WHAT ARE YOU?

[goldelx6]

SO, first clutch ever, bred motley ghost het blood to blizzard... There must be some hidden genes with these two, because this sure looks like a hypo mandarin baby.... Any ideas? Pioneer advise, bc all the others look like blizzards... ???

 

[goldelx6]

*please not pioneer... Silly auto correct

 

[bitsy]

I'd give it a couple of sheds and watch as that orange comes in a little more - might be a little clearer at that point. I've hatched Amels that look a bit like that to start with. Not suggesting for a second that yours is an Amel, just that they can look very off-kilter to start with when they might change radically over a couple of weeks.

 

[Nanci]

Just going by looks, it looks like an opal!!

 

[Iguanagirl8662]

Just going by looks, it looks like an opal!!

It looked like an opal to me also but after it sheds you will probably be able to tell better.

 

[Lycari]

Um... I just ran motley ghost het blood (i.e., diffused) x blizzard through the corncalc and the results were:

Male: Ghost, Motley ( Anery, Hypo, Motley ) het Diffused

Female: Blizzard ( Amel, Charcoal )

Phenotype:

1 / 1 Normal het Anery, Motley, Amel, Charcoal, Hypo 50% poss het. Diffused

Genotype:

1 / 2 Normal het Amel, Anery, Charcoal, Hypo, Motley
1 / 2 Normal het Amel, Anery, Charcoal, Diffused, Hypo, Motley

So to have blizzard (or any other morph) babies, there'd have to be some hidden/unknown hets in this pairing....

 

[goldelx6]

true, true. the genetics calculator from Ivan's Vivarium has got my mind flipped... I guess time will tell after a couple sheds.

 

[goldelx6]

Um... I just ran motley ghost het blood (i.e., diffused) x blizzard through the corncalc and the results were:



So to have blizzard (or any other morph) babies, there'd have to be some hidden/unknown hets in this pairing....

EXACTLY!!! Something isn't adding up... :headbang:

 

[AliCat37]

I'm going to go ahead and say amel.. because the amels that I hatched last year all had those orange spots and looked like snows until they grew for a few weeks.

 

[Mitchell Mulks]

Is it possible your blizzard is actually a very light snow, and that the male is het amel? That makes more sense than the ghost motley also being het for both amel AND charcoal.

 

[Shiari]

The yellow on the neck between the saddles tells us this animal is not homozygous for anery A OR charcoal. It's likely a late bloomer amel, or even a late bloomer hypo/normal. Nautley hatched out looking not too different from this critter and now she's a super dark hypo.

*edit to add photo of Baby Nautley*

 

[ceduke]

The yellow on the neck between the saddles tells us this animal is not homozygous for anery A OR charcoal. It's likely a late bloomer amel, or even a late bloomer hypo/normal. Nautley hatched out looking not too different from this critter and now she's a super dark hypo.

I have to agree, give it a few sheds and see what happens.

 

[doogle]

Looking at the yellow on the tip of its nose i would say a Snow! Is the belly clear or checked?

 

[Shiari]

Looking at the yellow on the tip of its nose i would say a Snow! Is the belly clear or checked?

Except that snows hatch out pink/white, not with yellow/orange circles between the saddles.

 

[doogle]

Except that snows hatch out pink/white, not with yellow/orange circles between the saddles.

She does look pink in the pic! A little washed out but some hatch like that! I actually did think opal when i saw it but the yellow changed that!

The yellow and orange can develop on most morphs when they have just hatched! I have had hatchlings with some really intense orange between the saddles and thought cool but it fades after a few sheds!

Just the yellow on it tells me its Homo Anery! Also with Amel and Anery being the most common hidden het found its these i look for first!

Could the Parent be a Snopal and not Blizzard?

Did any other morphs come from the clutch or just normals?

Please keep us updated! :cheers:

 

[Shiari]

The yellow isn't needed for homo Anery. Animals simply homozygous amel can have that too.

 

[Mitchell Mulks]

I was thinking snow too.

 

[diamondlil]

I'm guessing a high white amel

 

[JimGERcream]

I go for amel late bloomer

Although, nice hatchling, me likes.