#bro toss me another ultramel ice while we watch the sportsball game!

[omg-snakes]

One of the joys of The Hatchening is learning more about my snakes' genetics. Apollo II was sold as an Ice (Anery + Lava), and as a little lad it was very clear that there was something else at play here. This is him as a snuppy (snake puppy):

Looking at him as an adult, he's got lot of yellow tone in his saddles that has increased over time, and his light eye tells me that there's something causing hypomelanism.

I thought it might be Hypo, like in Olaf, but Olaf is pinker where Apollo II is more yellowy.

With the knowledge that Lumi is definitely het Amel and het Hypo, the pink babies I'm seeing in LA23, and Apollo II's breeder admitting that he had Ultra creeping around in his lines, I strongly suspect that Apollo II is an Ultramel Ice. This is his first year successfully breeding, so I think a test pairing is in order next year to confirm.

Ugggghhh I hate keeping track of allelic genes why do I do these thing to myself?