Male: snow raptor
Female: snow bandit cross
Would this pairing have good results?
I would like to have more offsprings on the bandit side that has black lines or patterns.
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If your goal is to produce more geckos with heavier markings then no.
RAPTOr is a line that was specifically bred for less pattern. It means:
Red eye (Eclipse gene)
Albino (Tremper line)
Patternless (line bred not Murphy’s Patternless)
Orange (Tremper’s line bred for color)
Bandits are line bred to produce those bolder thick markings. By crossing them you will end up with something in the middle. Sure, a couple may still end up with good markings for either side. But overall you’re better off just going with another bold gecko to breed for the pattern.
I do have to say though that that is one of the nicest snow raptors I’ve seen in a while. For a while there were a lot of breeders trying to produce them by watering down the genetics so they ended up with more markings again. That boy would do really well with something like a super hypo or another nice raptor.
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Thank you so much for a very informative reply. So for now I will on a hunt for male bold bandit. Unfortunately, that kind of morph is kind of hard to find here at our place.
But what would you say about pairing this snow raptor with this female mack snow tremper albino?
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You wouldn’t get many high quality raptors from the pairing, but I think it’s still a better pairing overall. The offspring would be more spotted overall.
You’ll end up with a mix of albino, albino snow or albino super snow. All of the offspring will be het for Eclipse because that is the gene that gives raptors the ‘red eye’.
You will see all red eyes on the super snows. They have solid color eyes because of the snow gene. They are not the same as eclipse though because eclipse is a recessive gene.
If this 2nd albino IS eclipse or het eclipse then you can end up with albino super snow eclipse.
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Again thank you so much for the information😊
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