Guessing cold, that is probably where I would have went, but mostly no. All this flipping snake should be is an Enchi Phantom. I have made a lot of enchi phantoms and nothing has had this coloration other than a sister/aunt that is a year older. I kept her back as well. She is an Enchi Phantom Pin but in that animal the effect was different because of the pinstripe. I don't know how to describe it other than she is a lot lighter than she should be and the pinstripe markings appear smeared. I thought she was a fluke or an incubator issue until this guy started to lighten just like she did.Originally Posted by rlditmars
This boy is line bred. The father was the son of the mother. She has produced 4 clutches for me with the last two beginning to show this trait. The male from the breeding that produced the girl last year was a full brother to the the one that produced this boy. The only thing I could think of was ghost but I have no experience with them and have only ever seen one in person. I even went back to the producers of my original stock and they told me they did not sell me anything that had ghost in it and all of those animals were just average in appearance. The Enchi mom is in fact quite bland.
Many of my other Enchi/Phontom combos have been showing relatively high yellows but other than the two animals mentioned have I had the black disappear.
So I am quite perplexed. I at this point believe I have what is most likely a recessive gene floating around but I have no idea what it is.
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