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Faded/Frosted Saddles on Anery Sunkissed

HanneysCorn

HanneysCorn

Canadian Cornaholic
The Anery Sunkissed girls are well on their way to their fourth meals. Today I took some pics and had the 'girls' side by side. One thing jumped out at me...the frosting/fading of the saddles.

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I'm curious as to whether others have noticed this obvious 'open saddle' look with their anery sunkisseds.

The other female has faded areas but definitely not as prominent as her sibling. Here she is for comparison.

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Maybe it's just the 'look' to the morph? Perhaps it's just that the colour will eventually darken in...I don't know, but I'd sure be interested in hearing others' experiences in how these Anery Sunkisseds colour up.

Ruth
 
Is it frosting or is it in the morph?

Hi Ruth,
Great looking girls you have there. First off, I would like to say that I feel these are some of the most "ghostly" looking morphs out there. I know exactly what you are talking about. The one we hatched this year is showing the same thing. I am not so sure if I would call it "frosting" so much as I would part of the unique pattern (another reason for me to believe Sunkissed is a pattern trait and not a Hypo trait). You will see in ours that it looks like your girls. He has just shed for the third time and he seems to be just a little brighter. This look is in every saddle from head to tail. Maybe this IS contributed to the combinations of the genes. I would like to see pictures of the other mutations to see if they possess this look as well. Like the Sunkissed Lavender, Sunkissed Charcoal, Sunkissed Amel, and Sunkissed Snow that were produced. I know Susan Willis got an Anery Sunkissed this year as well. It will be nice for her to chime in with hers so we can make a comparison. I have also included a picture of the ventral so you can see the belly checks on ours. Ours look more charcoal color then black. I would like to see the vent of yours if you wouldn't mind posting a picture. Thanks for sharing Ruth.
Jay :cool:

Pic 1: Post Shed (after 2nd shed)
Pic 2: Post Shed (after 3rd shed)
Pic 3: Ventral (after 3rd shed)
 

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I've noticed that as well in my little guy. His siblings of all morphs do not show this so I'll have to say it's something with this particular combination of anery and Sunkissed. I don't recall noticing it on the other Sunkissed combos, but I wasn't looking for it. Guess it's time to view Rich's hatchling movies again.

BTW, mine is currently deep in blue so I guess I'll be taking freshly shed photos sometime in the next week.
 
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Thanks Jay and Susan!

Since the girls just ate yesterday I'll have to wait a couple of days before attempting some ventral shots for you Jay.

Hmmm, wonder what is happening here since all 3 of us are observing the same thing in the Anery Sunkisseds. I know Kat Hall produced an Anery Sunkissed too this season from siblings to the parents of this clutch; I'll ask her if she too sees the same anomoly in the saddles markings on her little one.

Last evening after reading your response Jay, I took a closer look at the remainder of the clutch. There is only one other 'normal' where this patching effect in the saddle is visible. I have two pics taken 3 weeks apart...one just hours after hatching, and one taken just a few days ago. These patchy areas seem to become more visible and almost 'grow' each shed.

Notice in the first pic of the normal, the patches are barely visible...

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Just 3 weeks later...

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Here's the first pic of the Anery Sunkissed just after hatch...those patches are not noticeable at all.

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This Sunkissed gene is so fascinating to me. Such potential that it holds to make some wicked combinations in the years to come. I, like you, tend to think of the pattern first and the hypomelanistic effect as secondary.

If there is potential there for these patchy saddles to be het markers for the Sunkissed patterning, it will certainly be an aid in future genetic work with this morph.

Thanks again for the input. I can't wait to see how these Anery Sunkissed will mature with time. Each shed seems to lighten the overall colouration; will they indeed be the ultimate 'ghost' morph?

Ruth
 
I just love the Sunkissed Morphs too. and those anery-Sunkissed are absolutely Beautiful. :crazy01:
 
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