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I have two anthrax females that are siblings and both appear to be transforming into calicos. I have one other anthrax female,actually an anthrax tiger that is the only anthrax female left out of the clutch that has not yet began to transform. I believe that it is close to 15yrs. ago that Nerd bred their "Anthrax" male to a beautiful female calico called "Poison Ivy" and produced the first of two clutches of what became known as granitebacks. "Poison Ivy" is the great grandmother to all my anthrax. A gb male from her 2nd clutch is the grandfather to all my anthrax and all their siblings. The anthrax tiger female has ,as yet, not begun any out of the ordinary color or pattern changes. Whether she will begin her calico metamorphosis like her sisters have or just be a carrier of the calico genes is not known at this time but it definitely is not random chance that two anthrax females would start the color and pattern changes with which they will eventually transform into the first full blown Anthrax Calicos ever recorded. Ran out of room. Continued at a later post.

NERD's Calico Tiger is likely the only other double morph calico in existence. The fact that two sibling anthrax sisters are transforming into calicos may indicate the possibility of an actual calico gene that can be passed on and expressed in the anthrax mutation. This could end up being a big event in the world of retic morph breeding because it may be the beginning of calico production on demand, something that until now has seemed just another unattainable "holy grail". The value of the calico will likely skyrocket as well as the vessel of it's expression-the Anthrax mutation, because for the first time the Calico mutation will be produced by choice and not only by random chance.
Due to age and health limitations I may not be able to pursue this project to it's completion and because of this I have several animals available including the Anthrax Tiger female, graniteback tiger pairs, graniteback supertiger male, and the original gb tiger adult parents. I had planned to post photos of everything, including the anthrax calicos but I 'm unfamiliar with the procedure involved and will have to email photos to those interested. My email address is 36knuck at sbcglobal dot net.