Albey
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Last year I hatched out a much darker than usual Super Snow and I posted some pictures of it to see if any one else had hatched any like it. A few people said they had but no one posted any pictures. Yesterday Dan was asking in the original thread “Anything ever come of this?” and rather than having everyone wade through all of the old posts I figured I would just start a new one. Dan, this is what has come of this so far.
It appears that there are at least two different color phases of the Mack Super Snow’s and there may actually be more to come. I called Alex Hue the day after he had hatched out the Albino Super Snow to congratulate him and while we were talking he mentioned that John Mack had hatched out some very melanistic regular Mack Snow’s. There are definitely some other genes at work here causing darker than regular Super Snow’s, as the picture to follow will show. Time will tell what it all means though.
Here are a couple of pictures of the very dark baby Super Snow after it’s first shed.
Here is a picture of it about a month and a half later. It still is very dark but is lightening somewhat. Notice how tight the stripping is though.
Here is a picture I took of it last night. It is definitely much darker than the regular Super Snow’s.
It is very similar to my original breeder Male with predominantly black striping but the stripping isn’t quite as tight. The picture below is of him before breeding season last year.
This is a picture of my original breeder Male that I took last night. He has faded somewhat and his stripping is so very tight it is almost nonexistent.
Here is my new breeder Male. He looks more like the normal Super Snow’s with the predominantly white striping. He almost look like a Tremper stripe which is what most of the Super Snow’s look like.
This next one is kind of a cross between the two but with a much whiter appearance.
It should be interesting to see if the different phases can be duplicated consistently if bred together like the Striped and normal banded phase Fat-tails can. It will also be cool to see what kind of Albino Super Snow’s each one throws.
There is going to be a lot of fun to be had with these guy’s.
It appears that there are at least two different color phases of the Mack Super Snow’s and there may actually be more to come. I called Alex Hue the day after he had hatched out the Albino Super Snow to congratulate him and while we were talking he mentioned that John Mack had hatched out some very melanistic regular Mack Snow’s. There are definitely some other genes at work here causing darker than regular Super Snow’s, as the picture to follow will show. Time will tell what it all means though.
Here are a couple of pictures of the very dark baby Super Snow after it’s first shed.
Here is a picture of it about a month and a half later. It still is very dark but is lightening somewhat. Notice how tight the stripping is though.
Here is a picture I took of it last night. It is definitely much darker than the regular Super Snow’s.
It is very similar to my original breeder Male with predominantly black striping but the stripping isn’t quite as tight. The picture below is of him before breeding season last year.
This is a picture of my original breeder Male that I took last night. He has faded somewhat and his stripping is so very tight it is almost nonexistent.
Here is my new breeder Male. He looks more like the normal Super Snow’s with the predominantly white striping. He almost look like a Tremper stripe which is what most of the Super Snow’s look like.
This next one is kind of a cross between the two but with a much whiter appearance.
It should be interesting to see if the different phases can be duplicated consistently if bred together like the Striped and normal banded phase Fat-tails can. It will also be cool to see what kind of Albino Super Snow’s each one throws.
There is going to be a lot of fun to be had with these guy’s.
Maybe soon...
That would just be insane, all black leo with all black eyes!!! 