Het for hypo Mojave

It's been a VERY long time since I posted in this forum, but here we go lol
So 2 years ago I purchased 2 mojaves, one that was 100%het hypo. Can you guess which one it was? Anyway, Im curious on everyones opinions, even though I know it will be something I will have to just prove out. I'm wondering about thoughts on him being an actual hypo, or if his extreme fading and green tones are just a variation in coloring. He is breeding with our female mojave this year (hoping for at least 1 bel) and they are also from the same clutch, but her colors are such a beautiful dark charcoal black and grey. Any thoughts? (p.s. don't mind the pastel in there, he's just motivation for the mojo male lol)

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...IMAG0111_2.jpg

aparently no one has any opinions?

Do you have a clearer pic of the head?

Apparently and according to many people, being het for hypo will lighten up the snakes that carry the gene even if they are not the homo version.

My guess would be the mojave thats alot lighter and looks hypo-ish is the one thats het for hypo?

Personally I don't think it's an acutal hypo, they tend to have more yellows and almost purple-ish to them. I have also heard of the hypo gene affecting the phenotype of the animal even though it's not a homozygous animal, so my bet is that the het hypo is just a very beautiful het hypo that shows a lot of that one gene that it has. But I won't rule out the possibility that it's a hypo from a different strain (i.e. perhaps it's a green ghost instead of the more popular orange ghost, etc.) unless the person who sold it to you told you what strain of hypo it is.

THis is a pic of a adult Hypo Mojo (the dam of mine) that Colin Weaver sent me. While she is a especially sweet example, you can see how the colors work out on the Hypo version.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...hostmojave.jpg

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Originally Posted by Courtney281

It's been a VERY long time since I posted in this forum, but here we go lol
So 2 years ago I purchased 2 mojaves, one that was 100%het hypo. Can you guess which one it was? Anyway, Im curious on everyones opinions, even though I know it will be something I will have to just prove out. I'm wondering about thoughts on him being an actual hypo, or if his extreme fading and green tones are just a variation in coloring. He is breeding with our female mojave this year (hoping for at least 1 bel) and they are also from the same clutch,
but her colors are such a beautiful dark charcoal black and grey. Any thoughts? (p.s. don't mind the pastel in there, he's just motivation for the mojo male lol)

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He looks like the het Hypo is just showing thru some and lighting him up alittle.
If both of the Mojaves are from the same clutch then they would both be 100% Het.
Also, if they are both hets having the Pastel male in there, even just to get the male Mojave going, is a bad idea. He may sneak a lock or 2 in without you even witnessing it. You won't be able to tell which male fathered the clutch and therefore not know what % het the offspring are. Except, if you get Super Mojaves(66% Het) or Pastaves, Pastels(50% Het). All the other offspring would have to be classified as 50% hets even if they may be 66% het.

I don't think it's a mojo hypo and I don't think it's the "het hypo" showing through because I don't think it's at all uncommon for mojave coloring to wash out as they grow, resulting in a grayish adult. I've seen plenty that retain their dark coloring, which I like, but I've also seen quite a few that end up faded and grayish in color.

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Originally Posted by C&H Exotic Morphs

He looks like the het Hypo is just showing thru some and lighting him up alittle.
If both of the Mojaves are from the same clutch then they would both be 100% Het.
Also, if they are both hets having the Pastel male in there, even just to get the male Mojave going, is a bad idea. He may sneak a lock or 2 in without you even witnessing it. You won't be able to tell which male fathered the clutch and therefore not know what % het the offspring are. Except, if you get Super Mojaves(66% Het) or Pastaves, Pastels(50% Het). All the other offspring would have to be classified as 50% hets even if they may be 66% het.

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We are not really worried about not knowing what percent het hypo anyone turns out to be. And I would actually be pretty excited to get a pastave. I totally understand what you're saying, but we had thought of that and anything we could do to help the mojos lock up was worth the risk in our opinion :) It worked too, the day we put the pastel in there, they locked up. Very exciting!

So I have to correct myself, and I realized it after I posted it. They are not from the same clutch, I was thinking of my cinnamons. Brain fart lol

Thank you all for your replies. It will be fun and interesting to prove him out and see whats actually going on. Either way I think they are both absolutely beautiful in their own individual ways.