Female Fire, $$ question.

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Originally Posted by MitsuMike

I really don't think the snake you have pictured is a Fire........

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That was my first thought too especially with no head spot at all.
I know they don't all stand out real strong but don't all fires have the head spot?
http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/a...l/SDC10013.jpg

I got her as a fire, the father was a 100% positive fire. I guess I will have to prove her out, she is ALOT lighter then the pictures show (crappy cell phones..lol)...Her head is super light, No black on her, just browns and light tans...I'll get some better pictures soon.

I have her paired up with my Pin male, so if I get some light ones I'll know. Plus Fire Pins are $$$...:D

I'm going to assume she's a fire, but like most of you have said, get a male fire and try to prove her out...

Being light doesn't make a fire......it has to have that head spot which yours doesn't have.
And just cuz the male was fire the female was still normal.

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Originally Posted by sookieball

well for one thing.. there is no such thing as het lucy....

fire, russo, mojo, lesser/butter/... they aren't het for BEL's

they just produce them.. its their super.. dont listen to someone say oh they are het for ivory..
yellowbelly x yellowbelly = super yellowbellies (ivory) and yellowbelly's
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so a fire is not het for BEL's
its just a product of selective breeding. no het required like pieds...

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Please don't take offense at this, but..

WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG. What you said is the EXACT opposite of 'correct'.. lol.

Heterozygous does NOT mean 'looks normal but carries a recessive trait'.

A diploid organism is heterzygous at a locus if it carries only one copy of a particular allele.. in this case, the fire is simply the heterozygous expression of the allele that causes black-eyed leucies in the homozygous expression of the trait.

So yes, patels are hets. Super pastels are homozygotes. Yellowbellies are heterozygotes. Ivories are homozygotes.

Good catch :gj:
genetics 101 is a rough topic for some :P

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Good catch :gj:
genetics 101 is a rough topic for some :P

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Read the thread.
It's been covered already.

-Steven