White Tiger- thinking about this Desert combo...

[Robyn@SYR]

This is the White Tiger. It is not a brand new hatchling, it has been around for a bit. Frank Martin has hatched some as well.

It is NOT a super Desert. It is a Tiger (Desert x Enchi) bred to Mojave. Why would that make a White (Ivory) type snake? I don't know.

Enchi to Mojave makes Jigsaw, Desert to Mojave makes a beautiful Desert Mojave, so I really have no idea how this visual was created.

At first I was bummed. The white snakes don't do a lot for me. We didn't consider selling it, even as a male, because it was confusing, we wanted to see if someone else made one (like Frank), and just get a better understanding of what is at work there.

But in the last couple of days, I had a revelation. The fact that it is visually Ivory is not so important. It is what this animal can PRODUCE that is actually quite amazing.

This male bred to a Normal female, you could see these hatchlings:

Desert
Enchi
Mojave
Tiger (Desert x Enchi)
Jigsaw (Mojave x Enchi)
Desert Mojave
more White Tigers (Desert x Enchi x Mojave)

Breed this male to a Lesser, or even a Kingpin (Lesser x Pin) and the possibilities exponentially explode again.

I have a renewed appreciation for the genetics at play here. Pretty awesome!