Thanks Rick. Regarding the Type II Ghost, I am a bit confused also. When she was first born,
she had more grey, the tail looked almost lavender. Now she looks more brownish. When you compare
her to some of her littermates, it is easy to see that she is not a regular hypo and that she is not a regular anery either.
Actually, you will see in the pictures that follow, that the Pewter was more grey when first born also.
And if you look closely at the Pewter in the first set of pics above, you will notice that the tail section looks Anery but as you go further
up the body towards the head, the Pewter starts to look more Hypo/Salmon. There is definitely some unique things going on in this litter
that may not be fully understood until breeding trials are performed at a later date. The foremost thing in my mind is to
breed the Pewter to a Blood Boa and see if any Bloody Salmons are produced. If Bloody Salmons are produced
from such a breeding, then the Pewter will be confirmed as a Hypo Pewter (Blood, Anery and Hypo).
Here is the Ghost with the Pewter right above her and her Anery brother above her to the left
Here she is with the Pewter on the left and her Anery brother to the far left
And here is a pic of one of the three salmons from the litter. She looks very different from the salmons in the litter.
The only thing I can think of is that somehow this particular breeding that produced this litter along with
the Type II Anery Gene is influencing the ghost look, making it not look like a traditional ghost.
The only way to truly confirm that she is a ghost will be to breed her to a Type II Anery and see if anerys, hypos, and ghosts are produced.
There are a few things I do know for sure about this litter:
1. The Anery gene is present as evidenced by the Pewter and the Anery produced
2. The Salmon gene is present as evidenced by the Bloody Salmon and the Salmons produced
3. The Blood gene is present as evidenced by the Blood Boa, the Bloody Salmon, and the Pewter.
4. This litter was very special, not only because of the visual morphs produced, but also because of
how clean a lot of the babies are, the Blood Boa and the Bloody Salmon are probably the cleanest
specimens that I have seen anywhere. It remains to be seen how clean they will stay as they get older.
So, bottom line is, from what I have seen and from feed back that I have gotten from other people that have
seen her, I think it is pretty safe to call her a ghost. Only breeding will confirm or refute that assertion with 100% certainty.
