somehow i failed to mention that i did infact get them directly from ron tremper.
in reference to weather or not it is a super giant...
i purchased 3 albinos from ron tremper last year previous to his announcment that his "giant" trait was not in fact recessive but codominant.
the pair i spoke about was one purchase. Duece was another. duece was sold to me as a "super-tangerine" albino HET FOR GIANT and HET FOR JUNGLE. i wasnt aware jungle was a recessive gene but apparently rons are.
now, on the premise that giant is recessive, phenotypically he should be normal size. on the premise that it is codominant he should express the gene even when he carries only one copy of it, but less than a homozygous (2 copies of the gene) animal would. homozygous codominant and incomplete dominant animals are called "super".
with the fact that i bought them previous to ron admitting he was apparently mistaken about the genetic properties of the giant trait, that it wasnt recessive and is in fact codominant, means they should have been homozygous for the "giant" trait. making them supers.
i was fairly disappointed in the appearance of the male. he was quite yellow infact. i voiced this fact to Ron when ordering duece and i believe duece may have been discounted slightly as a result. i still paid 375 + shipping for duece. originally i believe he was $400.
if your wondering what ron tremper raises HIS giants in
click this link.
i kept shiva in a 6 qt. tub for a couple months before moving her into a newly aquired neodesha i had bought from a friend. i moved her back to the tub temporarilly to use the space for a pair that i wanted to breed, and then moved her back shortly after. she has had the neodesha to herself most of that time ever since, however i did introduce shiva to deuce and kept shiva in deuce's cage while they bred for maybe a week).
*FHEW!* is that overkill? my apologies.
