Paradox Question

[pigfat]

Is there any evidence out there that paradox is a genetic thing? I have a het albino male and the breeder i got him from has another 100% het. female produced from a paradox albino and its $300. I dont know if I want to risk the chance...

[Skittles1101]

It hasn't been proven to be genetic. As far as I know it's more like a birth mark, only my chance. I have a paradox female albino so I'll let you know in two years

[Brandon Osborne]

I have produced a paradox two years in a row from a pair of my pewters. In my case it could be due to the pied gene affecting the pattern of the cinny gene, but we should see if it is genetic this season.

When it comes to albinos I don't think it is showing any promise of being reproducible on a regular basis.

[pigfat]

This is the dad:


If I could get anything close to that it would be amazing and well worth the extra money for the het.....but if not, its just a much more expensive and lower shot at getting albinos.

[Skittles1101]

Being paradox shouldn't really affect the price as far as I know...I got my female paradox albino for the same price as her "normal" albino sister....is there really no room to move the price from $300 for just a het?? I didn't realize the het albinos were going for that high

[purplemuffin]

So could paradox be a gene 'cancelling' mutation, where in certain areas the albino gene is 'turned off'? I've seen this in axolotls, the GFP(green glowing protein thing) can be turned off on areas making them spotted and green under a blacklight.

Or could some of them also be a fusion of twins, one who happened to be albino, one who happened to be het? I've seen a few that were split right down the middle, half being one gene, half being normal!

I know nothing about paradoxes! But they are cool!

[pigfat]

Being paradox shouldn't really affect the price as far as I know...I got my female paradox albino for the same price as her "normal" albino sister....is there really no room to move the price from $300 for just a het?? I didn't realize the het albinos were going for that high

He is selling his other paradox and 3 het albino females for $4,000. And I got my normal het. albino male from him for $30 so I dont know what the deal is. Do you mind me asking where you got your paradox?

[Skittles1101]

My friend Patrick of Action Reptiles. I think it's his second paradox he's hatched, not sure if it's the same parents. She's not insanely paradox like the one you put a picture of, but it makes her unique

[pigfat]

I still love it! Its crazy how the "small" things on a snake make it SOOOOO much cooler to me.

[jjmitchell]

I have never heard of people charging more for hets from a paradox....I know the actual paradox animal will often cost more because it is a freak accident and the rarity makes it valuable to some. If you gonna drop 300 on a het put another 100 in there and get a visual albino I personally dont like albino to het breedings as inexpensive as albinos are and hets are so invaluble to most I usually sell them as normals to pet stores......