My 2015 Male BCI - What is Aberrant About him?
Hey guys,
I picked this sweetheart up at a reptile expo a few months back. He is a 2015 BCI and his name is Simon. He was sold as a normal Aberrant, but i'm honestly not sure what is aberrant about him. Can any of you guys spot anything unusual about him that would be considered aberrant?
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Re: My 2015 Male BCI - What is Aberrant About him?
Nice pick up!
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Aedryan Methyus
Thanks. Postal! So, with aberrant animals, their "not so usual" markings/colors are unique genetic traits, which can possibly be passed on to their offspring no matter what animal they are bred with, right?
It's quite possible just not guaranteed. Boas are highly variable and aberrant patterns are usually random. Perfectly normal saddle parents can throw aberrant pattern babies and vice versa. Aberrant parents are more likely to have aberrant offspring but it's like any trait in boas - higher yellow boas are more likely to have higher yellow offspring, pink, pinched saddles, lateral striping, etc, all variables that are more likely to be passed on if the parents have the trait but not guaranteed. My high pink girl has keyhole saddles (larger saddles with a hole in the middle) and her babies tend to display this same trait to varying degrees.
The motley morph, as you probably know, usually turns the saddles into squares and tend to throw tail striping. Hypo tends to throw pinched saddles and can show aberrancies.
Re: My 2015 Male BCI - What is Aberrant About him?
That is one beautiful boa! Love the striping down his neck.
