Big News Coming Tomorrow!

[Kodieh]

Hmmmm.

I see more brightness, and that brownout line points towards a low quality pastel to me.

[Marrissa]

Ah I wish you had a DSLR camera or were close by so I could take pics for you with mine. I don't think the light is helping and they're somewhat blurry.

[Cross Exotics]

Pastel isn't the gene in question and I trust Amir and his reputation for what I bought from him. I'll keep all updated on the incubation and outcome following. Thank you for the replies and questions. ZZzzzzz....

[Cross Exotics]

Ah I wish you had a DSLR camera or were close by so I could take pics for you with mine. I don't think the light is helping and they're somewhat blurry.

Yeah, at that time I didn't own one. I have one now and will use it for sure. Cell phone pics are blah, lol

[amir]

Joseph,
Congrats on the clutch
I remember the animal you bought and it was one of 1.3 Citrus Deserts produced from a Desert male to a Super Citrus/Pastel female
There are 2 other girls out there so hopefully someone else can back your results in the near future.
I looked for baby pics and this one is all I could find of a sib

People should and will have to wait till next season to breed Deserts and by then all of these questions will be answered.
If it is of any importance, I do have 8.22 adult Deserts and Desert combos so you may not be the only one looking for answers.

[MarkS]

I think this is amazing! It's certainly going to be a long two months. This is a real cliff hanger, I can't wait to see what happens next.

[Raven01]

This could be huge news.
And, people thought waiting a day was bad. Now there will be a wait for any females exhibiting the Desert characteristics to mature and breed. And, hopefully remain healthy and have successful clutches.
I am really unconcerned as to whether or not this is exactly the same gene as the known Desert morph or morph that looks enough like a Desert to fool Amir. I just hope it isn't a fluke female and turns our to be a reproducible Desert or Desert-like morph.
And, that is provided the odds-gods play nice and there are female hatchlings with the gene.

[Royal Hijinx]

I think folks need to calm down.

When we see Desert babies crawl out of the eggs, that will be something. Honestly, I prolly would have waited till there were babies and had perfect documentation in place before making this hyped up announcement.

With that said... ONE viable clutch out of HUNDREDS does not mean the problem is solved. There have still been a LOT more desert females killed in breeding attempts than this one possible success. Odds that I do not see as worth it for the animals.

I agree if that female is Citrus Desert, she is not the best looking example, so that def casts doubt on top of all this.

[Andybill]

I think folks need to calm down.

When we see Desert babies crawl out of the eggs, that will be something. Honestly, I prolly would have waited till there were babies and had perfect documentation in place before making this hyped up announcement.

With that said... ONE viable clutch out of HUNDREDS does not mean the problem is solved. There have still been a LOT more desert females killed in breeding attempts than this one possible success. Odds that I do not see as worth it for the animals.

I agree if that female is Citrus Desert, she is not the best looking example, so that def casts doubt on top of all this.

I agree 100%. When baby deserts start crawling outta those eggs I will be more satisfied but there is still a lot of bad history with this morph and I am not holding my breath.

[Coleslaw007]

I personally feel like she's just a very high quality pastel but let's wait and see, I'm no one to doubt Amir, just what she looks like to me.

I mainly just fear that this could lead to a LOT of people trying to breed their female deserts and desert combos and a lot of deaths. Even if she IS desert, it doesn't mean the others will magically be capable of being bred, she could be a fluke. So many ppl will try to breed a snake, but won't spend the money on a vet and surgery if things go wrong.

To the OP: Honestly, no offense, but I really feel it was a bit irresponsible to try and breed her in the first place. Not trying to be an ass here, but that's an animal's life you risked. Just because it worked doesn't mean it wasn't a risk. I REALLY hope you had a GOOD vet on standby and were willing to drop the huge amounts of money on any necessary surgery.

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