How many breeders out there have noticed a trend with certain hets looking different from normals? Something a trained eye can pick out? For instance.. All the het caramels I have seen seem to have more blushing and lighter eyes. Het pieds often have railroad tracks and darker markings.
And the most curious one of all.. I know a breeder who can pick out a het clown 100% of the time if given a choice between normals and het clowns. This is something he actually does at shows to test his self. They always have a lower scale count and more of a rough scaled look along the spine. Kind of like the look of a pinstripes scales. Not to mention pastel het clowns almost always have connecting head stripes making a circle around the back of the head. Like a super enchi.
I know this cant be used to positively identify any het but how many of you have noticed a visual difference with your hets? This is just to see how common of an occurance this is. Years ago breeders were looking for subtle similarities when pairing up "normals" to discover more recessive traits after all.
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