Best way to make Caramel Glows?

Im wondering what the best way to make caramel glows is?
Breeding a caramel to a orange ghost or breeding caramel het for ghost to a ghost het for caramel?

Hi,

Well the second pairing ( caramel het for ghost to a ghost het for caramel ) is the only one of the two that can actually produce caramel glows.

The first one ( caramel to an orange ghost ) would produce double hets that look like normal ball pythons.

But breeding those double hets together would possibly produce a caramel glow as well.


dr del

How about 2 snakes that are 66% het for ghost and caramel bred together?

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Originally Posted by EverettAshley

How about 2 snakes that are 66% het for ghost and caramel bred together?

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66% hets aren't guaranteed to produce their visuals. They are 66% hets because their parents were 100% hets. 66% hets haven't been proven as heterozygous for the gene in question.

Hi,

Well those would be possible hets.

The only problem with possible hets is they might not be. :cool:

Since both caramel and ghost are both recessive then to stand any chance of getting a visual combo both parents have to be at least het for both traits.

It's a gamble at the best of times with possible hets but when you need the animal to be het for two genes at the same time I'm not sure I would have the patience to try it - I know I wouldn't have the luck. :rolleyes:

Just to add even breeding 100% dual hets the chance per egg of hatching a caramel glow is only 6.25% ( or a 1/16 chance ).

Breeding a caramel het ghost to a ghost het caramel raises that chance of hitting the combo to 25% per egg.


dr del

I'd say the best way would be to get a couple DH females to save some money without having a visual morph. I imagine you can get a female DH hatchling for about 750-1k. Next I'd either look at a male DH or a visual ghost 100% het for caramel or visual caramel 100% het for hypo. That would greatly increase your odds and also give you offspring that you know you can work with towards the Caramel Glow. Right now I have a male DH and 2 female DH. Unfortunately for me that when I produce a visual caramel or a visual ghost, it will only be possible that they carry the opposing gene, and I will need to prove them out. Rather than knowing 100% for sure IE: if I had a caramel male het hypo, if I produced a visual Hypo, I'd know for sure the offspring would be 100% het caramel albino. Same if I had a hypo male 100% het caramel, if I produced a visual caramel I'd know for sure they would be 100% het hypo. This would greatly increase chances of producing a caramel glow in the future. As for now, I will need to settle with my 1/16th chance. Hope this rambling makes sense.