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Jase · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:14 am Post subject:

Cheers Paul, I know it's a cliche but I've got one that looks like that Laughing

She was WC tho so you never know Cool

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The Medusan · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:37 am Post subject:

[quote="angel148"

Hi Jase, the Fires are a lot lighter, almost silvery yellow as adults. I have put a couple of pictures below. They also have a ghost like appearance. Side by side they are quite different. I have some Fire boys mating some normal girls. I fed my boys yesterday and giving them another rest day (they have been so busy, lucky sods!!) but I will put them back in to the girls tomorrow, when I do I will post you a couple of pictures of them together so you can really see the difference.
Paul[/quote]

Hi Paul

Does that mean that the Fire is a Visual Het? How does it compare to the Russo line Het Leucistic?

Cheers
Dave

angel148 · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:38 am Post subject:

PaulG · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject:

They are very fifferent!
I really like them!
Bit out of range at the moment.

Imagine a fire axanthic!
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The Medusan · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject:

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Right guys, I will try and help here. Yes the Fire (100% het for Black Eyed Leucistic) is a clear visual het. I have attached a couple of pictures along with a picture of my Super Dwarf Fire Retic to show what this type of gene does. The Fire male in the picture is not the best example but the better one is milked over. I have never seen Russo Hets in person but I believe they are more of a golden yellow than the Fires and of course they produce the Blue Eyed Leucy. I'm sure many have a very light normal in their collection that does look the same but in the flesh they look very different. You can also see the ghosting on the Fire in the picture.
Paul

Thanks Paul, that was a very informative post and is much appreciated!

dazzlah · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject:

angel148 · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject:

Italian Python · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:50 am Post subject:

this is a recent pic:
fire in the center and Russo het on right

this second pic is a detail of the eye of the Russo het(orange spot inside)

PaulG · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject:

Great pictures, thanks for sharing!
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angel148 · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:19 pm Post subject:

Great pictures and really lovely snakes. Goes to show how they differ, your Fire looks very different from mine. Very nice though, ALL of them. Good luck with them all.
Paul