Axanthic influence?

We bred our male VPI Axanthic Het-Hypo to a Spider, low count of 2 Spider Het-VPI Axanthic 50% Het-Hypo on 8 eggs BUT one of the Spiders looks very odd, looks like some type of silver shade!

Anyone ever see the Axanthic somehow influencing colors on a normal Het?

What do you guys think?
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mabey the spider was het Axanthic ?

It looks like you got a Axanthic Spider.. I like it.. :P

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Originally Posted by RegiusCo

Anyone ever see the Axanthic somehow influencing colors on a normal Het?

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I have, indeed, seen that. At VPI's own snake house, actually. I saw a couple of different morphs that were het axanthic, and you could clearly see that the single axanthic gene was causing a different look to the animals.

That spider looks awesome and I would be willing to bet it all that it's het axanthic.

EDIT: Looking back, I realize that both the spiders are 100% het axanthic...and I wonder if the het ghost gene might be causing an even more dramatic shift in appearance? Either way, gorgeous animal.

i like surprise... just like that.

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I wonder if the het ghost gene might be causing an even more dramatic shift in appearance? Either way, gorgeous animal.

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Thats interesting, thanks for your insightful opinion. :)

I had the same thing happen with my spider het. axanthics. They are cool looking.

I know that pastels het axanthic have a different look to them (much lighter) then normal pastels. So I wouldn't doubt that there is something there causing the reduced yellow look. It is odd though that both het axanthic spiders look that different from each other.

I had another breeder tell me that she has seen a greyer/silver shade to a limited number of her het axanthics (not all, but the ones that had it she always held back).

Bruce

As Judy said, gorgeous animal.:)

Hello everyone - first post I know - but perhaps maybe it's the spider gene at play when combined with a recessive gene?

Here's a thread from here in the Uk with a similar occurrence spider/het albino.

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/snake...ut-one-my.html

its a very nice spider either way, will be good to see how it ages :)