire female.

Out of that pairing, I got several orange tiger babies and a couple tiger x fire babies like this one...

This one is only a few months old, so I don't know exactly how orange it will be and how white the dorsal pattern will be, but it looks like it's definitely going to be a good addition to my Creamsicle group. Even if it's not a true Creamsicle, I can pair it up with a similar gecko or even a true Creamsicle.
Plus, it's carrying the Tiger trait, so I could very well produce Creamsicle Tiger x Fires this coming year.

Anyway, that should give you all an idea of the kind of crap I think about on a daily basis.
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Anthony Caponetto
www.ACreptiles.com

That was an excellent post, thank you for the info. I had already figured that much but I very much enjoyed the visual breeding lesson. I can't wait to see what my yellows produce. I've paired a extremlly high yellow female who posses a pastel almost cream head and a Spicy Mustard yellow male that has stark white along the dorsal area (These pics are crap). I'm hoping to creat yellow creamsicles also affectionatelly known as a lemon meringue. I feel like a mad scientist and I have to say that's the best thing about breeding. It's so fun to hypothosies on what to combine to achieve a certain design and hell sometimes you just totally get suprised and wan't to click your heels and give yourself credit you don't really deserve. Anyway this should give you and idea that you aren't alone my fellow herp nerd.
-Eli
Ps: Sorry for the spelling but I am celibrating the new year

sorry the pics are so big I messed up.
-Eli