Who is She, Anyway?

[Wyspie]

This is Hali. She is now just shy of six months old, and the absolute love of my life (don't tell my cats!). I spoil her as much as possible, and she's developed quite a little personality. I have no idea what morph she is, though. I guess it really makes no difference to me. If she's as common as they come, then I will still adore her just as much as if she were one of the most sought-after rare morphs. I'm just curious so that I know what to say when other people ask.

 

[acpart]

It looks to me as if the bands on her body that she hatched with (before they turned into spots) included one "broken" band, meaning that the band isn't solid all the way from side to side. These "broken" bands are part of the "stripe" genetics and range from broken bands on only the tail or the body (called "aberrant"), broken bands on both the tail and the body (called "jungle" because it looks like camouflage) and bands broken in the middle with each band joined with the ones above and below it to give it a shoulder to tail stripe as opposed to side to side stripes (called "stripe"). So yours appears to be "aberrant". In addition, since there are fewer black spots, which let you see more yellow coloring, you can also call it "high yellow" (meaning "a lot of yellow").

Aliza

 

[Wyspie]

It looks to me as if the bands on her body that she hatched with (before they turned into spots) included one "broken" band, meaning that the band isn't solid all the way from side to side. These "broken" bands are part of the "stripe" genetics and range from broken bands on only the tail or the body (called "aberrant"), broken bands on both the tail and the body (called "jungle" because it looks like camouflage) and bands broken in the middle with each band joined with the ones above and below it to give it a shoulder to tail stripe as opposed to side to side stripes (called "stripe"). So yours appears to be "aberrant". In addition, since there are fewer black spots, which let you see more yellow coloring, you can also call it "high yellow" (meaning "a lot of yellow").

Aliza

Thank you so much! I'll be sure to tell her so that she can admire herself even more.

 

[Wyspie]

It looks to me as if the bands on her body that she hatched with (before they turned into spots) included one "broken" band, meaning that the band isn't solid all the way from side to side. These "broken" bands are part of the "stripe" genetics and range from broken bands on only the tail or the body (called "aberrant"), broken bands on both the tail and the body (called "jungle" because it looks like camouflage) and bands broken in the middle with each band joined with the ones above and below it to give it a shoulder to tail stripe as opposed to side to side stripes (called "stripe"). So yours appears to be "aberrant". In addition, since there are fewer black spots, which let you see more yellow coloring, you can also call it "high yellow" (meaning "a lot of yellow").

Aliza

Not sure if this helps, but here's a picture from when she was only about a month old.