I read a post once from a person who bred a Pastel (maybe...I can't remember the exact morph) X Normal and produced Spiders. Being shocked by the unexpected outcome of Spider hatchlings, this person contacted the breeder who sold him the Normal female. It seems the breeder had tried breeding a Spider to this female the previous season with no luck. The conclusion they reached regarding the unexpected Spider hatchlings was long-term sperm storage.



This brings me to my latest question...



Can a homozygous (visual) Albino X Normal produce Normal hatchlings...or rather...could a 100% Heterozygous Albino hatchling (from Albino X Normal) be completely normal?



It seems to me that if sperm storage can in fact be long-term (at least one season), then it is plausible that any supposed 100% Heterozygous animal could actually be completely normal. (That is, unless the female was a virgin.)



For instance, if in 2004 I attempt to breed a Pastel male to a Normal female and no successful ovulation takes place, I may still try to breed her again the next season. So in 2005 I breed her with a homozygous (visual) Albino male. She clutches and out pop six (6) healthy hatchlings. These hatchlings are assumed to be sired by the Albino male (100% Heterozygous Albino). However, a few (if not all) could actually have been sired by the Pastel male. (This example argues that the Pastel male may have passed on his Normal allele only.)



Any thoughts?



Chris
-----
“Next time don't buy $10K worth of snakes out of the back of a van!” -- Toshamc

[ Show Entire Thread ]