What makes a good cinnamon?

[benwallage9]

Ok thanks guys also when you make savannah's i've seen ones with the all connected side pattern and ones with out it why do some have it and others don't?

[angllady2]

I think a lot of that comes from the parents.

My theory is by breeding my blush back cinnamon female, who has a superior amount of blushing and nicely connected side patterns to my unusual mojave male, who also has a ridiculous amount of blushing on his back and a semi reduced pattern, I should produce some savannas the likes of which few people ever see.

In general, you select two parents that have YOUR ideal look, and then the babies they produce will hopefully be something special. It certainly worked for me with my vanillas. By crossing my higher quality vanilla male with the lightest normal female I've ever seen, I made some very light vanilla babies, much nicer than any I've seen in a while.

Gale

[Sarin]

I think I prefer striped Cinnamons over the black backs. But they're both really nice! I love any cinnamon.

Here's my girl: (excuse the blurry-ness)

[rabernet]

I spent 2 years looking for my perfect cinnamon. I like black back cinnies with floating pattern:







This season he produced three black back cinnies and three black back normals.

These are two of them.

[ShockBunny]

Robin's cinnamon does a good job summing up exactly what I was trying to say. The perfect cinnie!

[Hypnotic Exotic]

This is going to echo some here but first and foremost for me it has to be a black back with thick dorsal striping. Lots of blushing down the sides. As Robyn has kind of already pointed out, black backs tend to throw black backs. My male has produced almost all black back Cinnies and threw a black back Pewter this season that I'll get posted up here if my life will calm down enough to get my pictures up

[benwallage9]

Alright well I think unless I find one that wows me I'll wait....

[rabernet]

Alright well I think unless I find one that wows me I'll wait....

That's a good strategy - especially if you are like me and want to selectively breed only the best representations (in your opinion) of the morph.

I haven't built my collection quickly, but I've been extremely picky. I'm probably a year or two behind my peers who started the same time that I did, but it's paid off.

From this breeding season, I sold all but one animal that I produced, without placing a single ad, or vending at a show - because the quality of what I produced spoke for itself and was desireable to others. And I wasn't asking the "cheapest" prices either. If anything, my prices were higher than average market.

It took me 2 years to find that cinnie, it took me 2 years to find my ideal lesser, probably a year to find my ideal fire's, over a year to find my perfect albino. I'm still searching for my perfect enchi (I actually had one, but she was stolen from the breeder before she shipped, so my search continues).

My take away is - you have to care for these critters. Don't buy a mutation just to get that mutation. Buy an animal because it knocks your socks off. And be willing to pay a little more for a stellar example animal. Because if you don't, someone else will.

[PitOnTheProwl]

I never planned on a cinny ever guy this little dude caught my eye at the last show.
I didnt buy him on saturday and he haunted me the rest of the day AND even kept me awake that night. What do I need a cinny for?!?!?
They are not in my plans but I couldnt stop thinking about him so I had to go back sunday morning and sit by the doors waiting. The vendor saw me outside and stopped to chat and then brought him out so I wouldnt have to pay to go in.







This morph was never considered in any of my plans and still really isnt but he was something that I couldnt forget and had to have so now I have to work him into something.

PS these were taken when I brought him home and he has lightened up a little after a couple of sheds.