cal king question

[Kathy]

I've got a question regarding cal-king genetics. I've got a male Albino and I'm looking for a mate for him. I've found a black/white female and an albino female. What kind of babies would I expect from each pair? I need help deciding between the two as I don't have the cash right now to buy both. Any help would be greatly appreciated

[Tim_Cranwill]

If you get the...

Black and white: You would get all black and white babies who are het for albino... unless the black and white female is het herself. In that case you would get half albino and half normals het for albino.

Albino: All albino.

If I were you, I'd try to find a nice het female. There are 100's of cal kings out there. I'm sure if you put an ad in the 'wanted' classifieds, you'd find one. That way you get a few of each.

Thanks,
Tim Cranwill
www.cranwill.com
cranwill@mts.net

[KingFfaj]

hey Kathy, what colour is your albino? just out of interest

[Kathy]

He is white with yellow bands and red eyes. Isn't that what all albino calkings are?

Thanks for the advice, I'll go look for a nice het girl

[Will]

He is white with yellow bands and red eyes. Isn't that what all albino calkings are?

The red eyes, and white/yellow colors are correct, but Cals have a huge range of patterns. :bugged:

Cals can be striped such as this guy:

The albino version of him, the black would be replaced be white and his stripe would be yellow.

Or banded such as this guy:

If he were albino, his black bands would be white and his white bands would be white/yellow.

Or, they could have and there are a range of pattern which are basically anything else that isn't striped or banded. Here is a High-yellow(aka Banana) guy for an example:

If he were an albino, his yellow would stay yellow, but his black specks would be white.


These are just a few examples from my own collection. If you ask nicely others may post other variations from their own collections to show you what kind of variations there are out there as far as Cals go. Maybe somone here could post some nice aberrants to show you what you could get if you found a nice aberrant or striped female as a mate. Also, if you can find a het-albino female(a female carrying the albino gene, but not showing the trait), you could have 1/2 regular babies. 1/2 albinos. Tons of stuff to do. Good luck.

[Big Mike]

Nice Kings...that striped one looks a lot like mine

[KingFfaj]

Apart from Amelanistics Theres are also two othere types of albinos,there are Hypomelanistic (reduced melanin) and snow cal kings as well.
Ive also herd of a gost aswell