First clutch yielded???

So this first clutch is a little odd because my pairing to this normal female was a spotnose and cinnamon males. I have checked and double checked my records and I never paired a pastel male to her. So when this little pastel female popped out I was like "WTF??". I called my buddy that I bought the female from, and he told me the only male he'd ever paired to her was a POG male. I now own that very same POG male. So, if what my buddy tells me is true, then this pastel baby could only have come from retained sperm and would be 100% het orange ghost. Since it wouldn't be possible for me to sell her like that I am going to keep her and hopefully prove out her genetics.

This is what my first clutch yielded this year:

Spotnose male:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...ar/spotm-1.jpg

Spotnose female:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...ar/spotf-4.jpg

Pastel 100% Het Orange Ghost female:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...ar/pastf-1.jpg

And the Normals (which I haven't sexed yet):
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...tar/norm-1.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...tar/norm-2.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...tar/norm-3.jpg

Here is the clutch in the eggs:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j.../clutch1-3.jpg

Here is Mom:
http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/90754/6...YM07lf6aAU.jpg

And here are the two Dad's:
http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/90754/6...cEk1SXVu6H.jpg
http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/90754/6...ZflBaLZnlo.jpg

Now thats something you don't see everyday... congrats on your clutch and trying to prove out the hypo genetics.

haha i so wish that would have happened to me thats amazing youre lucky haha

Cool surprise! Congrats and hope she proves out for you in a few years! :gj:

How long ago was she paired with the POG? This is very interesting, congrats too!

Congrats on the healthy babies!

In the text you said the 2 dads were a spotnose and a cinnamon. Then in the pictures of the 2 dads you have a spotnose and what appears to me to be a pastel (not a cinnamon).

I guess I'm confused a bit.

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Originally Posted by JayCee

In the text you said the 2 dads were a spotnose and a cinnamon. Then in the pictures of the 2 dads you have a spotnose and what appears to me to be a pastel (not a cinnamon).

I guess I'm confused a bit.

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If you read a bit more in depth, it is mentioned that the Pastel occurred due to retained sperm from last years breedings.

Wow! Talk about unexpected! She's a cutie! All of them are! Congrats!:D

How awesome! All are gorgeous, I especially like that last normal though, pretty colors and pattern :)

see they never fail to amaze us haha holding back sperm from years before its awesome you never know what your gonna get :)

the normals could also be het OG
keep the girls!

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Originally Posted by alan1

the normals could also be het OG
keep the girls!

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Yeah I think I am going to hold back the female normals also and see what happens with them in the future. It would be killer to find out that more than just one egg came from that POG male.

I finally sexed the normals also. 1.2 normals. I killed the odds with females in this clutch 2.4.

Wow that is so cool!

What a great surprise! :) I love those spotnose babies :gj:

Nice clutch and congrats!

Nice clutch :gj:.Thats definitly weird she would retain sperm and produced just one baby from it :confused:

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Nice clutch :gj:.Thats definitly weird she would retain sperm and produced just one baby from it :confused:

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Well as far as we know only one morph came from retained sperm. The normals could be het ghost, but I won't know until I breed the females. I'm planning to keep the 2 normal females and the pastel female from this clutch and hopefully, eventually prove their genetics.

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Originally Posted by Kymberli

What a great surprise! :) I love those spotnose babies :gj:

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Yeah the spotnose gene is definitely one of my favorites. I'm hoping to make power balls later this year, and hopefully some double gene mutations with them as well this fall.