White Out Offspring from Zero x White Out Breeding

[Imperial Geckos]

The Zero gene has proved to be quite polymorphic, with some hatching out completely banded. I was expecting all Zeros to have no bands, but thats not always the case. Also from hearing from a couple of different people and from personal experience, very few White Out Zeros come out with the Zero pattern influence. This leads to a problem. How can we effectively label and recognize a White Out Zero? It seems the only way to know for sure is to breed a Super Zero to a White Out. I hope that anybody that has done this cross (White Out x Zero/Super Zero) will share their experience and photos of White Outs (Zero or Not).

Sire: Zero

Dam: Striped White Out

This was this females first breeding season. She laid 8 eggs. 2 duds (first clutch), 6 good eggs. 1 egg went bad during incubation. Results were 4 Striped White Outs and 1 Striped "Normal".

White Out Offspring

I have an idea on which ones might be Zeros, but I am not 100% sure. I think #1 and #2 might be Whit Out Zero's. Please let me know what you guys think.

WO #1

WO #2

WO #3

WO#4

 

[Enigmatic_Reptiles]

They are all very nice but I love WO#1 the most. Congrats on some beautiful babies.

 

[tlbowling]

Wow! They are beautiful Alex!

 

[bittner_344]

Hey Alejandro, I can see some zero traits in them, especially the WO #1, but i was wondering the same thing also. Its definitley tough to tell if the zero trait is present in a whiteout. Either way awesome geckos!

 

[Imperial Geckos]

Thank you everyone!

 

[T-ReXx]

Awesome animals. Congrats!

 

[supperl]

I will post mine later, I realy dunno for the Zero stuff, I´m curious about how they work together. Our Zero White out Breeder female has a full body pattern and I wish all would act like that. I dislike this "could be Zero" thing, it makes all so complicated why can´t all zeros just have the full pattern hehe

But whatever, you babies are awsome

 

[Imperial Geckos]

Thanks Ted!

And Thorsten I look forward to seeing some pictures and hearing about your experiences. Also post some pictures of that WOZ breeder female Thanks for the nice words also!

 

[supperl]

Okay here we go:

This one I was told is a Zero WHite out

This one I was told may be a Zero WHite out

And these 2 should be normals

 

[Imperial Geckos]

Great looking White Outs... thanks for sharing. I can see why the first one would be a Zero, it has larger/longer bands....I think I need to invest into a new camera lol :main_laugh:

Thanks again Thorsten :main_thumbsup:

 

[T-ReXx]

Lots of great animals on here, I really need to start thinking about picking up some white outs, they are just beautiful animals.

 

[Imperial Geckos]

Lots of great animals on here, I really need to start thinking about picking up some white outs, they are just beautiful animals.

I will most likely be selling WO #2 and WO #4... PM me in the future when your shopping around for one

 

[supperl]

Yup thats right and it looks different. I don´t think number 2 is Zero but Jeffs not sure.
BTW did you ever hatch a normal Zero yet?

 

[supperl]

We are saling 2 of them right now, but as we are Europe guys its not easy^^ But Europes nearly ours haha^^

 

[SFgeckos]

Amazing geckos!! Please post updated photos as they grow!

Jon