Consider this...Even if there was a slight difference in the two. There was a time, long ago, that Butters were selling for a bit more than Lessers. Now that fact probably wasn't lost on a breeder sitting on a bunch of Lessers. He probably thought, gee...these look so similiar I could probably sell these Lessers as Butters, so he did. Those customers then bred their Lessers (that were sold to them as Butters) and produced more of what they thought were Butters. They then sold those Lessers as Butters, and so on, and so on, and so on. If they were in fact slightly different at one time, the waters have been so muddied up over the years that they might as well be called the same dang thing....
04-17-2014, 12:02 AM
sho220
Re: Butter Calico Morph?
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Originally Posted by Mr. Misha
So how come these two are different? One is a butter calico pastel and the other one is a lesser calico pastel?
They look different due to the quality of the animals used to produce them. Reality check time here. Lesser x het daddy = platty daddy, butter x het daddy = butter daddy. Both are identical in every single except name. Any other BEL complex mutation x het daddy = normals, original morph, and het daddy no combo. That right there says they are the exact same. I could take a high quality lesser and breed it a high quality pastel and take the now high quality pastel lesser and breed it a high quality calico and will produce an animal of equal quality to the pic you posted. Also age plays a big factor in appearance. The second pic looks to be an older animal than the first pic so colors have dulled out a bit.
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04-17-2014, 12:25 AM
Mr. Misha
Re: Butter Calico Morph?
Each of you are right in your own way but i'm still looking for a Butter Calico. ;)
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04-17-2014, 12:28 AM
sho220
Re: Butter Calico Morph?
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Originally Posted by Mr. Misha
Each of you are right in your own way but i'm still looking for a Butter Calico. ;)
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My final words on this...just look for the Butter Calico or Lesser Calico that you like best and don't worry about the label...:D
04-17-2014, 12:29 AM
Mr. Misha
Re: Butter Calico Morph?
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Originally Posted by sho220
My final words on this...just look for the Butter Calico or Lesser Calico that you like best and don't worry about the label...:D
Agreed. It seems like my purchase is going to be based more on looks than the label.
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04-17-2014, 12:33 AM
sho220
Re: Butter Calico Morph?
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Originally Posted by Mr. Misha
Agreed. It seems like my purchase is going to be based more on looks than the label.
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It's just something to consider...you don't wanna pass up the perfect example of what you're looking for because an ad was listed as such and such with no picture...check them both out and then decide...just my humble opinion...:)
04-17-2014, 01:55 AM
T&C Exotics
Re: Butter Calico Morph?
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Originally Posted by Mr. Misha
Agreed. It seems like my purchase is going to be based more on looks than the label.
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Just to emphasize what I am saying do me a favor. Google butter calico and then open a new tab and google lesser calico. Compare the great examples of both and the poor examples of both. You will see that they are the same. Yes some butters will have different patterning but the same is true of lesser as well.
Really what I am saying is buy based on the look you want not based on the name because you may very well see 100 lesser calicos that are perfect but you pass because of a name and never see a single butter calico of the same quality and end up with a poor example and regrets.
