Caramel Pastel Mystery

[BChambers]

Hopefully you all remember the thread a couple days ago in which we uncovered the mystery of the "miraculous" pastel het caramel. Ok, I got all the photos-judge for yourselves:

First, the hatchling "pastel" het Caramel, along with a normal het Caramel hatchling

Now the Caramel (pastel?) sire of above:

So, is he a pastel Caramel? Before you answer, look at his parents below (both caramel hets):

I did not take a pic of the het caramel mother of this clutch-but she is entirely normal-looking.

So, what say you all?

[Hock3ymonk3y]

I say: Prove it out! If it is really just a caramel and you breed it to a normal, then you shouldnt get a pastel. Right?

[PythonBreeder]

The parents both look normal. But SOMEHOW in the wacky world of ball python genes, you got a pastel in that clutch..... I can't wait till some more people chime in.

[BChambers]

I say: Prove it out! If it is really just a caramel and you breed it to a normal, then you shouldnt get a pastel. Right?

That's the problem-I DID breed it to a normal (het caramel), and I DID get a pastel! The second clutch he sired just now pipped-2 eggs, both normal caramel hets. Not enough eggs to begin to prove anything though...

[MarkS]

That's certainly odd. That bottom pic, (one of the original parents)



Doesn't look entirely normal. But doesn't really look that pastel like either. But that baby really DOES look like a pastel. Could it be something new? Or maybe a vanilla or fire or some other light type morph? If it were me, I'd be keeping them all.

[kc261]

I forget... have we addressed the possibility of retained sperm?

I dunno.

The "pastel" baby certainly looks like it is SOMETHING.

The 2nd pic of the 2 parents of the (pastel?) caramel doesn't look like your average normal/het, but doesn't look very pastel either. Any idea if that pic was taking when she was glowing? Or is that her everyday coloration?

We can't even speculate that it is a hidden gene that interacts with the caramel het, because that would show up in either the grandparents, or the het mother, depending on which side it was inherited from.

Hmmmm.

[BChambers]

I forget... have we addressed the possibility of retained sperm?

I dunno.

The "pastel" baby certainly looks like it is SOMETHING.

The 2nd pic of the 2 parents of the (pastel?) caramel doesn't look like your average normal/het, but doesn't look very pastel either. Any idea if that pic was taking when she was glowing? Or is that her everyday coloration?

We can't even speculate that it is a hidden gene that interacts with the caramel het, because that would show up in either the grandparents, or the het mother, depending on which side it was inherited from.

Hmmmm.

This was that female's very first breeding-she has never been caged with any other ball-only the above male Caramel for mating. Also, the female is the first pic-the male is the bottom.

All these pics were taken today.

[Ryan Young]

That does not look like a pastel Caramel and I doubt anyone would produce one and not know it. If she really has never been with another male than however unlikely what sometimes happens in a termite mound in Ghana just happened in your incubator. These morphs come from freek mutations in nature.

Ryan Young

[PythonBreeder]

That does not look like a pastel Caramel and I doubt anyone would produce one and not know it. If she really has never been with another male than however unlikely what sometimes happens in a termite mound in Ghana just happened in your incubator. These morphs come from freek mutations in nature.

Ryan Young

WOAH! That never crossed my mind....... Consider yourself LUCKY man!

[jsmorphs2]

Does anyone out there have a Pastel Caramel we can compare the OP's male caramel to?