Homozygous Spider Morph

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RDR's first platy X platy breeding was 2007 clutch 76:

http://ralphdavisreptiles.com/birthi...thons_8_07.asp

The story I heard was that the original spider was imported by CalZoo and sold by Randy Buck of Super Pets in Orange County CA to NERD in 1989 and that was the same year VPI got the clown from the same seller. I think I've read that it took a while for the clown project to get going and might be the same for the spider but at any rate it's been a while. I picked up my founder Garcia line chocolate at a pet store in 2001 and didn’t hatch my first homozygous until 2011 so I know how that goes.

TSK did some spider to spider in 2007 and 2 of the 8 eggs where small and didn't hatch. All of the spider babies where females but they hoped to breed them this last year, I just haven't checked back to ask if they went. In 2008 they did another spider X spider breeding and report 6 good eggs and 1 slug hatching 1.4 spiders so maybe that 2008 possible homozygous spider male has bred by now too.

never seen that link before thanks for clearing that up, interesting because i sent this to ralph

I was curious how much Christmas money I need to save up to purchase a het platty daddy male or female from you?

I also had a question about the het platty daddy, I herd you bred a platty to a platty and produced a normal looking animal (it would have to be a homozygous/super het platty daddy), can you confirm this? If not have you attempted to produced a homozygous het platty daddy?

thx and hoping to hear back form you
-matt

this is the email i got from ralph.

Hi,

I sell het platties for $1750 each.

I have not gotten that far with the platty gene. I do know that any normal offspring from a platty are “het”………the lessers are not I’m trying platty x platty this season.

Thanks,
Ralph

maybe he ment he hasn't proved out that homzoygous animal.... but sounded to me like he never made anything.

Hopefully they keep us updated.