Pastel Mojave and Axanthics

I was looking thru my blog tags to see if I had posted any Pastel Mojaves, and to my shame and dismay, this year, with my pride in hatching the Pastel Super Mojaves, I have been shirking my Pastel Mojave photo taking.

So in my shame, I took a picture of the last available female Pastel Mojave of the season.

She's pretty hot.

And then, I cleaned (well, I was cleaning while taking pictures) and I took out the Pastel Axanthic and I thought to myself... "Heather, you haven't taken many pictures of this girl either..."

So I did.

And then I got to thinking, Axanthics are a pain to photograph, as I mentioned yesterday as well. I like to think I get some good colors out of the photos I do take, although some days are better than others.

Above, however, I think I got the good shades of greys and yellowish tinty-ness in the picture, true to the animal itself.

AND THEN I thought, well hell, I haven't taken any Red Axanthic photos in a while either.

So I pulled this guy out from where he was staying with his girlfriend, and I took a couple shots.
Over the last six months, he has changed a lot in terms of the colors, and he is now officially Red.

He is still Axanthic-like, but not grey at all.

I have intentions of elaborating on this soon with side by side photos.

But in the case of yesterday, I was too busy cleaning to stop and take more photos.

So everyone is clean, feeding day tomorrow, and things are working towards the end goal. I palpated a few females, felt a few follicles, things are on the right track.


Have a great day, my friends.

HAPPY MARCH!

Het Red Combos

So I've been getting a lot of questions about Het Reds again, and I wanted to touch on it in a way that I have not already done so here. 

Het Red Axanthics are a base morph, and photos of said base morphs are on the link above. 

Here, we will explore the combinations of Het Red Axanthics. 

Yes, there is a Super, and it is referred to as a Red Axanthic. 

It is NOT recessive, it is a co-dom morph with recessive sounding title.

 

Just another way to confuse the public. 

Here is the Super form of a Het Red Axanthic. It is my Red Axanthic male. Does he look Red? Well, yes, compared to the recessive Axanthic. I am pretty sure I took a photo of the two side by side, but can't find it in the archives of my photos. 

Anyway, below is the Pastel Het Red. This is a double co-dom combination. Pastel x Het Red Axanthic. She's pretty, no?

 And of course, my gal... Chipo. 

This gal is my Onyx, and she is also a double co-dom combination. Black Pastel x Het Red Axanthic. 

I love this combination.

And the Pièce de résistance of my Het Red Axanthic collection, my male Pewter Gargoyle. This guy is a Pastel x Cinnamon x Het Red Axanthic. 

My Triple Crown boy... How I love thee, and hope that I will make more soon! He is shaping up very nicely. I will continue to share photos as he matures.

So there you go. 

Of course, I will be touching on a few other topics that have been requested of me, one of which is popping. That's going to be an interesting one. I'll need some photo help, but it will be done!

HAVE A FANTASTIC DAY, my friends.

Het Red Axanthics and what they do.

Het Red Axanthics are a very subtle morph. I get questions all the time about if they are what they are. 

Here are a few clues as to what they look like. 

They were specifically bred as Black Backs. They are genetically inclined to be Black Backs, but there are a few out there that are not. 

Look for the strange patterned alien heads (just a circle or a joined dark center). Look for black squiggles on the sides of the inner pattern. Floaty circles are also an indication. The two I have up for you here are the less obvious versions of Het Reds, but as you can see, they are darker in general, with the floaty pattern and overall black backs. There is some squiggle sides inside the alien heads, but they are not prevalent.

These guys here are my Pastel het Reds, and they are a bit more obvious, somewhat. 

 The one on the left is a brighter female, and the one on the right is the male. The female shows more pattern issues, with floating circles, and off alien heads. The male shows more of the black back and the odd pattern as well. 

 

 Here again we see the male, with the odd pattern and dots within his alien heads.

And of course, the super form, the Red Axanthic. Completely different and not at all what you expect from the morph to turn into this, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. Pretty cool, huh?

Again, look at the pattern. Floating circles, weird pattern, speckles and squiggles in the alien heads.

 So I hope that helps. I wish I was more photo savvy so that I could highlight and circle things. I may have to do that one of these days. But for now, my superior descriptive powers will have to do. 

HAH!

 As I was taking photos of the Het Reds, I had to check in on the breedings so far. 

Here we have them!

Pied to Het Pied

POG to Het Ghost

This one was funny... This is the Ghost poss het Pied to the Pied poss het Ghost. He is protecting his property! I couldn't get a good shot of the lockup because he was so curled over the female, actually clamping her down, that I couldn't move him to get a tail shot. 

 Enchi to Mojave. No confirmed lock, but he was trying hard!

 TSK Axanthic het Albino to a Pastel poss het Axanthic (in shed) 

I would love for her to prove out.. Would be super sweet to see some Axanthic combos this year!

 So there you go, my friends. Have a fantastic day!

Darkness, Lovely Stripes and Pattern

Since I took many other photos over the past day, I wanted to share a few that I took on a whim.

This is Lucky, my Silver Bullet Male. Yes, he got that dark... It is really interesting how the change of color happened, and the odd speckles of blonde that have popped up over the last year.

He will be in rotation for the upcoming season, although I'm not sure what with. Anything he produces will be either Cinnamons or Pewters at the very least. Not sure what to do with him, but I'm glad to have him here!

YAY LUCKY!

 And this is the Red Axanthic male I picked up this season. He is not in the rotation, as he is just a little baby, but he is really cool, and I had a lot of fun admiring him thru the camera. I love his almost stripe too!

And because the other clutch shed out, the Red Axanthic is set up with a Pastel het Red and the Pewter het Red.

I did this photo mostly to compare the colorations of the Red and the Pastel het, as the Pastel het Red is a muddy yellow to say the least. The browns and reds come out well with the morph, which does not do the Pastel portion justice, of course.

And the Pewter het Red is a fanatastic shade of grey right now, which will more than likely turn into a lovely slate grey when he gets older. I love his pattern. We shall see!

And the same group with the flash. This photo is more true to color, and I am still working on that to be able to have it so that there is not such a discrepancy in the colors.

But they look great!

Tomorrow will be something else. I may do a revisit of a few of the things I have done over the past few years.

Have a fantastic day, my friends!

Co-dom Axanthics, eh?

Why yes.

Today is the day of education regarding Red Axanthics.

What is a Red Axanthic, you say?

Well, this is.

WOWEE!

It looks pretty black and grey and wierd and cool looking.

Why yes, yes it does.

What is this morph and what does it do?

A Red Axanthic is the Super form of the Het Red Axanthic. The Het Red Axanthic is a basic co-dom animal that is visually not impressive, but has the characteristics of floaty alien heads, flames and blushing on the sides, sometimes with black lines in the alien heads.

We will go over the Het Red Axanthics later on (with pictures).

But this here is a Red Axanthic. This is the Super form, and it does look Axanthic.

The interesting thing about Red Axanthics is that they do brown out into a nice red tone as they age. I don't have any pictures to share as proof, as this guy is the only Red Axanthic I own at this point.

So what does a Red Axanthic (a Super form of a Co-dom) look like next to a Visual Axanthic (recessive morph)?

Well, I thought you might ask, and here I am to help you in your quest for knowledge.

You can see even from this picture, the Red Axanthic has much lighter tones, much browner and less deep.

This holds true for them as adults as well. They turn into a nice auburn tone, while recessive Axanthics stay silver.

Even the head is more "red", right? Indeed, and so named is this particular morph... aka Red Axanthic.

Hope this opened your eyes a bit, got you learning, and answered any questions you may have.

Have a fantastic day, my friends!