Question about white snakes

[fenez]

I'm just wondering what have been the purest white snakes produced today? The snow has an obvious pattern, and I've heard that that black eyed lucys also have some yellow patterning. The super mojaves are also not pure white, at least not the ones I've seen.

So what makes the best white snake? Lesser x Lesser? Het Russo x het russo? Platy x lesser? Are any of these whitesnakes PURE white?

Just curious...

[Adam_Wysocki]

Most super lessers are 100% pure white, but I've heard there have been a couple produced that had a very faint back stripe.

The platty x lesser lucys are amazing!

-adam

[elevatethis]

Do you mean "platty" as in the so called "platty daddy" meaning only ralph is making those lucy's?

[Cubby23]

By platty I assume he means Platinum not Lesser Platinum. I'm pretty sure there are much more than one platinum

[cassandra]

*The* Platty Daddy is Ralph's but he has been able to make platties from breeding a normal to a lesser platty (I think that's the combo, but I may have read his genetics info incorrectly), so people who have platties from RDR can make their own white guys.

Ralph actually just wrote a long journal entry on platties recently; it's a good read. =)

[Mendel's Balls]

Platty=Platinium, Lessers, russo?

I find this trait(s) very confusing and I dont really understand it the genetics behind it......

I think I remember reading somewhere you can produce some type of leucistic BP somehow from this.....

[JLC]

*The* Platty Daddy is Ralph's but he has been able to make platties from breeding a normal to a lesser platty (I think that's the combo, but I may have read his genetics info incorrectly), so people who have platties from RDR can make their own white guys.

Ralph actually just wrote a long journal entry on platties recently; it's a good read. =)

Not a "normal"...but a normal-looking sib from a lesser clutch. I believe the current theory is that there is a hidden recessive gene that combines with the co-dom "lesser" gene to make the Platty (or Platty Daddy, if you prefer).

And I may be wrong, but I don't think there are very many Platty Daddies slithering around out there that don't still belong to RDR. I couldn't say for sure that he's never sold one, but I'd be willing to bet real money he's never sold more than one or two at the very most.

[cassandra]

Not a "normal"...but a normal-looking sib from a lesser clutch. I believe the current theory is that there is a hidden recessive gene that combines with the co-dom "lesser" gene to make the Platty (or Platty Daddy, if you prefer).

Right...I knew it was something like that. Ralph's got all he knows about it on his website, but I get so easily confused by that stuff, hehe!

And I may be wrong, but I don't think there are very many Platty Daddies slithering around out there that don't still belong to RDR. I couldn't say for sure that he's never sold one, but I'd be willing to bet real money he's never sold more than one or two at the very most.

Adam's got one/some, doesn't he?

[JLC]

Adam's got one/some, doesn't he?

I believe (And I'm sure Adam will correct me if I'm wrong) Adam has a "Lesser"...which is an offspring of Platty Daddy, but not a Platty itself. There are a few more of those to be had in the trade, but the "Daddies" are still super-rare.

[ddbjdealer]

but the "Daddies" are still super-rare.

To my knowledge, no one has a platty other than RDR. (Could be wrong... ) And as far as MY OPINION, there's only ONE Daddy.... I think he's still calling offspring that LOOK like the orriginal "Platty Daddies"... but I think Platty Daddy is the founding snake... the offspring that look like him should just be "Platinum Balls" as there can only be one daddy!