My BB isn't really a BB...

[fuzzylogix]

he's a Diablo Blanco! he was paired up with a female blazing blizzard and i caught this pic of them last night. when i was cleaning out their tub today and spraying their hide, i noticed he had two solid red eyes. i'll post pics later but here is the pic from yesterday. he's the one at the bottom, ummm cleaning off

 

[Tony C]

Blizzards can exhibit solid or snake eyes without the presence of the Eclipse gene, the solid eyes do not necessarily make him a DB.

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Very cool I'll be looking for a boyfriend this fall for my female DB.

 

[fuzzylogix]

buzzkill tony! lol, i didn't now blazing blizzards could have solid red eyes though. so what's the way to tell for sure, just breed out? he was another one without a tag so i was all excited...

 

[Tony C]

Sorry dude. Test breeding to an Eclipse will give you the answer. There isn't really any way to tell visually because the Blizzard masks the white nose that is the other major feature of an Eclipse.

 

[fuzzylogix]

send me a nice eclipse female so i can test it, lol

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Ahhh.. yes, it would have to be genetic

 

[fuzzylogix]

oh, i forgot, i actually have a nice eclipse female that i just got. labeled as a pure eclipse het for nothing. she would be a good candidate

 

[Tony C]

That one won't do, I'll take her off your hands though...

 

[fuzzylogix]

haha, im sure you would. oh and btw, that reverse stripe tremper girl i got from you laid last week

 

[Tony C]

haha, im sure you would. oh and btw, that reverse stripe tremper girl i got from you laid last week

No way! :stunned: Her last clutch was laid June 8th, crazy little girl. The sire is my Abyssinian.

 

[fuzzylogix]

that means i could hatch out 100% abyssinian het tremper albinos?

 

[Tony C]

Not exactly. My results point toward the original description being incorrect, Abyssinians appear to be a variant form of Eclipse. The babies will be very light "normals", most likely with a jungle or reverse stripe pattern that later hypos out into a more Patternless Stripe type appearance, and may also develop stripes. The babies are essentially "het RAPTOR", but with the Abyssinian form of Eclipse.

You can see some fairly recent photos in my hatchling update thread.

 

[fuzzylogix]

still gonna be some sweet babies!

 

[Tony C]

still gonna be some sweet babies!

Definitely, you should get some nice Eclipses and RAPTORs in the second generation if you hold them back.

 

[fuzzylogix]

very cool. ill be sure to post when they hatch