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'02 SerpenCo Caramel Motley
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Jr Nimeskern
Snake lover for lifer
Hey Serp that looks like a Stripe/Motley? Is it or is it a full Motley? and how can you tell the diffrence in their Phenotypes? I have a Anery A that was sold to me as a Motley but it looks so much like my Stripe/Motley that I changed my view on her and now call her a Anery A Stripe/Motley... Any Ideas?
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Serpwidgets
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I would think it's entirely possible he's a heterozygous striped motley. I dunno if Rich owns or hatches any striped caramels from this line, or if he hatches any at all. That would mean one parent was a striped motley caramel and the other was just motley (or het motley) plus caramel. He was tagged as "motley caramel het butter" by Rich, so I guess I may or may not find out when I get to breeding this one's offspring.
I won't buy any striped corns, I personally don't like that pattern, so there won't be any other striped genes to breed against. But, I plan to cross him to an amber to work on amber motleys, so if he's got that striped gene I might end up with striped ambers or striped caramels from the F1 X F1 (or F1 X him) crosses. I'll let you know in 2007 or so.
I won't buy any striped corns, I personally don't like that pattern, so there won't be any other striped genes to breed against. But, I plan to cross him to an amber to work on amber motleys, so if he's got that striped gene I might end up with striped ambers or striped caramels from the F1 X F1 (or F1 X him) crosses. I'll let you know in 2007 or so.
All of the striped looking animals I get from my Butter/Caramel Motleys are full blooded Motleys. I have not bred the actual 'Striped' gene into them. In nearly all cases, they have a fairly broad single stripe down the back, whereas my Butter Stripes tend to have two parallel narrower stripes instead.
I used to keep every one of them that had even partial striping, but I have quite enough of them by now. Actually have quite a few hatch out this season that would have been keepers even a year ago. I bred several of my Amelanistic Motley females with Butter Motley males and got quite an assortment of offspring.
I'm sure in years to come I'll be breeding the Butter Stripes and Butter Motleys together just for the heck of it. Unless I think of something better to do with them, of course.
Oh yeah, I forgot to plug this question in here for Serpwidgets.
I have heard you say that you do not like the Butters and now you state that you do not like the striped pattern. Man, I'll bet you HATE those Butter Stripes now don't you?
I used to keep every one of them that had even partial striping, but I have quite enough of them by now. Actually have quite a few hatch out this season that would have been keepers even a year ago. I bred several of my Amelanistic Motley females with Butter Motley males and got quite an assortment of offspring.
I'm sure in years to come I'll be breeding the Butter Stripes and Butter Motleys together just for the heck of it. Unless I think of something better to do with them, of course.
Oh yeah, I forgot to plug this question in here for Serpwidgets.
I have heard you say that you do not like the Butters and now you state that you do not like the striped pattern. Man, I'll bet you HATE those Butter Stripes now don't you?
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Serpwidgets
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Guilty as charged...
Yeah, I don't really like the butter stripes either, although I've seen two monochrome butter motleys (no other colors but yellow and white, not even a hint of any other color) that I thought were amazing.
That's the beauty of corns, there's a color morph for everyone!
I guess if you know the motley gene came from the same source (a full-blooded motley parent) you can be sure about certain animals not carrying the striped gene.
I'm curious if you have any way of visually telling apart the full-blooded motleys (like mine) from the heterozygous motley/striped animals? This is a source of confusion for everyone. I know the homo-striped ones have thinner stripes, but is that true of the het motley/striped ones?
Yeah, I don't really like the butter stripes either, although I've seen two monochrome butter motleys (no other colors but yellow and white, not even a hint of any other color) that I thought were amazing.
That's the beauty of corns, there's a color morph for everyone!
I guess if you know the motley gene came from the same source (a full-blooded motley parent) you can be sure about certain animals not carrying the striped gene.
I'm curious if you have any way of visually telling apart the full-blooded motleys (like mine) from the heterozygous motley/striped animals? This is a source of confusion for everyone. I know the homo-striped ones have thinner stripes, but is that true of the het motley/striped ones?
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