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Caramel Blood Reds

Rich Z

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Actually had some breeding activity last night. Kind of early, but they are all shedding their skins like crazy so I figured I would try a few. Out of around 18 pairs, five of them mated. Among them was this fine looking couple of Caramel Blood Reds.

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I'll be honest about it, these turned out to be a WHOLE LOT more interesting looking than I thought they would turn out. They actually look attractive in person, with a rather different look about them. I'm glad I didn't just dump the whole lot of them as I had originally considered doing....
 
Those are waaaay cool. I have not been super-impressed with most of the younger ones I've seen. Either yours are just superior, or the morph generally gets better with age.
 
I'm hoping the Amber Blood Reds I am growing up develop into something interesting as well. I guess you just never know about this stuff and how projects will turn out. Does kind of have you pulling your hair out when you realize that you really have to keep ALL the babies for several years before making the cut on them....... :headbang:
 
WOW, nice Rich.
That one with the darker coloration, is there any chance of Lavender in it's bloodline? Just curious.

Walter,
:crazy02: BOUT' CORNS !!
 
Walter Smith said:
WOW, nice Rich.
That one with the darker coloration, is there any chance of Lavender in it's bloodline? Just curious.

Walter,
:crazy02: BOUT' CORNS !!
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I wouldn't say it is impossible, since Murphy's Law has always been a major influence in my life, but I would say very highly unlikely.
 
Rich Z said:
I wouldn't say it is impossible, since Murphy's Law has always been a major influence in my life, but I would say very highly unlikely.
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I hear ya bud. Just curious because those are like no other Caramel Bloodred I've seen. Sure looks like there is something else going on there for sure.

Would be cool if there IS another color trait being expressed there. Kinda looks what you would think a Caramel Lavender or even Caramel Anery/Charcoal would look like........:shrugs:

Either way, they sure are unique looking !!!

Walter,
:crazy02: BOUT' CORNS !!
 
Actually the Caramel Lavenders I have look nothing at all like these guys. But in like fashion they look like nothing at all special until they get some maturity to them. This is going to get to being a pain in the butt having a bunch of projects where you can't see results until the animals are a couple of years old....... :punch:

As for a Caramel/Anery/Charcoal, I doubt I have any of those, but I suspect they would be difficult to pick out of a barrel full of just regular Anerythristics.

Now I'm not saying at all that ALL of my Caramel Blood Reds will turn out looking like this pair. Not enough data at this point. If I remember correctly, the target for the parentage that created these was actually Butter Blood Red, which I haven't been very successful with. I believe I only have one, to date, and these were just byproduct.

Checking out the new breeders is always a fun time. I get to look closely at some animals that I haven't even seen for a couple of years. I looked into one cage and thought I had just another Blizzard, but the color was slightly wrong. Then I noticed the black eyes...... :shrugs: Well, I know what the genes of the parentage is, but not sure why something like that one came out of the mix.

On the other hand, this is the time of year when I discover that I have a bunch of orphaned breeders. In other words, males or females with no mates containing the same genetic mix needed. And I have around 50 females I may not be able to breed this year simply because I ran out of larger cages for them...... :bang: I needed to sell off at least another 100 adults last Winter..........

Man, I LOVE seeing the new babies, but the work load gets harder and harder to face every year.
 
So when are these orphaned unpaired adults up for sale? Any chance of an insider heads up? I don't think I would be the only one wishing they don't all get wholesaled
 
To be perfectly honest, shipping adults is just too darn expensive when done retail. A box with a bunch of adults in it going across the country via overnight express costs quite a bit more than my standard shipping charge. After losing money on several shipments, I just figured that this wasn't going to work out.

Plus people want photos of them and detailed descriptions, so that puts extra strings attached to each sale that usually takes more time than I have available to put into it.

No, I don't make as much money wholesaling them, but taking a group of boxes to the airport and sending them ALL off at one time is infinitely easier on my nervous system. I think one of the deciding moments was when I sold a guy a big Miami Phase female that was an honest to goodness puppy dog, and he wanted to return it because he thought it was SO mellow that there was something wrong with it. So I took it back and started looking a LOT harder at some of the retail stuff I've been doing..... :punch:

Yeah, I tried the retailing bit with the adults in years passed, but nearly always I wound up with a bunch of lone males left over after all the females were picked clean, and then had trouble getting ANYTHING for the males, even from the wholesalers.

And to be honest, even selling them wholesale, I still get a pretty penny for them....


As for the unpaired adults this year, heck, I dunno. There are some animals there that I would REALLY like to see the results from. Might have to set up some sort of sleazy snake pimp motel for them........ :rofl:
 
Awww.. :( Why don't you just raise the adult ship rates to what it actually costs? Broke as I am I would probably find some $ someplace! I haven't cashed in my retirement funds yet! ;)

Oh well I got a couple of nice adults from your previous surplus sales and beauties from last out of egg sale so I suppose I will have to be content :)
 
Can't wait to see the babies. :) Hopefully I'm allowed another if you decide to sell them! I love caramels and those are beautiful
 
Nah.... If they were Republicans, they would have taken a dump there.... :rofl:
 
I know this thread's a tad old, but I was wondering if you'd maybe decided about selling some of these beauties. I pretty much love everything caramel, and would really love to get my hands on a caramel blood or three. Thanks.
 
Actually, since I am now producing the Amber Blood Reds and a few Butter Blood Reds (Sulfurs), I really don't have much incentive to produce the Caramel Bloods any longer.

On a more positive note, I have decided to lower the price substantially on the Amber Bloods, since it seems I way overshot the mark on them when I set up my price list.
 
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