Colin, thanks for that info. I know you work with Ian G a lot. Were these animals from his line of black pastels? If so, it is disappointing that I'd heard that line was supposed to be free of problems (or maybe it was just had less problems?) and yet it can still produce babies like these.

It won't stop me from getting & breeding a black pastel, but it might slow me down on how soon I try for a super. Maybe by then a truly problem free line will have been established, or else someone will have found some trick to produce them safely.