lol, in this line of retics, you NEED specifics. It makes the difference. I've definitely been trying to keep this project as both a personal joy, breeding investment, and also a research into the effects on food intake and % crosses. I've developed a fantastic feeding schedule for getting this guys up and going without throwing them into obesity. And my growing data on sizes with crosses is showing consistency among those who keep them. So for me, 62.5% mainlaind, 12.5% Jampea, and 25% Kalatoa, means a lot ;-).
FWIW - the pair that produced that tiger motley was a 50% Kalatoa, 25% Jampea, 25% mainland female tiger, bred by a purple motley mainland. Thus giving us our weird numbers. But what captivates me is the fact that 25% SD in retics only seem to effect the mass, but not the length as that girl is about what I expect mainlands to be length wise from similar age. in contrast a 25% dwarf Burmese cross, from breeding a half dwarf female to a normal male, yields a 2 year old Burmese that is as big as a ball python female . . . Seriously . . . I think I'll tack him in to my next video!
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