So do you feel that from the looks of this preshed baby <the first one> that it would be a genetic stripe?
I have absolutely no doubt that first hatchling is a Stripe based on the pictures.
Any particular reason you have eradicated the motley gene from your colony?
Welllllll...I'm into my 4th month of a difficult pregnancy and have to downsize somewhere. I prefer the Stripes over the Motleys, so the Stripes got to stay. I did keep my project Phantom Motley hatchlings from Jeff though (the project's too cool to drop just yet).
With the large numbers of stripes you have produced <and motley/stripes> would you say the law of averages works out and in the end you get the appropriate number of genetic stripes out of breeding "het motley and stripes" together? By this I mean, do you find that it just seems you always get more motley stripes than straight genetic stripes from these breedings?
Nope. The reason being it's just like any double recessive het (except the het form of Motley & Stripe you can see a difference rather them just being normal). I imagine you could plug het Motley Stripe x het Motley Stripe into one of those calculators and get a % you're supposed to get (if the caculators are setup right). Baby's eating my brain cells and I have a sinus infection, so I can't think that hard right now to tell you the % myself.
What do you feel the proper term for a snake exhibiting motley and stripe would be? I know I usually use motley/stripes, some people prefer using the other terms like q-tip mots, zipper mots, etc.
Well, I
prefer Motley het Stripe (or just listing Motley x Stripe) because they look like Motleys and carry the Stripe gene...Technically you
should say they're het Motley & Stripe, but most people don't understand how they can look like Motleys but not actually be Motleys. I don't like the use of Motley-Stripe for Motleys het Stripe because the term is used for genetic Motleys (no Stripe gene) that have a stripe like pattern.
How about demand. Do you find that there is a lack of demand for snakes who exhibit both traits? Ie. If someone had a group of motleys, a group of stripes and a group of motley/stripes which would NORMALLY sell out first? <Don't worry, I know this is oppinion and fluke as to what goes first, just asking for what you see as the law of average!
I agree with Jeff on this. Demand is always higher on the "ideal" specimens. In the case of Stripes, that's perfect stripes...In the case of Motleys, that's the perfect dotted pattern. You will have some people that
like the variety that can come from Motley het Stripe, it's all a matter of opinion. Me personally, I like the "ideal look" of Motley...But I love any Stripe (except Cube, not a fan of Cube).
