Carrot, Paradox Albino Cape House snake. - Page 3

Grizla · 03-21-17, 12:30 AM

i wonder if it's just a issue with the eye cap? if so, maybe it will self correct a little with each shed? really cool looking snake! i enjoyed seeing her get better, fingers crossed for more updates!

Charis · 03-31-17, 05:21 PM

She shed today, so I snapped some shiny new pictures. Finally gave up pretending that she might not stick around and made it official by moving her records in with all the rest of the perma residents here.

Charis · 03-31-17, 05:24 PM

Grizla · 04-01-17, 03:12 AM

so gorgeous!

Charis · 04-22-17, 09:07 PM

Carrot got her first outdoor photo shoot a few days ago.

Charis · 04-22-17, 09:10 PM

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jjhill001 · 04-23-17, 08:25 PM

So is this a morph that hasn't been seen before? I'd call it the Zombie House Snake. It looks like it's dead to be honest, I say that in a good way. REALLY cool snake. Will be cool to see if it proves out. But I'll be honest in saying I don't know tons about genetics.

Charis · 04-23-17, 08:46 PM

She's a T- Albino, which is the most common morph in the US. However she is either a Paradox, which is caused by some type of error/damage in the copy of the genetic code in sections of the color producing parts of the skin/scales. She's an Amelanistic, so should be incapable of producing black pigment, yet there it, thus it's a paradox. (As I understand how most paradox works) it's generally a nearly random genetic fluke and in everything but Sand Boas, is not predictably inheritable, though paradox animals are slightly more likely to produce another paradox than a non paradox animal.

Or she could be a chimera, which is when two zygote twins, in this case fraternal, merge into one being early in development and the animal or human ends up having different sections of DNA throughout it's body. That happens sometimes in lots of species but is also a random chance. I know of several obvious Chimera corn snakes but I've never heard of either a Paradox or Chimera House snake before. I'm not sure if there is a way to prove she's one or the other without actually looking at her genes though. Nor does it much matter, I guess.

jjhill001 · 04-24-17, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Charis

She's a T- Albino, which is the most common morph in the US. However she is either a Paradox, which is caused by some type of error/damage in the copy of the genetic code in sections of the color producing parts of the skin/scales. She's an Amelanistic, so should be incapable of producing black pigment, yet there it, thus it's a paradox. (As I understand how most paradox works) it's generally a nearly random genetic fluke and in everything but Sand Boas, is not predictably inheritable, though paradox animals are slightly more likely to produce another paradox than a non paradox animal.

Or she could be a chimera, which is when two zygote twins, in this case fraternal, merge into one being early in development and the animal or human ends up having different sections of DNA throughout it's body. That happens sometimes in lots of species but is also a random chance. I know of several obvious Chimera corn snakes but I've never heard of either a Paradox or Chimera House snake before. I'm not sure if there is a way to prove she's one or the other without actually looking at her genes though. Nor does it much matter, I guess.

Well what if House snakes paradox are like sand boa paradox's?

If I were you I'd try and prove it out just to be sure. Worst case scenario you make a bunch more super cute babies.