Last two het to het clutches give some surprising hope!

[preacher]

This season has really been a stinker so far. We breed 14 females and only had 8 go the first three clutches 1 het pied paring and 2 het albino parings produced 9 possible 66% hets out of a total 13 eggs laid. I was really beginning to think with the high heat at the end of the breeding season I was going to have a bad year but, pardon me for being who I am for just a moment, Thank you God. I had a wonderful surprise when I opened the incubator on Tuesday. I found our last two het albino clutches had pipped and each had one albino. (Pics 1 & 2) Today I opened the incubator and the larger clutch is almost all out and look what this little darling was sporting. (Pics 3 & 4) It is black where there should be white and yes the eye of that alien head is black. My question is will it stay like that or will it fade out?

 

[dumje]

it should stay...its a paradox...

 

[Ricca217]

QUOTE=dumje;1498468]it should stay...its a paradox...[/QUOTE]

Congrats!

 

[snakesRkewl]

it's scarred for life, just send it this way and we'll make sure it gets a proper home

 

[dustinNMpythons]

beauty!

 

[Breaking Balls]

Sweet. Scored a paradox marking on your Albino Congrats!

Regards,

B

 

[preacher]

it should stay...its a paradox...

I was hoping I would get this conformation! Thanks.

QUOTE=dumje;1498468]it should stay...its a paradox...

Congrats![/QUOTE]
Thanks, NOw to get it feeding and sexed to find out if it's a boy or girl!

it's scarred for life, just send it this way and we'll make sure it gets a proper home

Thank you for the offer and you may get the chance, I am seriously thinking of auctioning it off after it has shed and fed. There is a family in my congregation where the wife/mother of a 1 year old is going through a second brain tumor and they really need financial support. I was serously looking to keep it but sometimes God gives us really good things so we can help others.
Stay tuned!

beauty!

I think so too! Thanks.

Sweet. Scored a paradox marking on your Albino Congrats!

Regards,

B

It is pretty neat! And if it stays healthy it will be up for acution in a few weeks to help someone in serious need.

 

[scratchypen]

Really great looking snake Richard. Thats so great you will be auctioning it to raise money for someone in need. Needs to be more peoples like you in the world.

 

[acecurl16]

So, this leads into my question which is how normal or often do albinos have black marks on their faces? I hatched one from a Jolliff Axanthic het Albino x Normal poss dh Jolliff snow. He has nice yellow markings and several black marks on his face .. hence his name Smudge. He was only 30g at hatch and is now 35 g after two assist feedings. So, what I am treating him as is an Albino 100% het Jolliff Axanthic (Snow).

 

[R. Eventide]

Yay, a paradox Albino! That's awesome! I'm glad God finally blessed you with some better odds! :-]

So, this leads into my question which is how normal or often do albinos have black marks on their faces? I hatched one from a Jolliff Axanthic het Albino x Normal poss dh Jolliff snow. He has nice yellow markings and several black marks on his face .. hence his name Smudge. He was only 30g at hatch and is now 35 g after two assist feedings. So, what I am treating him as is an Albino 100% het Jolliff Axanthic (Snow).

As far as I'm aware, paradoxes are completely random but not genetically inheritable. It's difficult to tell how often they happen, though it doesn't seem common.

 

[acecurl16]

Thanks Krystal ... I'm keeping him either way for his genetic potential for snows, but nice to know he may be as unique as I thought he was

 

[Randy F]

nice snake and a very good thing your going to do with it

 

[Matt2979]

HUGE congrats, Preacher!! I hope the auction brings a lot of help to the young lady in need!!

 

[preacher]

Really great looking snake Richard. Thats so great you will be auctioning it to raise money for someone in need. Needs to be more peoples like you in the world.

Thank you for your very kind words Shantel, I think there are a lot of folks here in fauna that have done very similar things. It just goes to show the true heart of the herp community we are all a part of.

Yay, a paradox Albino! That's awesome! I'm glad God finally blessed you with some better odds! :-]

Thaks Krystal, I was beginning to think this was going to be a real stinker year but my Boss is pretty awesome!

nice snake and a very good thing your going to do with it

I agree it is a pretty cool snake, and it will really help this family. Going through two different brain tumors in just over a year has devistated them financially and auctioning it for them will do more good than putting it in my collection.

HUGE congrats, Preacher!! I hope the auction brings a lot of help to the young lady in need!!

Thanks Matt, I was really dumbfounded when I saw it, even picked it up and tried to rub it off. Don't ask me why I thought it was dirt or something because I incubate over water! DUGH! Anyway, Keep an eye out for the auction the best I could hope for is lots of folks to bid and while getting a really cool animal begin able to help someone in great need in the process.