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Bred my Lesser x Lesser pair.. Help figuring this baby out?

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I bred my Lesser pair and they had 5 eggs. This little one looks kind of dark to be a Lesser to me though.. I know I could very well be wrong, but thought I'd get some opinions ☺. The parents were sold to me as just Lessers. What do you think? I'm still quite new to breeding. Is he/she just a normal? Thank you for any and all help!
 

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That baby is not a Lesser.
Has an interesting look but, if both parents are truly Lessers, he/she has to be a normal.
Do you have pics of the parents?

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Yes, here are the parents. Mom is the first pic, dad the second
 

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Post another picture of that one after it sheds, it may lighten up.
 
Nice Lesser pair (parents). Thanks for posting their pics.
Great that you got a couple of BEL hatchlings.:thumbsup:
Could change a bit, after first shed, but, IMHO, the baby, in question, does appear to be a normal ... in color, pattern, and with dark eyes (at least they appear to be dark in the photo).
However, as Melinda has suggested, do post a photo after he/she sheds.

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Forgot to ask ... what does that baby's belly look like?
Any pattern, at all, or is it white/clear?
If possible, a photo, of the belly, could help.

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bcr229 said:
Maybe the female retained sperm from last season?
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Having a normal hatchling, from this breeding, would not make me think it is a case of retained sperm.
Could be a possibility, of course (if she was bred last season), but a Lesser x Lesser breeding can produce normals.

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Thanks for all the replies and help! I got a few more pictures of this mysterious little one :) . Mama wasn't bred last season, at least not by me. I didn't own her last season so she may have been with a different male then.
 

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Thanks for the help! Here's a pic of the entire clutch. So looks like I've got 2 BEL's, 1 normal, 2 Lessers then? :)

Not sure about the upper right baby though.. Lesser? What do you think?
 

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Upper right baby is a Lesser.
You have it correct at 2 BEL's, 1 Normal, and 2 Lessers.
Congrats on your clutch! :)

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Both of these lesser very clearly have another gene to them, like something granit-ish, maybe that hatchling is a super form?
 
Normal.
Lesser x lesser will produce normals, lessers and BEL's.
 
SPJ said:
Normal.
Lesser x lesser will produce normals, lessers and BEL's.
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If you look closely both lessers are granite, one of the hatchling lessers is granite and this isn't a normal it's at least a granite maybe even a super.
 
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