Virago said:
Hi Everyone,
On Friday I'm going to pick up a mate for my Houdini. Houdini's mother was Black Albino and his father was Red Corn. He looks very much like a normal but his red is very deep, he also has alot of yellow coming from the sides of his head and down his neck. (there seems to be more yellow the older he gets). Anyways I'm going to pick up a companion thats about 4-6 mths old. I know I can't breed until about 300 grams. So probably about 2-3 yrs. My choices for companions are Albino corn(not black), Okeetee, normal or HYPO. I would like your opinions on what I should get.
I don't know if Houdini's M/F he will get probed when I get to the breeder.
Okay, so Houdini is what I'm going to guess is a Normal het Anerythristic. Some more info on Houdini would be great. Does he have black on him? If not, then as Susan said, he would be an Amel, het Anery. To me it sounds like you're trying to say that his father was a normal. Regardless, we'll go through both scenarios.
Let's assume Houdini is Normal het Anery. Breeding Houdini to a pure Okeetee or Normal corn is going to give you nothing but Normal corns, 50% het for anery.
If you breed Houdini to an Amel (red albino) then you'll again get normal babies, 50% het for Amel, the other 50% het for Snow.
If you were to breed Houdini to a Snow corn (which is Amel x Anery) you'd get 50% Anery het for Amel, the rest would be normal het for snow.
If you decided to get Houdini a lovely Hypomelanistic companion, the resulting breeding would be all normals, 50% het for Ghost and 50% het for Hypo.
It really depends on what you want for possible babies in the future. No matter what you get, the resulting F1 bred babies arent going to be anything fancy. You're limited to basically Anery or normal babies, if Houdini is normal and his father was in fact a normal corn.
However, if Houdini's father was in fact an Amel corn, we have a different story. It doesnt seem like you're saying that, but we'll do a quick run down.
If his father was Amel, and mother was Anery, Houdini would be normal, but het for Anery & Amel, also known as Snow.
If that's the case, Houdini bred to an Amel is going to give you {25% Amel, het for Anery; 25% normal, het for snow; 25% amel; and 25% normal, het for Amel}
If Houdini was bred to an Anery, it would be the reverse. Just swap Anery in for Amel, and vice versa.
Bred to a hypo, you'd get another 25% crazy configuration. 25% het for snow, hypo; 25% het for ghost; 25% het for Amel and hypo; 25% het for Hypo. In either case, you'd get a normal corn, just het for something or another.
Whew. Going back up, I think you were trying to say that Houdini's father was in fact normal, since many many people refer to normal corns as red rat snakes.
If it was me picking out a potential breeding mate and I had a normal het for anery, I'd get two potential breeding mates
:crazy02: Seriously though, it depends. If you want immediate non-normal babies, get an Anery. If you want a project where you have to wait a few years for something, I'd get a hpyo and breed back one of those babies to Houdini and get some Ghosts---I love them.
Hope that all helps.