Blood Boa TRUTH BOMB​
For YEARS people called Blood “recessive.”
Reality check → it’s incomplete-dominant (co-dom).
1 copy = visual Blood
2 copies = Super Blood
Blood Ă— Normal = 50% Bloods (not 0 visuals!)
Let’s stop passing myths to new keepers and show the real genetics. For decades, the Blood gene in boas has been mislabeled as “recessive.” That’s outdated and keeping that myth alive only hurts the hobby. Some breeders kept it quiet to protect market value. Morph calculators & care sheets copied the mistake. But the data doesn’t lie. Co-dom is co-dom. Period. We’re done letting outdated info set the tone. The reptile community deserves clarity, proof, and transparency. Blood boas are incomplete-dominant. Always have been. Always will be.
Transparency >>>> Hype
Education >>>> Misinformation
Let’s raise the bar for the hobby !!
This upcoming season, I’ll be sharing full pairing records: Sire/Dam IDs & genetics, Birth outcomes with pics, and Ratio breakdowns. So that there’s no doubt about what Blood really is.
Interesting. I know there is a growing number of ppl that work with leopard that have come to the same conclusion. I agree with that determination seeing as how animals carrying only one copy of the leopard gene express visual traits. However, with the super/heterozygous form of both Blood and Leopard being the desired outcome, I don’t really see how it changes a whole lot other than terminology used in the hobby.
While I’m not a breeder and therefore don’t “work with” leopard, I noticed as soon as I started browsing leopard boas on MM that het leopards had a definite look to their color and especially their pattern that made them unique. I was vaguely confused when I saw it was considered a recessive trait, because it looked to me like one copy of the leopard gene did in fact alter their appearance. Good to hear I’m not crazy and that people way smarter than me have noticed the same thing.
Interesting that something similar may be going on with blood.
This upcoming season, I’ll be sharing full pairing records: Sire/Dam IDs & genetics, Birth outcomes with pics, and Ratio breakdowns. So that there’s no doubt about what Blood really is.