Bought a male Super Duper Pastel direct from Mark Mandic a few years back, got him to size, and bred him to a very nice Super pastel
she only laid a small clutch (4 eggs) - Hatched 3.1 Dupers, i kept a pair, and sold the other two males
all 3 males were consistant in colour, but the female was always brighter/more colourful right from hatching (bottom right hand animal)
(apologies for the badly washed-out pic)
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Here's the male that i held back (not sure which one he is in the above pic)
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Now - Here's what's got me stumped...
This is the female from the 1st pic, BEFORE she started doing her 'thing' (these two pics were taken approx 3 months ago)
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And here she is as of today - Slight difference huh!! - This is the SAME animal, but approx 3 months (and 2 sheds) older
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About a month ago, i noticed she has small white random patches appearing everywhere (approx 5-15 white scales in each), but simply put it down to a shedding issue
but the white patches continued to get larger, and are now litterally taking over most of her body (she has shed again since i first saw the white appearing)
And here's a pic of the same holdback male (pic 2 in the 1st post) next to a decent FireFly (just to show how bright the animals from this clutch were)
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SIDE NOTE - ALL 3 MALES are still of consistant colour, with no white appearing anywhere - It's only this female
As said, i'm stumped - Your thoughts please
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