I know what you mean, the "normal" version of animals is often amazing in of itself. What about Ts though? Would I be right in thinking there's at least three colour varieties of Chilean Rose Tarantula - or is that different?
this concept of morph based sterotypes or tendancies is interesting to me. it's not something i see many people on youtube talk about. you mentioned yellow bellies being famous eaters in a future video. that definately tracks with the yellow bellies i have. does your ivory eat that good too? just getting back into the hobby after so long, what other morphs have positive (or negative, i dont wanna breed giants that bite everyone they meet.) traits are there that i should keep an eye out for. i could use an honest scientific look at the truth about mutations, inbreeding, and the common birth defects associated with each. all anyone ever seems to talk about is spider wobble. for example; i've got a couple of het albinos, but if albinos have no way to ever see correctly then do i even really want to try for those? definately, most likely, not a second generation, i should think.
Yes my ivory is a pig too. There are so many variations in behaviour it makes me think loads of these genes are pleiotropic. I find yellow bellies and spotnose tend to be incredibly good feeders. Acid/Confusion can be picky as babies, so I try to get yellow belly in the mix to even it out. For albinos, one person told me they are more likely to get that defect where they are missing eyes completely, and another person told me it was a myth. I think it will take a long time to really know them all well
@@ZoologyWithWill i got that about albinism from liam's podcast the other day with that one rather personable chap. i'm not sure how many things he said were intentionally controversal, but i'm pretty sure it was about half and half. basically he asserted that without the absent melanin an albino ball python's eyeball would "never" bend the light properly, implying, i believe, that all amelanistic snakes are handicapped. he said it with such agressive conviction that i decided against getting into a shouting match with my tv set.
I find it interesting all these different types though I have always been a normal type of a guy with reptiles and frogs etc.
I know what you mean, the "normal" version of animals is often amazing in of itself. What about Ts though? Would I be right in thinking there's at least three colour varieties of Chilean Rose Tarantula - or is that different?
Beautiful snakes....
Thank you!
this concept of morph based sterotypes or tendancies is interesting to me. it's not something i see many people on youtube talk about. you mentioned yellow bellies being famous eaters in a future video. that definately tracks with the yellow bellies i have. does your ivory eat that good too? just getting back into the hobby after so long, what other morphs have positive (or negative, i dont wanna breed giants that bite everyone they meet.) traits are there that i should keep an eye out for. i could use an honest scientific look at the truth about mutations, inbreeding, and the common birth defects associated with each. all anyone ever seems to talk about is spider wobble. for example; i've got a couple of het albinos, but if albinos have no way to ever see correctly then do i even really want to try for those? definately, most likely, not a second generation, i should think.
Yes my ivory is a pig too. There are so many variations in behaviour it makes me think loads of these genes are pleiotropic. I find yellow bellies and spotnose tend to be incredibly good feeders. Acid/Confusion can be picky as babies, so I try to get yellow belly in the mix to even it out. For albinos, one person told me they are more likely to get that defect where they are missing eyes completely, and another person told me it was a myth. I think it will take a long time to really know them all well
@@ZoologyWithWill i got that about albinism from liam's podcast the other day with that one rather personable chap. i'm not sure how many things he said were intentionally controversal, but i'm pretty sure it was about half and half. basically he asserted that without the absent melanin an albino ball python's eyeball would "never" bend the light properly, implying, i believe, that all amelanistic snakes are handicapped. he said it with such agressive conviction that i decided against getting into a shouting match with my tv set.