Morph Q's

[snaker35]

I've been really reading up on this lately cuz it's extremely interesting and something I would love to get into down the road on a very small scale.

Just a few q's on producing a morph, I just want to see if my facts are straight.

I have a "normal" female.

If I purchased a "het" of something and bred it to my "normal", I would get possible "hets", correct?

If the "het" I purchased has a "dominent" gene, I would recieve a visibly different snake, correct? and if the "het" had recessive gene it would appear as a normal looking snake but with a the "het" gene? and co-dominent, I just don't quite understand.

2 "hets" bred together will equal a possible "homo" gene?

I know there are a lot of different combo's which I am sure I will be more familiar with as I go on but I just want to get an understanding on a good starting point.

on a side note, I am just wondering whether the "mojave" morph is a recessive, dominent, or co-dominent? and what would be my best method at producing one. They are by far the most appealing to me.

This is down the road for me but after finally getting my ball after having an interest in snakes FOREVER, I know this is a place I'd like to take it.

[kavmon]

check out nerd's pages on genectics!


http://www.newenglandreptile.com/genetics_intro.html

long read but well worth it... mojo's are co-dom...
also check out this site http://www.ballpython.ca/construction.html

vaughn

[snaker35]

wow! my head is killing me!! lol.


thanks for the links that was a crazy read!

so If basically if I want a mojave I have to buy a mojave b/c it's co-dominent and will appear different no matter what. There goes my idea of buying a cheaper het.

Recessive genes seem to be like they would be the cheaper way to a morph b/c the hets appear normal. correct?


Those sites were amazing and answered all my above q's.
thx

[kavmon]

price depends on which recessive and which co-dom you are comparing. there are alot of morphs to choose from! lol with co-doms, you can breed normal girls to male morphs and produce morphs in your first breeding! recessives need both parents to have the gene, so you have to put the time into raising the girls to breeding size/age.



vaughn

[elevatethis]

An pair of albino hets is definitely within reach and a cheap way to make an awesome morph. I don't really have a whole lot of interest in starting an albino project now, but thats definitely on my list of snakes I'd like to have eventually. I've said it over and over- pics online really don't do that morph any justice.

Have you looked at pastels? Pastel males are cheaper than ever this year. Its a co-dominant trait (like a mojave) that will produce visible morphs right away when bred to a normal female, like Vaughn said above.

[snaker35]

yeah I like the pastel but for some reason it just doesn't stand out. I hear pics don't do morphs justice so may'be I'd have to see one in person.

[SnakeySnakeSnake]

yeah I like the pastel but for some reason it just doesn't stand out. I hear pics don't do morphs justice so may'be I'd have to see one in person.

Some pastels are just rocking Some are soso.

Shop around, make a friend, pick up a pastel male for $200-400 and dont look back if you are just wanting something to start with

[snaker35]

no way!! for that cheap???? will u be my friend??????

[SnakeySnakeSnake]

no way!! for that cheap???? will u be my friend??????

I dont have any sorry, but they are out there, go to a few local reptile shows.

Ask for Jimmy

[Adam_Wysocki]

Ask for Jimmy

Yup ... he'll sell you that $200 pastel male and by the time you're producing pastels of your own, he'll be competing against you with pastel males at $35.00 a pop ... Jimmy looks out for his customers like that.

ROCK ON!

-adam