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Clutch of Amels? Candy Canes?

Kevin M

Kevin M

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This is what hatched from a Candy Cane x Candy Cane pairing. For those of you that have seen me post photo's in the past you have seen pic's of the parents. They were Candy Cane's I purchased as hatchlings 2 summers ago. As they matured they looked anything but candy cane's. The male got very blotchy with varying amounts of orange between his saddles. The female, his sibling, went in the other direction and developed lime green/yellow border's around her saddles.

Anyway, I bred them together and this is what hatched...
 

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As you can see there are some light color amels(?) there. This got me thinking... They're too red to be snows (and the parents aren't het for anery as far as I know). I started thinking "maybe they were het for lavender?" as I started to think maybe they were opals? I decided to take an opal and one of the lighter amels and put them together for a shot.

I've sent photo's to Rich and he said he has encountered this before with his Amel Okeetee's in the past. They hatch out light and after 3-4 shed's they end up looking like their amel siblings.

What do you think? The true opal is on top.
 

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i reckon wait till they shed ive just had a few amels hatch from a amel / normal miami (het amel) and some are very (were) light i though they might be nice lifght orange amels but after the first shed they are definatley just ordinary amels very red and white :) (not that a mind one little bit)
 
really light amels? Me, too!

Hi, Kevin. Liz from Lebanon, here. Glad to see your post and hear some answers. I, too, had a very pale amel hatch out this past weekend. The parents were an Okeetee male (with average borders, but good color) and a quasi-hypo Okeetee female (tiny dark borders around her saddles, and bright oranges and reds). So far, three of her nine eggs have hatched, and I've gotten one normal, one possible? anery, and a very pale amel. Clearly both parents are het for amel and possibly het for anery (not quite sure if the anery hatchling is an anery or not -- very black, but with a tiny bit of yellow/orange on his head).

Anyway, my amel is as pale as your pale ones, and I wondered what in the world caused it, since all the other amel hatchlings I've ever seen were significantly brighter orange or red. I guess, after a shed or two, the color will show (based on other replies to your original post).
 
Well, I'm glad to hear that other people are experiencing this and not just me. To me it reinforces what Rich told me. I'm willing to wait the 3-4 shed's and see what happens. This just caught me off guard because unless my brain is fading I don't remember anyone relating this type of experience before. It'll be real interesting in a few shed's if these guys don't redden though. heh.

Oh, Don't know if this matters at all and I didnt get to discuss this with Rich at the time because the clutch was still hatching , But final results are out of 16 eggs, 8 are def. amel, and the other 8 are those light ones.
 
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