Well,

Since you were all around when she hatched, I will make this brief.

I hatched out a wierd black pastel from a "normal" to a Black Pastel clutch.

Four eggs, two went bad, and two were carried to term. Hatching happens, and one is badly deformed.

The one survivor I call Chipo, which means Gift in Swahili.

She never looked right to me, but I didn't really care. I was just glad she was alive.

A couple months later, I share pics of the mother with a couple of friends. I get a resounding "That looks Het Red to me!!"

I have no idea what Het Red really looks like, so I go on an info safari. What I find doesn't solidify in my mind what the mother is, so I wait.

Pan in to yesterday, where I get a call from a friend for me to check out Ralphs breeding records. CHECK CLUTCH 56, he says.

I do!

And, lo and behold, the animals in question look startilingly similar to what I have in my collection today.

Now, I'm confused, as I have NORMALS, not Het Reds.

Turns out, and since I can't confirm this yet but for having to breed a couple more seasons, I have my own line of possible Het Red Axanthics.

And I am the first to produce the Het Red Axanthic Black Pastel.

Here she is, photos taken yesterday.