morelia_morphs
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Hi everyone,
Not sure where to start with this one. Ill do my best to explain. This morning a clutch of 100% Hets were hatching, total of 12 eggs. Doc Rock was over having a look at the snakes (sxr.com.au). He had a look at my eggs and suggested I pipped the remaining 2 eggs. I agreed and was going to do it after he had left. Anyhow, he left and I pipped the 2 remaining eggs, one was ALBINO!!!!! in appearance. As you can imagine, I was in absolute shock. How was it possible? I bred the same normal female to an Albino the year before and got 18 eggs, all 100% Hets, no albinos. The female isnt related to the line from the information I have, the female came from 2 wild caught parents and didnt produce any Albinos when bred to her brother.
I have a clutch of Albino darwins hatchling at the same time, so it will be interesting to compare. The one in the 100% het group looks lighter with more pale markings than the other ones which appear alot more pink/biege . You can probably tell by looking at the photos and photos of the other Albino hatchlings that have been posted
Anyhow here are some photos when I first pipped and after it stuck its head out a couple hours later. Cant wait till it fully emerges!!!! Its early days and could end up being exactly the same as the other Albinos, nonetheless, Im amazed!!!!
Best regards
Mark
Not sure where to start with this one. Ill do my best to explain. This morning a clutch of 100% Hets were hatching, total of 12 eggs. Doc Rock was over having a look at the snakes (sxr.com.au). He had a look at my eggs and suggested I pipped the remaining 2 eggs. I agreed and was going to do it after he had left. Anyhow, he left and I pipped the 2 remaining eggs, one was ALBINO!!!!! in appearance. As you can imagine, I was in absolute shock. How was it possible? I bred the same normal female to an Albino the year before and got 18 eggs, all 100% Hets, no albinos. The female isnt related to the line from the information I have, the female came from 2 wild caught parents and didnt produce any Albinos when bred to her brother.
I have a clutch of Albino darwins hatchling at the same time, so it will be interesting to compare. The one in the 100% het group looks lighter with more pale markings than the other ones which appear alot more pink/biege . You can probably tell by looking at the photos and photos of the other Albino hatchlings that have been posted
Anyhow here are some photos when I first pipped and after it stuck its head out a couple hours later. Cant wait till it fully emerges!!!! Its early days and could end up being exactly the same as the other Albinos, nonetheless, Im amazed!!!!
Best regards
Mark