Line Bred Snow?

[reptilenut]

Ok I never really put much thought into it until a couple of weeks ago, and I would like some input. My male Mack Snow Rev Stripe het RAPTOR has been with me through 2 breeding seasons. After breeding with at least 8 females (none were snows) in the last 2 years I realized I never got any Mack Snows out of about 28 clutches. So I am guessing this means he is a line bred snow?

He was produced from what was supposed to be a Mack Raptor x Mack Snow pairing.

Not the best picture, he has much more white than this shows.

 

[fl_orchidslave]

He needs a snowy girlfriend to produce snows.

 

[reptilenut]

So instead of him being co-dom, he is recessive.

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[fl_orchidslave]

Line breeding means breeding related pairs to enhance quality of offspring. There is no het mack snow, therefore it is not recessive. According to gecko wiki, the gene is now thought to be an incomplete dominant. If you want to produce snows, your best chances are to breed him to a female snow. You won't get all snows, but just some snows.

 

[reptilenut]

Thanks, the incomplete dominate makes since. I just thought he was co-dom. Guess I proved that out.

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[jbs81890]

Not to be a pride but is that an old picture of him??? He is most definitely not breeding weight in that picture.

 

[reptilenut]

Yes that picture is from Oct 2009, and he was 40 grams then. Which by the way is suitable weight for a male to breed. I did not get him until Nov 2009. He is at 52 grams now, and still bulking up from this years breeding. When he is with the ladies he could care less about eating. He usually hovers around the 58 - 60 gram mark.

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

OK first and foremost, are you sure that you have a snow? It's a horrible pic you're giving us to base any information on. I need a recent pic with and without flash. When in doubt just use the auto setting on the camera to get a decent pic.

If you haven't produced snow from it, more then likely you don't have a snow. Even if it was a line bred snow you would still get snows out of it. Just not as white of snows.

 

[reptilenut]

Here is a picture I took a couple of days ago.

 

[reptilenut]

That is what got me thinking about it. I know a snow bred even to a normal I should have gotten some snows!

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[sunshinegeckos]

I dont know it doesn't look like a snow to me.

 

[C C Gecko]

Yeah i wouldn't have guessed a snow either

 

[yellermelon]

Ryan is right. And furthermore it's almost impossible to know if you have a snow when judging from an adult picture.... Some normals are light colored some snows appear normal. But the best way to know is test breeding, which in your case show no evidence of snow. If going soley on looks it does show characteristics shared by some eclipses ice seen.

 

[reptilenut]

So would Reverse Stripe het RAPTOR be a correct label then? since I have proven he is het RAPTOR.

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