Super Fire Madness!

[Marissa@MKmorphs]

Very carefully! Identifying single gene Fires and Vanillas from each other is much easier then 'trying' to identify Fires from other allelic genes such as Sulfur and so on.

Here is the sire - Vanilla Cream (Nerd Line Fire)


Here is the dam - Firefly

That firefly!!!! How big is she? My firefly looks very similar, about 1600 grams currently with little to no browning out.

I would love to pick your brain about telling apart single gene fires from vanillas as hatchlings. I'm pretty good at telling the difference in adults, but hatchlings can have me scratching my head!

[Mr.Spence]

Great pics and great looking animals. Congrats.

[el8ch]

That firefly!!!! How big is she? My firefly looks very similar, about 1600 grams currently with little to no browning out.

I would love to pick your brain about telling apart single gene fires from vanillas as hatchlings. I'm pretty good at telling the difference in adults, but hatchlings can have me scratching my head!

Thanks! I love her, she's right around 2000 grams and is an early 2011 hatchling. I picked her out of a bag that came in from the US along with some other African imported animals. She has kept here yellows so nicely as she ages! Unfortunately I'm just unsure of her lineage.

In terms of identification I typically find Vanillas to have more of an aberrant jungle like pattern and a more pronounced headstamp. Some say that Vanillas also have more of a cream colouring towards their belly scales and tend to have speckling similar to a 'granite' at the base of their flames.

All this being said, would I bet the house when identifying Fire vs Vanilla neonates, not a chance!

[tembii]

I want them all!! You're so lucky!! Awesomeness xx