Myth Busting

[Liriel Garnet]

I'm afraid we've hijacked Anna's thread with this topic, but I have to say I completely concur with not hiding super-recessives behind other super-recessives. I recently acquired a little girl with Ody Kaleidoscope eyes. The partner I chose for her was a 9T Siam Blue (she's Siam Seal hiding Aby Black/Silver) with Grass Eyes (hiding Key Lime), Twinkle, and a few other goodies. She's still breeding, because I want to get a few more boxes from her, but I've popped her first box, which shows the Siam Seal and Perfect Grass eyes, and that little girl will be mating with a 9t boy with Key Lime. Not only am I making it so that I can tell with a glance whether the box hides the Ody K (key lime shows), I'm also giving the new girl the opportunity to throw some of those lovely hiddens from her dad, so I'm getting more traits shown and still preserving the hidden eye. Once I can get some boxes from this new pair, I still have the option of using another 9T partner with a more recessive eye if I'm not getting the hidden traits out, but I also give myself the opportunity for some sibling breeds to pull the Ody K eye back out when the second generation gives me some nicely traited boxes hiding the Ody K eye.

To Anna - Nyn and I are currently working on a google docs-based document that contains more of these 'myth buster' sort of thing. So feel free to send us anything you wish to see included as well. Once we have a good start, we'll see about making the link public.