Bel

[tenai]

Leucism pronounced "luke-ism" is NOT a color morph or a name of such. its a genetic deformity and as such will vary in intensity between occurrences.

[tenai]

let me elaborate before the flames come. in the case of all morphs, they are genetic deformities yes. however when speaking of leucistic animals its an occurrence that takes place when 2 co-doms (incomplete dominant) breed.
because of some animals breeding history some lukes come out cleaner than others (compare mojo/mojo to lesser/lesser pair breedings) this has to do with pedigree and what it took to create this morph in the beginning.

now heres a strange occurrence....take one that makes a dirty (mojo) and one that makes a clean (lesser). pair them up and they come out nearly flawless.
just keep in mind that although the chances are arguably 14% of hatching one.
thats 14% chance PER EGG. not per clutch. that means you have an 86% chance of something else per egg.

[Fallguy]

" Loo - sism "

" Luke - ism "

IMHO though, I like the Mojo x Mojo. The off color on the head gives it character.

[tenai]

" Loo - sism "

" Luke - ism "

IMHO though, I like the Mojo x Mojo. The off color on the head gives it character.

i only correct out of my love for the language. not out of (hahah your wrong and im right) please dont take it the wrong way.

The terms leucistic and leucism are derived from medical terminology. The prefix leuc- is the Latin variant of leuk- from the Greek leukos meaning "white" (see Steadman’s, Dorland’s or Taber’s medical dictionaries). The correct pronunciation of leucistic is (loo-kiss-tic) and leucism is (loo-kism) since the prefix in Greek and Latin are pronounced with the hard C or K sound. Since the prefix leuc- is a variant of leuk-, in medical circles the terms may also be spelled with a k (leukistic and leukism).
found here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism

[tenai]

i only correct out of my love for the language. not out of (hahah your wrong and im right) please dont take it the wrong way.

The terms leucistic and leucism are derived from medical terminology. The prefix leuc- is the Latin variant of leuk- from the Greek leukos meaning "white" (see Steadman’s, Dorland’s or Taber’s medical dictionaries). The correct pronunciation of leucistic is (loo-kiss-tic) and leucism is (loo-kism) since the prefix in Greek and Latin are pronounced with the hard C or K sound. Since the prefix leuc- is a variant of leuk-, in medical circles the terms may also be spelled with a k (leukistic and leukism).
found here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism

"group think" isn't always right.

[Fallguy]

If you want to get technical....

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leucism

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leucistic

No harm. I just hate Wikipedia as a reference source, as anyone can enter information whether right or wrong.

There was a thread around here that went over this a while ago, I just cannot find it right now.

[dr del]

Hi,

The chances of a hatching a leucistic from breeding a lesser and a mojave is actually 25% per egg with the remaining 75% split equally between mojaves, lessers and wild type.


dr del

[blackcrystal22]

All BELs are true BELs.

Thats why they're all compatible.. but may not all look as clean or as nice. Mojo BELs often are said to have an ivory washed out look to them.

[rocky88]

Ok well thank you all for your help and I have made my decision. I am getting a pair of lessers. So from what I understand a lesserXlesser should give me a chance of getting a clean looking bel, similar to the first picture??? Because that is what I want, and have seem to fall in love with. The really REALLY clean, white BEL's. So with lesserXlesser do I have a chance of getting one like what I want

[Royal Morphz]

Ok well thank you all for your help and I have made my decision. I am getting a pair of lessers. So from what I understand a lesserXlesser should give me a chance of getting a clean looking bel, similar to the first picture??? Because that is what I want, and have seem to fall in love with. The really REALLY clean, white BEL's. So with lesserXlesser do I have a chance of getting one like what I want

hey Rocky just so you know the animal in the first pic is actual a Phantom/Lesser Lucy (good luck getting a Phantom). The closest you will get to that is a Lesser/ Lesser Lucy good luck