Nuclear line - Sand Boas

eaglereptiles · March 6, 2021, 12:32pm

Continuing the discussion from What new reptiles have you bought recently?:

westridge · March 6, 2021, 4:03am

There is no such thing as a “het nuclear” sand boa. It is a line bred trait.

meerkatlyndz · March 6, 2021, 4:08am

Okay so if one parent is Nuclear and the other has Nuclear in their line but doesn’t show traits? That’s how the breeder explained it to me… I guess I’m calling it wrong or the breeder lied?

westridge · March 6, 2021, 4:36am

If an animal from a Nuclear pairing does not show any Nuclear traits, it is a normal.

wmb1965 · March 6, 2021, 10:42am

Nuclear is not a recessive gene.
It is a combination of fire and butter.
If you breed 2 Nuclear together you
can get 9 different offspring, one of which can be Blue Eyed Lucy ( but/but) Super Fire. Use MM calculator. It is very useful in finding out what your snakes are and pairing outcomes.

meerkatlyndz · March 6, 2021, 11:20am

@westridge

I know nuclear is something that brightens the snake’s colors in general and the snake I bought is definitely not your typical color of sand boa. Could he be showing traits and able to possibly brighten offspring?

saleengrinch · March 6, 2021, 11:22am

I think you gals are talking about two different types of snakes.

wmb1965 · March 6, 2021, 11:23am

Oh I forgot were not taking about Ball Pythons. My bad. I was half asleep. Disregard my comment. Lol!

meerkatlyndz · March 6, 2021, 11:24am

@wmb1965

Haha no problem! I’ve done that before. Appreciate the help all the same.

eaglereptiles · March 6, 2021, 12:30pm

I’m no expert on Sand Boas, but @westridge is right.

Nuclear is a linebred trait not a recessive but with that said I think this a Nuclear .

Super bright reds and oranges is what we are looking for.

Some fun background on Nuclear from the founder Roy Stockwell:

“I got my founder pair in 1986… they were typical yellowy orange EASBs.The geographic origin of the founder stock is unknown.
I noticed the first time I bred them in 89, that there were a couple babies that were far more orange than others… I have always kept back the most orange babies, through numerous generations… and bred them,with each other, making brighter and brighter orange kenyans . It’s not actually a mutation… It probably involves the focusing of several genes. It’s selective breeding or “line breeding”
For years I called them High orange Kenyans… Jeff Favelle is actually the guy that starting referring to them as ‘Nuclears’”