Quote Originally Posted by RXLReptiles View Post
To prove out any genetics that are questionable I always look for a mate that has a morph that will throw something obvious. You can always breed to a normal and hope for less ambiguous offspring, but it's easier to prove out a gene with something that will completely change the color or pattern of the animal and won't take insurmountable odds to prove.

So for a Fire, you could pair to either a known Fire or a Pastel, to you'll get either a very obvious super fire, or a pretty obvious dragonfly.

To prove pastel, you could use another pastel, a spider, a calico, a fire, a pinstripe, really anything will change completely when pastel is added.

If I were trying to prove enchi or orange dream though, that's a little tougher. For Enchi, I'd pair Mojave, because a Mochi is a pretty obvious combo.

For orange dream, you could use spider, as a dream bee is reasonably obvious, I'm sure there are some other obvious combos, but I don't work with orange dream so I'm not really the authority on combos.

But if they are just pets, I wouldn't worry too much about it, they'll still make great pets no matter what morph they are.
Thanks for the thoughts! I feel like spider may also work for proving enchi; all the ones I see with both the enchi really breaks up the connections of the spider pattern, so it seems like it would be obvious there. (Though some of them are listed as poss super enchi, if I remember right). I think those also end up lighter/more yellow/gold than a normal spider, though not on par with bumblebee.

I'm considering doing a few pairings to sell locally in a few years once the animals I have are old enough and I've had time to research it well and fully decide, but that wasn't the plan for these two, so probably won't pair them.

If I happen to wind up with a male fire, I may try to prove out the girl if I find I enjoy breeding for a hobby, but I'm not counting on it.

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