Orange Ghost... is it just me?

Is it just me or is the orange ghost much more popular in Canada than in the US?:confused:

What do you guys think?

Yep, Orange Hypos are very popular up here! :gj:

In the US... they aren't too popular...
I'm not sure about you silly Canadians though. :P

Not too many people have them, (breeders do, not to many people in smaller collections). I would say they are a underrated morph here.

They are everywhere up here... :)

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Originally Posted by Sarin

They are everywhere up here... :)

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Says the person without one :rolleyes:
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We are going big into Hypos, we have 9 female Hypos that are already gravid right now, and we have double gene males with Hypo in them breeding. Hopefully people will start to realize how much potential Hypos hold.:salute:

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Originally Posted by FIEND_FO_LYFE

Says the person without one :rolleyes:
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Yes... So? :weirdface

That's because they're all you Canadians can afford.:P:rofl::rofl:

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Originally Posted by Big Gunns

That's because they're all you Canadians can afford.:P:rofl::rofl:

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I blame that steady economy, high wages and large job market. Curses.

I think hypos have been underrated in the past, but with all the hypo combos, people are starting to realize the potential they have.

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Originally Posted by kc261

I think hypos have been underrated in the past, but with all the hypo combos, people are starting to realize the potential they have.

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I think a lot of the reason they are underrated is that there are a lot of ugly hypos out there... There have been combos using hypos for a very long time, such as caramel glow and honeybee. Yeah, there are a handful of newer ones, but I think there is a bit more to it than that.

I have a hypo pair and I don't know what I want to do with them. I was thinking about pairing the two or pairing my male to a lesser and then one of the lesser het hypo males to my female hypo. They are interesting but not that interesting. And do all hypos produce honey bees? Has anyone crossed two hypo lines? (meaning two double hets paired and hitting 1:16)

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Originally Posted by Sloanreptiles

We are going big into Hypos, we have 9 female Hypos that are already gravid right now, and we have double gene males with Hypo in them breeding. Hopefully people will start to realize how much potential Hypos hold.:salute:

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I look forward to looking with some hypo, and personaly am a fan of your web site, gonna have to tune in soon....
I am not so sure of the lines of ghost would be something i would be very selective in picking out because there are so many ugly hypos out there....

I love orange ghosts and have had them for years. Spent close to $2,000 on my first one back in the day.

EVERYTHING looks better with hypo. Right now i am working on orange hypo; bumble bees, honeybees, pewters, cinnies, mojaves, pastaves, pogs, spogs and fireflies.

Never saw a hypo combo I didnt like, they clean everything up.

Definately underated.

We do love them! . . . I know of a few breeders here who are puttin them to tons of morphs. . . they are growing on me I should have 5 hets a 2 hypos going this season. I love recessives!!

Most of the ghosts we produce are from our own WC orange hypo lines ;)

There is an orange hypo male here for sale for 400 bucks...what are they really worth? This at a local highly regarding reptile shop, so I know 400 for this young male is too much, but whats the real price?

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Originally Posted by C-New

There is an orange hypo male here for sale for 400 bucks...what are they really worth? This at a local highly regarding reptile shop, so I know 400 for this young male is too much, but whats the real price?

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It depends on the quality. A lot of them are just faded, not orange. here's a nice example of what IMO is good looking for orange ghost:

http://torontopythongurus.webs.com/a...lbumid=8148545

Orange Ghosts are the simple recessive equal to the Pastel, mix it with any other morph, and the cross looks better than the original.

Not so long ago, a female Ghost was $2500, so most Ghosts were produced by Ghost male x Het female. This breeding did not produce a ton of them each year, in relation to the Co Dom Pastel. The price stayed pretty high for females for a long time, so people might have been buying cheaper morphs until recently when they became more affordable. I produced my first Hatchling Ghosts last year.

As far as ulgy Ghosts, I have seen some less than stellar ones, but never an ugly one. Maybe Canada is hoarding them? Maybe there is an underground railroad to sneak all the American produced Hypos to Canada?

Anyways, the Hypo gene is alive and well in my collection....I really dig em.

Dave

http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/r...l/IMGP3323.jpg

http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/r...l/IMGP3217.jpg

i love the orange ghosts, i've loved them since i first found out about them, just can't seem to find one that calls out to me

Yeah I did not get an overly good look at him. I might head over there tomorrow and try to get a picture of him while I am picking up some feeders.
Thanks for that bit of info and sorry I did not mean to thred jack. LOL

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Originally Posted by RegiusCo

Yep, Orange Hypos are very popular up here! :gj:

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I think you helped it a bit lol !

Really, I am in love with hypos. On pictures they are not that good but in real, WOW ! They are better than mostly anything else. I would be so happy to only have hypos in my collection !

I wouldn't mind tossing the normal gene out and only get hypo in the dna of what I have :) !!!!!

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Originally Posted by mmca

It depends on the quality. A lot of them are just faded, not orange. here's a nice example of what IMO is good looking for orange ghost:

http://torontopythongurus.webs.com/a...lbumid=8148545

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The first 2 pictures are of our Orange Burst(Our "Orange" Line and hypo), the next few pictures are of our Granite Hypo. . . they are brother an sister had our Orange line Granite het hypo run to a het hypo female and got three eggs, a hypo, orange burst and granite hypo. . . we have the father running to all our het girls and hypo girls this season, hoping the odds our on our side again ;)