Fun with Hets

[acpart]

Sorry to post this thread without pictures which I'll try to take this weekend. I have a pair that can produce a whole lot of combinations since the genes in play include Tremper albino, Mack snow and stripe. So far, as of today, I have 4 little ones: a tremper snow stripe, a snow stripe, a snow stripe/jungle and a tremper snow banded. Interesting how all the babies so far are snows (just a statistical blip, since the father is definitely not a snow). It's so much fun looking in the incubator since I never know what I'll get with this pair. The female is a first-timer but has so far pumped out 5 or 6 clutches, all of which are good.

Aliza

 

[eyelids]

Yeah hets are the funnest to work with! I knew I'd only be breeding one pair this year so I made sure they could produce lots of different outcomes... Even better is proving out possible hets!

My pair is Jungle Bell het Eclipse het Reverse Stripe 50% het Blizzard x Mack Snow Funky Jungle het Bell het Eclipse het Reverse Stripe 50% possible het Blizzard... Funky Jungle is my crazy bold jungle line... Not really sure how it works because they don't follow a set genetic pattern as far as I can tell... Like I can get them from breeding FJ line geckos which do not show the trait bred to completely unrelated geckos... So for now I just know I'll get some crazy patterned bold geckos...

Haha! Anyways, with all of the possibilities I am filled with excitement awaiting the first clutch to hatch... If they prove out I will have my ultimate female being FJ MS triple het Eclipse Bell Blazing... Her dream mate will be a MS Eclipse BBB of course... Ah hets gotta love them!

 

[Jade Icing]

Did you take pictures?

 

[acpart]

Did you take pictures?

I took pictures of the parents and the 6 babies to date on Friday and will be writing a Gecko Time article about them (and illustrating basic leo genetics at the same tiem) in a few weeks.

ALiza