Of course Ralph Davis has kinked caramels. EVERYONE who breeds caramels has kinked caramels. That's part of their genetic legacy, they throw kinked hatchlings. I thought everyone knew that by now. RD just isn't afraid to show them to people. Having caramels with kinks is like having spiders with wobbles and cinnamons with duck faces. These mutations aren't just skin deep.

The person to beware of? The one who says their caramels never kink, and their spiders never wobble. I would be very wary of buying from a breeder making those claims.

I'm glad there is a new T+ line to work with, and because of that, I have no plans to ever acquire caramel albinos. I'll stick to Crider/Ultramels. I definitely see caramel albinos being 'phased out', and the mutation might even eventually be lost. Why continue to breed them when they have a clear and very serious defect, and there is an alternative with very similar features that will serve just as well in combos? Actually, I think the ultramels are even prettier.

I think the best way to show that you're breeding quality animals is to show people pictures of their parents. I've seen some butt-ugly 'lemon pastels', and some lines of morphs from some big name breeders really aren't impressive, even direct FROM those breeders. You really have to look at the individual animals, not the name behind them.