1st BSB Project Baby!

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This is the first baby from my Black Spot Bell Project to hatch and I’m thrilled! The black outlining the bands has me very excited! The original BSBs hatched totally normal and also never exhibited black color anywhere other than the spotting. As I’ve mentioned before the black spots eventually fade to brown, but I never documented that with photos. I’ll be taking pics bi-weekly this time around…

This hatchling is the result of pairing a BSB male with an unrelated Bell female. BSB x BSB eggs are yet to be laid…

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ok micheal, i see the dark maroon coloring but i don't see any black. it is a gorgeous gecko though!! it's gonna have some nice bright colors and great contrast :D
 
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Congrats! :main_thumbsup: 5grams? Geez! my biggest hatchling so far is 4 grams...
BTW, I just hatched my first two bells a few days ago, I love the way bell hatchlings look compared to tremper hatchlings.
 
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Thanks a lot everyone! I really appreciate the comments!

Leggomygecko said:
Hmm, Michael, would this be the "up your sleeve" thing you was talking about? Nice!!
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Nope... ;)

robin said:
ok micheal, i see the dark maroon coloring but i don't see any black.
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C'mon Robin pull out the :main_robin: and look closer!

Ok maybe I'm hallucinating... :hippy:
 
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420Geckos said:
C'mon Robin pull out the :main_robin: and look closer!

Ok maybe I'm hallucinating... :hippy:
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i may not be able to see well but i can see color very well. perhaps you are hallucinating or simply color blind. those geckos do NOT have black on them. i think they are pretty bells but nothing even close to a new genetic mutation. the older bells had purplish- maroonish tints on them. only in recent years have they become light due largely in part to the hypo influence


in the first photo you can see on the hybinos neck the dark spots.. in the second photo you can see the same colors you are calling black, which is a maroonish color and in the third photo you can see the same thing in the middle gecko (and to some degree the others as well). the regular bells are 4-5 years old. the hybinos 3-4. the hybinos i produced, two of the total of four normal bells i produced, mark bell being the breeder of the other two. while these turned into gorgeous geckos. the hybinos were hybinos and the normals ones were just that, normal.

BELLS ARE VARIABLE!


p.s. i had to end the photos were in the wrong place
 
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I don't see any black either, just a nice looking bell hatchling and Im not hallucinating nor am I color blind and personally, if I were you 420 I would not talk smack about Robins vision. That's just uncalled for after all she could see more in a leo with her old poor vision than most can with perfect vision. And her eye sight is much better now.
 
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I don't see anything close to black either. I eyedropped the darkest color in the back band to the right and placed a large sample of the color beside black over the bands. It's definitely brown with a hint of maroon. Also, I picked the first photo out of your 4 to give you the benefit of the doubt. The other 3 are more washed out from the flash, the first one is definitely the darkest photo.

Some things may appear black, but under closer examination you'd be surprised the tricks your eyes can play on you. Cameras can pick up color that you may not have noticed in plain view. The color black in a low lit photo or a washed out photo from a flash should still look black - dark grey - grey. The eyedropped color is definitely brown - maroon.

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I love the animal though. Hopefully after some line breeding you can start a darker Bell line.
 
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dragonflyreptiles said:
I don't see any black either, just a nice looking bell hatchling and Im not hallucinating nor am I color blind and personally, if I were you 420 I would not talk smack about Robins vision. That's just uncalled for after all she could see more in a leo with her old poor vision than most can with perfect vision. And her eye sight is much better now.
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Im not starting a flame war but i dont think hes really talking smack about her vision. Even if he is, that icon IS called ROBIN. So how should he know where the line is when people joke around enough to make the eyeglass icon robin? Im sure he didnt mean any harm when he said it, and i dont think robin was all that offended, she just speaks her mind.

Michael, i really like the bell, BSB or not however it changes, it would be hilarious if the clutchmate was a pure black bell, i wonder what some of the members would do:main_laugh:
 
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Thanks Kyle and Paul!

Robin, Wendy, and Ryan, you guys are right. I think anticipation and imagination made me see what I wanted to rather than what was truly before me. On the other hand, I do think my BSBs are unique and that they will produce something special eventually.

Have a look at these, compare them with the ones in the links and you'll know what I think they'll produce...

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From Steve Sykes' Bell Albino Leopard Geckos For Sale page...

From JMG's Available Bell Albinos page...

My BSBs and the one in the link do not look like "normal" Bells... Mine did not come from a special gecko, but a rather normal looking Bell obtained from the source. It had always been my opinion that mine would make something special and after seeing several special siblings that look very similar to mine I've become somewhat more confident.

I didn't plan to bring all this into the open, but I felt a bit challenged by some of the above posts. Don't get me wrong I'm not looking for an argument; I just wanted to plead my side of the case.

Do I think my BSBs are the same thing as special sibs? Yes! Do I think my BSBs and special sibs will produce specials? Yes!

Finally, on the topic addressed by Wendy: I was not talking smack about Robin's vision. My comment was meant as a figure of speech and not intended as a personal attack. To be honest, I'd completely forgotten about the sight issues she's had to deal with. Had I remembered I would've definitely chosen better words. If there was any harm dealt I sincerely apologize. I really like Robin (in a friendly way) and am totally down with her.
 
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420Geckos said:
My BSBs and the one in the link do not look like "normal" Bells... Mine did not come from a special gecko, but a rather normal looking Bell obtained from the source. It had always been my opinion that mine would make something special and after seeing several special siblings that look very similar to mine I've become somewhat more confident.

I didn't plan to bring all this into the open, but I felt a bit challenged by some of the above posts. Don't get me wrong I'm not looking for an argument; I just wanted to plead my side of the case.

Do I think my BSBs are the same thing as special sibs? Yes! Do I think my BSBs and special sibs will produce specials? Yes!
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actually yours look like "normal" high colored, high contrast bell albinos. i have produced these as well.
do you think you are going to produce enigmas from these BSB's?
 
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