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Lavender ID

airenlow

hope is not a strategy
This little one hatched from my Mystery Line pairing, but I'm not sure what it is. It's much lighter and pinker than the other Lavenders from this clutch. Unsexed as of now. Is it just a male Lav? Hypo Lav? Peach Phase Lav? Something else? Any and all educated guesses are welcome!

Lavender het Amel Anery Caramel Charcoal Motley ph Bloodred Hypo X Hypo Caramel Lavender het Amel

After first shed
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After first meal
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Lav clutch mate
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That was my guess, but Dad's ph Hypo didn't prove out earlier this season. It's still a possibility though...
 
Many of my female Hypo Lavenders looked like that........
 
Maybe being het caramel is warping the color some. Could be a hypo lav with that leaky het caramel thing going on.
 
All I know is that her big liquidy eyes in that second picture are to die for! What a little cutie.
 
Just going by what the few clutches of lavenders and hypo lavenders I have hatched out over the years, that the male did not prove to be het hypo with another clutch, comparing it to it's lavender sibling and that it (and I"m assuming it's sibling) are still unsexed, I would call it a lavender...male...with the sibling being a female. I have hatched out a couple of lavender females this year and they all look like the second one. My hypo lavenders, male and female, tend to be much lighter than the hatchling in question. Whether caramel is having any effect or not is something I will currently not even make a guess on as I have no experience beyond my female opal that is questionably also homo amber (per Rich Z's going out of business sale) that looks like a regular opal to me.

I will have to add that I'm using my work computer right now and it does intensify color, especially reds, and things sometimes look different on my home computer that has more accurate color settings. I do not think this computer affects how dark I see colors and I am using that mostly when basing my opinion.
 
Popped em...light one IS a male and the darker one is female.

While I can't say sexual dimorphism in lavenders is a 100% guarantee, over the years it has shown to be a good indicator in at least 75% of the lavenders I've owned or have viewed on this forum and others. And I think the percentage is actually higher, but don't want to jinx it now. I've also seen it it ghosts, but I put the percentage a tad lower as it isn't that good an indicator in hatchlings but works better in older ghosts.
 
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