Silvergrin
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So the hatchling season's winding down, and while this year wasn't anything new (anery/amel/snow/normal and creams/striped creams... which are cool but this is my second season with the pair!) the next couple years I hope will have a bit more going on! So I'm just dreaming a bit of what's to come here ^-^ Maybe you can help me plan!
For next season, I hope to breed my het butter motley female with my butter het motley boy. They're big but it'll be the first time for both of them *crosses fingers*
I also have a pair of sunkissed "okees"...
Girl:
Boy's also hypo:
I've been sort of scratching my head over them. I love the way they look but they're sibs so I'm a bit reluctant to breed them, although they won't be ready for anything till 2009!
Then it hit me... maybe I could try a butter/sunkissed/motley project! ^-^
My general breeding goals are to minimize inbreeding and aquiring new animals (heh, yeah, sort of mutually exclusive...) as well as maximize variety, because that's fun ;D
So, starting with these animals, what might be the best course?
Also, photo request! Pictures of sunkissed and motley/caramel/amber/butter combos, especially adults, would be great! (I did do a forum search, but didn't turn up too much...) Also, are there any special names for sunkissed caramel/amber/butter combos? (For example, I know creamsicle/sunkissed is "suncream", but I don't have any intention of crossing my creams and my corns)
Some thoughts: From my hypothetical butter het mot x het butter mot clutch, hold back (ideally) a boy and girl butter mot. Grow them up, pair with the okees, save a few from each and pair up the okeexbuttermots F1. (they'd be close cousins, but still...) See what the F2 looks like and go from there!
But since I really doubt I'd get so lucky as to have a male and female buttermot ;D (1/16 chance of buttermot per egg, I believe, and then there's the gender...), preferentially save whatever buttermots I get, and then preferentially save caramel mots... yes?
Other possible problems: how hard is it to tell a sunkissed from non-sunkissed? If they were caramel or butter? If they were motley? (not banded; the "hurricane" kind) The distinctive feature for sunkissed young'uns seems to be the funky head pattern; is that considered a defining trait?
Also, when doing such a project, how many animals would you hold back at each step? If you were to get another animal, which would it be and for what pairing?
Step 1: butter het mot x het buttermot => buttermot or caramel mot
Step 2: sunkissed/hyposunkissed x buttermot/caramel mot => F1
Step 3: F1 x F1 => F2 (profit!) ;D
Step ???: ???
I suppose that's enough speculation for now ;D
For next season, I hope to breed my het butter motley female with my butter het motley boy. They're big but it'll be the first time for both of them *crosses fingers*
I also have a pair of sunkissed "okees"...
Girl:
Boy's also hypo:
I've been sort of scratching my head over them. I love the way they look but they're sibs so I'm a bit reluctant to breed them, although they won't be ready for anything till 2009!
Then it hit me... maybe I could try a butter/sunkissed/motley project! ^-^
My general breeding goals are to minimize inbreeding and aquiring new animals (heh, yeah, sort of mutually exclusive...) as well as maximize variety, because that's fun ;D
So, starting with these animals, what might be the best course?
Also, photo request! Pictures of sunkissed and motley/caramel/amber/butter combos, especially adults, would be great! (I did do a forum search, but didn't turn up too much...) Also, are there any special names for sunkissed caramel/amber/butter combos? (For example, I know creamsicle/sunkissed is "suncream", but I don't have any intention of crossing my creams and my corns)
Some thoughts: From my hypothetical butter het mot x het butter mot clutch, hold back (ideally) a boy and girl butter mot. Grow them up, pair with the okees, save a few from each and pair up the okeexbuttermots F1. (they'd be close cousins, but still...) See what the F2 looks like and go from there!
But since I really doubt I'd get so lucky as to have a male and female buttermot ;D (1/16 chance of buttermot per egg, I believe, and then there's the gender...), preferentially save whatever buttermots I get, and then preferentially save caramel mots... yes?
Other possible problems: how hard is it to tell a sunkissed from non-sunkissed? If they were caramel or butter? If they were motley? (not banded; the "hurricane" kind) The distinctive feature for sunkissed young'uns seems to be the funky head pattern; is that considered a defining trait?
Also, when doing such a project, how many animals would you hold back at each step? If you were to get another animal, which would it be and for what pairing?
Step 1: butter het mot x het buttermot => buttermot or caramel mot
Step 2: sunkissed/hyposunkissed x buttermot/caramel mot => F1
Step 3: F1 x F1 => F2 (profit!) ;D
Step ???: ???
I suppose that's enough speculation for now ;D
As far as I know what genetic components such things have (and if my snakes have it) only make it mildly less impossible 
