Candy vs. Candino

[Ben_Renick]

I just wanted to post a new photo of these comparing a pure Candy vs. Candino again. The Candinos do color up very nice and look fantastic, but a pure Candy is really hard to beat...

[Annarose15]

Wow! Thank you for the update!

[meowmeowkazoo]

Is this pretty much the same gene as toffee/toffino?

[BCBallPythons]

Is this pretty much the same gene as toffee/toffino?

Yes


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[MarkS]

It's good to see that there are differences. Thanks for posting the comparison. How old are those snakes?

[h00blah]

I think they're both REALLY exceptional looking animals! The only reason I would choose toffee is so I don't get confused when breeding XD... As far as what I like to look at more, it's too difficult! They're both sweet !!

[interloc]

I like them separate. Sure it's cool that they are Allelic but I think an albino and a candy are cooler separate

[Andybill]

Wow that Candino sure is coloring up quite nicely! I said it before that I like the Candy by itself much better but Candinos are growing on me. Definitely a gene I would like to get in my collection!

[Simple Man]

Thanks for the shots Ben. I'll be adding this gene shortly I think it is probably next since I have several Codom Albino projects I can easily work into it.

Regards,

B

[Pythonfriend]

I like them separate. Sure it's cool that they are Allelic but I think an albino and a candy are cooler separate

when breeding, its still often the best to mix them.

For example, if you get a het candy, and can choose to breed it to an albino or another het candy, i would totally breed it to the albino. no possible hets, everything is visible. the normal looking ones will be plain old 100% het albinos, and everything that gets the candy gene will be visual, and will also look different to pure albino.

Then you can breed candino to candino, for 50% candino, 25% albino, 25% candy. Then you can breed candino to candy, for 50% candy 50% candino. Also, because there is an awful lot of albinos out there, its a recessive project that you can do without inbreeding, by simply getting albinos with fresh genetics every now and then. You can easily distinguish pure albino from pure candy from candino in the clutches.

so, mixing it with albino is absolutely no problem, because no matter how thoroughly you mix it, whats going on is always visual, and easy to un-mix later. Mixing it has another benefit: you can use albino as a vehicle to get other genes into candy. so instead of breeding candy to pinstripe to make pinstripe het candys and then breeding back.... You just buy a pinstripe albino, in the first generation you already get a bunch of pinstripe candinos, then you can breed these to a different candy or to each other to get candy pinstripe. non-visual hets completely avoided. and people that want to get into the candy project cheaply or that want fresh genetics to reduce inbreeding, they prefer a visible candino over a non-visual het candy.

Simple Man
Thanks for the shots Ben. I'll be adding this gene shortly I think it is probably next since I have several Codom Albino projects I can easily work into it.

Yep, perfect addition if you already have codom albino stuff going on.

meowmeowkazoo Is this pretty much the same gene as toffee/toffino?

candy and toffee are very similar, but im not convinced that they are absolutely the same. Not yet; it would be easy to figure out for anyone working with both projects. just make a candy toffee, compare that to candy and toffee, and breed that to a new and unrelated albino, and look at the resulting clutch. Im just uncertain because what ive seen so far when it comes to pics of adult candy vs adult toffee, i cannot help it, i see a bit of a difference, and i cannot decide if it proves out different or not when someone really tries.

i love these pictures, also because candy and candino (and toffee and toffino) change an awful lot with age, and the adults just look ridiculously amazing. they start out looking quite similar to albinos with lots of lavender in the background, and then just keep getting more awesome with every shed.