Pink Albino Stinkpot

[Gerards]

Out of the very few albino stinkpots there are, this is the best one I have seen. I'm so happy to work with this male, it's freaking pink! I have four very happy girls he's going to be with this winter, hopefully there will be a pile of hets hatching next spring.

 

[promisetolove]

Wow, he is gorgeous!!!

 

[Yvonne G]

Ew...he's naked!

I never noticed the pattern on the inside of the front legs before. I don't understand the 'het' stuff. Does what you said above mean that your girls aren't albinos?

 

[redfoot_mama94]

I love stinkpots! Very impressive. Coloring!!!

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[Anthony P]

He's beautiful man. The girls will love him.

 

[wellington]

They always have a cute happy, smiling face. He does look kinda naked though

 

[Richsandwich]

I love it.I now want one thanks for sharing!

 

[luvpetz27]

Wow!! He is a special one for sure!!!
Love the pink!!!

 

[Irish]

So bright!

 

[Diamondbacks4Life]

Very very Nice!

 

[guille24]

Woow ! It's beautiful !!

 

[Shredder]

Gorgeous turtle seems like theres going to be a caramel pink of every species Ha ha

 

[theTurtleRoom]

Ew...he's naked!

I never noticed the pattern on the inside of the front legs before. I don't understand the 'het' stuff. Does what you said above mean that your girls aren't albinos?

Yes. That means the babies will be part albino, part not. You also may hear terms occasionally quantifying hets, like quarter het or things like that. That term would mean the turtle is only a quarter albino.

 

[Gerards]

Ew...he's naked!

I never noticed the pattern on the inside of the front legs before. I don't understand the 'het' stuff. Does what you said above mean that your girls aren't albinos?

Yes. That means the babies will be part albino, part not. You also may hear terms occasionally quantifying hets, like quarter het or things like that. That term would mean the turtle is only a quarter albino.

This male bred to a normal female would produce all normal looking odoratus, 100% heterozygous for albino. They're all gene carriers and could be used later on to produce albinos. The plan, to reduce the amount of inbreeding, is to produce hets from non related females and to pair up the hets from different clutches. This would dilute the gene, and with proper records, any effects from the line breeding can be avoided. When you breed two hets together you end up with, 25% normals, 50% heterzygous(normal looking gene carrier), and 25% albino. Basically you will see 1 out of 4 will be albino, and the other 3 will look normal. This is where you will here percentages describing the hets, in this case the possible hets or 50% hets. The hets are completely normal looking and there is no way to tell which is the heterozygous or the normal, hence the possible hets. If you breed a albino to a het, the clutch should result in 50% albinos and 50% hets(not possible hets)+/-. If one of the parents is a albino, all the normal looking offspring will be 100% heterozygous, and the percentages are for each egg, not per clutch. This means in the het x het pairing where there should be 25% albinos, it's really a 25% chance of each egg hatching albino I've have hatched het x het clutches that were all albino and some that had no albinos. Hoe this doesn't make it more confusing.

Steve, give me a call if you get a chance, bud.

 

[mfedzen]

Nice!

 

[fiveash]

What is he?

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[african cake queen]

hi, what a very cool turtle. never seen a pink albino. thanks, very cute.

 

[Anthony P]

What is he?

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Common Musk Turtle, or Stinkpot (Sternotherus odoratus)

 

[Baoh]

Very cool turtle, Gerard.

 

[Sh3wulf]

Not to sound repetitive, but very cool! Is he sensitive to sunlight?

I wonder this about all the albino shelled animals. Is the shell sensitive if it has no pigment?