jaguar carpets

[ic18]

Thank you... I think that clears it up a little... just wait until I start with my next round of dumb questions! But thank you again!

[Caz]

I think this thread has got a bit confusing!

Best way to think of the Jaguar morph is like the pastel morph in Royals.
You simply cannot be 'het for Jag.' The offspring are either visual Jags or Jag siblings (which are essentially just another carpet python.)

As for '50% Het for Granite' this means that a granite carpet has been bred to a normal. Now, ALL offspring will LOOK normal BUT 50% (law of averages) should carry the granite gene. The problem is nobody can visually tell which half carry the gene for granite and which ones are just normal carpets - SO the 50% Het granite is basically a 50/50 chance that it's carrying the gene. Who knows! You may strike lucky and have 2 that are Het for granite!

[bladeblaster]

Originally Posted by Caz

I think this thread has got a bit confusing!

Best way to think of the Jaguar morph is like the pastel morph in Royals.
You simply cannot be 'het for Jag.' The offspring are either visual Jags or Jag siblings (which are essentially just another carpet python.)

As for '50% Het for Granite' this means that a granite carpet has been bred to a normal. Now, ALL offspring will LOOK normal BUT 50% (law of averages) should carry the granite gene. The problem is nobody can visually tell which half carry the gene for granite and which ones are just normal carpets - SO the 50% Het granite is basically a 50/50 chance that it's carrying the gene. Who knows! You may strike lucky and have 2 that are Het for granite!

Hmm isn't that what I said?

Originally Posted by bladeblaster

A jungle x IJ would be a 50% jungle x IJ

50% het only means that there is a 50% chance its a het, it will either prove out to be 100% het or not het at all, the only way to prove this is to breed to another granite. If you could prove that the het granite was 100% het granite then you would have the following odds:-

75% chance of 50% jungle x IJ
25% chance of 50% jungle x IJ het granite

They would all look 'normal' so you wouldn't know which were het and which weren't meaning you would sell all of the off spring as 50% Jungle x IJ 25% granite, which TBH won't be worth any more than the plain 50% jungle x IJ's from the first scenario.

[Caz]

You said a JunglexIJ would be 50% J/IJ cross - correct, BUT when bred to a 100% het granite and assuming the het is a 50/50granite x jungle it will produce (on average) all the young with 66% IJ genes as the granite is an IJ morph.

Originally Posted by bladeblaster

A jungle x IJ would be a 50% jungle x IJ

50% het only means that there is a 50% chance its a het, it will either prove out to be 100% het or not het at all, the only way to prove this is to breed to another granite. If you could prove that the het granite was 100% het granite then you would have the following odds:-

75% chance of 50% jungle x IJ
25% chance of 50% jungle x IJ het granite

They would all look 'normal' so you wouldn't know which were het and which weren't meaning you would sell all of the off spring as 50% Jungle x IJ 25% granite, which TBH won't be worth any more than the plain 50% jungle x IJ's from the first scenario.

[bladeblaster]

Originally Posted by ic18

All very confusing...

So what do you get if you:
1. Cross a jungle with an irian jaya?
2. Cross a jungle with a 50% het granite irian jaya?

a jungle x IJ het granite is still a 50% jungle/IJ but will be 25% het granite.

no dif to a 50% jungle jag its 50% jungle/coastal visually jag.

Not sure where you are coming from TBH?

[Painted lady]

jag's are the best i think i have a 88% male breedin next year cant wait him