Paradox Question

I would save and wait for a paradox albino to come up for sale. They seem to be available more often then you would think. That male is exceptional but you can usually get one with small paradox markings for slightly more then a typical albino. I purchased this girl a couple years ago and I still enjoy looking at her. Here is an old picture (taken by Josh Marki).

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...adoxAlbino.jpg

I think its only genetic in Kenyan sand boas so far here is hoping that it is in Ball's as well

The person pigfat is talkin about is selling them on KS. Hes trying to claim its genetic without actually saying it is. Hes claiming hes made several paradox albinos off this "Line"

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Originally Posted by LGray23

Being paradox shouldn't really affect the price as far as I know...I got my female paradox albino for the same price as her "normal" albino sister....is there really no room to move the price from $300 for just a het?? I didn't realize the het albinos were going for that high :confused:

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From what I've seen, you got a hell of a deal. Most people, though they are not genetic, ask a mint for paradox albinos. I've seen them as high as $5k for adult males. As for hets, I don't think they should be any more than a normal het especially for something that has yet to be proven genetic. Some people take advantage of whoever they can.

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Originally Posted by purplemuffin

So could paradox be a gene 'cancelling' mutation, where in certain areas the albino gene is 'turned off'?

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I think it could be something a bit the opposite of that, but along the same track; since albino turns "off" the pigment, areas of paradox (especially the smaller areas like on LGray's snake) might be spots where the pigment gene got turned back "on" again focally (ie, a gain-of-function mutation).

For the more "extreme" paradoxes, though, I think one of the major working hypotheses is that they are chimeras -- fusions of two babies into one animal.

AFAIK, no albino paradoxes have ever been proven genetic (they've been around for awhile). I guess it doesn't mean they could never be genetic, but I don't know of any that are.