Blackbacks

Hi,

Someone posted pics of their blackbacks recently and it made me realise it's been a while since I posted pictures of my holdbacks. :)

The female was in shed and got freaked out half way through. :rolleyes:

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2302/blackbacks1.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7219/blackbacks2.jpg

I don't know if anyone remembers but the male is the little guy who somehow got his ribs damaged in January 2009;

http://satanswombat.googlepages.com/poorweebugger1.jpg

http://satanswombat.googlepages.com/poorweebugger2.jpg

He seems to have made a full recovery. :banana: :banana:


dr del

Very nice Derek :gj: You cant even tell one bit from those pics that the male had been injured at all. They both look good but Im liking the female the best :)

Very nice. I like the one on the left in the first pic.

Ty, :)

That's the male.

When the female gets up to a good size I intend to try and pair them to see if the pattern is passed on or can be refined.

They both eat their F/T with a scary amount of energy but the female especially is like a little scaley chainsaw on feeding day.

Not only does she strike like Thors hammer when it is presented to her she will occasionally just launch herself in my general direction on the grounds something somewhere smells like mice. :rolleyes:

The rest of the time she is nice as pie and likes to bump noses. :gj:


dr del

Nice looking blackbacks!

Thanks for sharing! I'm a big fan of those black backs.

Beautiful Black backs Derek!!! I am glad to hear the one has made a full recovery :gj:

Derek are genetic black backs het red axanthic?

Hi,

I wish that was the case. :rolleyes:

Het red's are often blackbacked but that's about the only definate thing you could say I think. :confused:

If anyone knows better please edumacate me. :please:

Even if I get nice blackbacked offspring from this pairing I would need to then try and work out what genetics pattern (if any ) that they fitted.

It could be anything from complex inheritance involving multiple genes, recessive, dominant or incomplete dominant. :weirdface

So many generations bred to unrelated snakes before you really know if you have anything.

Ahhhh the joys of dinking. :D


dr del

What happened to the male's ribs? If you don't mind me asking.

Hi,

To be honest I'm not certain. :(

The only thing I can think of is he managed to flip the hide and get himself jammed between the edge of it and either the floor or the top of the tub.

The only things in there were the hide and a heavy ceramic waterbowl he couldn't have shifted. :confused:

The hide was a plastic plant pot drip tray with a door cut in it - which made it a lot more bendable than a hole in the top would have.


dr del