Kingsnake.com - Herpforum - RE: Sulphur VS. Fire

Posted by: EmberBall at Mon Jan 9 22:29:03 2012 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by EmberBall ]

Here is what I tell people when they ask about Sulfurs versus Fires:

It depends on what you want to do with them, and if you are going for Lucies, do you like the colored ones or as white as possible. In my experience, I have produced High Orange Lucies on all but ONE of my Lucies, and that male was a Spider Possible Mojave Super Sulfur. I think the Spider and/or Mojave genes in him caused him to have less of the orange and yellow coloring. The other Supers I have produced have ranged from basically all Orange on the dorsal, to a ton of Yellow striping and spots. So, if your goal is to produce an orange Lucy, I would say go with the Sulfur gene. I do not think my ratio of Orange Lucies is a fluke. If your goal is one orange scale, and 99.9% white Lucies, I would say get a Fire, or get Sulfur combos(Again, I think the more genes in the Super Sulfur, the more white and less orange). If you do not really care about the Lucy, and it sounds like you do, I would offer the advice of get an animal you like visually. If you see a Sulfur or Fire at a show, that blows you away, get that one. If you see a particularly cool Sulfur or Fire in an ad, one you really like, get that one. Same with combos, if you see a cool Sulfur Mojave that blows you away, get it. If you see a cool Fire Mojave, and you cannot live without it, grab it.

I know there are high orange Super Fires out there, but there are also probably 100 times the number of Super Fires vs. Super Sulfurs, and probably equal the number of High Orange Supers. You cannot argue-ok, some of you probably could-with 5 of 6 animals coming out High Orange...where as High Orange Super Fires are the exception, not the rule. The Super Ember is pictured, somewhat Higher than normal Orange, and he is the first Super Ember ever, and he is what I would call Medium Orange. He is also possible Hypo, or Het Hypo.

Dave