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F2's arriving soon
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:53 am
by Helikaon
Just thought i would share my excitement regarding one of my first bumblebee F1 females is heavily gravid back to bumblebee, and will drop within the next month i would say. If the mutation is indeed codominant, their is a 25% chance that a homozygous codom baby will pop out (super bumblebee) who know what it will look like. even if it isnt codom both are very reduced pattern so i may even jsut get some patternless. But overly who knows hence the excitement!!!! keep an eye on this space for photos
cheers
Gary
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:44 am
by Jeff
I am looking forward to seeing the babies Gary! Good luck. In the meantime, you could post some pictures of the parents again so that we can formulate our guesses as to what the babies will look like in our heads, ahead of time.
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:04 pm
by Helikaon
father
F1 mother
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:08 pm
by Helikaon
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:57 am
by Katrina
Good luck!! I can't wait to see the babies, those two parents are gorgeous. I remember seeing them as babies! How exciting that this project is coming to the F2 stage.
About a month to wait? I can't wait to hear what happens and see pictures!!
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:20 am
by Helikaon
well i am getting excellent weight gains from my gravid females now. i noticed a thread re whole animal meals, i feed velvet rat pups to my gravid girls 4-5 days a week, and they have excellent growth and good strong bubs. though i must admit they loved the mangos on the weekend but now they wait impatiently for their rats.
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:31 pm
by Zach
It's always such a treat to see your animals!
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:19 pm
by Helikaon
it is currently looking good for a bumblebee cross albino litter as well. so very exciting times.
