Crystal ball?

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

The "special" animals that make crystals will be on tables in Daytona this summer ... keep an eye out. ;)

Hope this helps.

-adam

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Sweet!! TTake lots of pictures Adam! :gj:

Since the "special" female looks normal, and the mojo looks like a mojo, then why is it producing that snake?! Chimera?!

Hello,
This is my first post here and since there was questions, I thought I would fill everyone in on the Crystal project...
I originally picked up a female from one of my detailing clients that I bred to a Pastel... I held back one female Pastel (was extraordinary) and sold off the rest...
She took a year off and then was bred to a Mojave... Out of 4 eggs I ended up with 0.1 Crystal, 0.1 "Special Mojave" (lighter kinda orangish Mojave), 0.1 Mojave, and 0.1 Normal...
Last season she was bred again to a Mojave and produced 7 eggs... 2.2 Crystals (0.1 Paradox), 1.1 "Special Mojave", and 0.1 "Special"...
Knowing the genetics I also bred a Mojave to my holdback Pastel... She proved to be a "Special Pastel" and produced 5 eggs including 1.1 Pastel Crystals, 0.1 Mojave, 1.0 Pastel, and 1.0 Normal...
I am expecting a couple clutches this year from the "Special" parents and I have also bred both Crystal males to a Normal female hoping for some eggs...
As Adam has said, I have recently heard rumors also about the "Special" side of the Crystal and time will tell... It is not obvious to me, and others who have seen the "Special Mother", but it will be interesting.
To date I have released 1.0 Crystal, 0.1 Paradox Crystal, 0.1 Pastel Crystal, 0.1 Crystal, and 0.1 "Special Mojave"... I have also advertised 1.0 Crystal male (as someone has posted) and I have 0.1 "Special" (as stated in the email response) that is probably sold but taking some time... I might offer her as a pair with 1.0 "Special Mojave" if the buyer backs out.
I apologize for such a long post, but I figured I would answer every question since I was informed that I was selling the "Special Mother" which was just a reading error...
Here is a photo of my Pastel Crystal male hanging with my Pastel Mojave male... I took this a few weeks ago and really like this picture...
Let me know what you think,
Tom Baker
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/...tarMojaves.jpg

Thanks Tom!! Glad you made it over to BP.net! And thanks for informing us, defanatly an intresting project, looking forward to updates, etc.:carrot:

And don't yell at me, but I am going to guess at the special female, Het russo lucy?

Whatever the genetics are on that "special" female they certainly do some sweet things! :sunny:
Yet another cool snake with nearly endless breeding options to create some very cool morphs.

I mentioned Platty Daddy earlier in a post because i know they throw off normal looking animals that carry the mysterious Platty gene that wil produce Platties when bred to lesser siblings. My guess is this special female has that or a similar gene that reacted with the Mojave (which are similar to lessers) and made the crystal. Just my guess but certainly a possibility. Beautiful snakes, similar to the pewter in effect but lighter tones. Gotta love it!

Hey Tom! Good to see you


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Welcome to BPNet Tom! Whatever makes your Crystals, they are to my eye one of the most stunning morphs out there. On my personal list of "I have to see this snake one day" sort of thing. :) Stick around, drag up a chair and I hope you enjoy your membership here!

Hey thanks tom, sorry to post your response into the public. Its just everyone here at bp.net was going crazy on how this crystal was made. Thanks for personally coming over and showing us the project!!

Thanks Everyone!
Heather,
Whats up? Daytona this year?
Chris,
No worries for posting my reply to your email...

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Originally Posted by westcoastjungle

I mentioned Platty Daddy earlier in a post because i know they throw off normal looking animals that carry the mysterious Platty gene that wil produce Platties when bred to lesser siblings. My guess is this special female has that or a similar gene that reacted with the Mojave (which are similar to lessers) and made the crystal. Just my guess but certainly a possibility. Beautiful snakes, similar to the pewter in effect but lighter tones. Gotta love it!

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You stole my thunder. That's exactly what it is, I'd be willing to put a buck and a half on it. It's the Mojave Daddy, hehe.