Dr O
Veterinarian
hi everyone!!
Pixel here was sold to me as a 6 month old red-bar ambi by a vendor that is known around these parts. there were no pictures of his parents, but at the time it didn't matter as i was not considering getting into breeding, and his photos that were sent to me (which are the first three in this thread) told me he was as good looking as i could ever want. jump forward about 4 years and he's now about 4 1/2.
he had an issue with osteomyelitis in his left elbow that i was posting about on a veterinary forum a few years back, when it was suggested to me that he was perhaps mitsio and not red-bar. he has gone though different color changes throughout his life, and yellow has certainly become more prominent as he's gotten older. other things like the red eyes, crest margins, lime green/yellow certainly look mitsio-ish. however, he was barring so much at a younger age i had honestly never considered him to be anything but ambi until those other eyes looked at him. all of my run-ins with mitsios in person were always typically more of the solid lime-green/yellow bodies, and i had never given Pix's lineage another thought. i then repeatedly tried to contact the owner of the still active website where i bought him to see if it was possible that perhaps his mom was mitsio or any other pertinent information; but to no avail. i have never received a reply even though my questions were out of curiosity and certainly not accusatory in any way. i love him no matter what he is!
so let's give it a round on the Cham Forum. i've posted about 30 photos below, chronologically taken through the past 4 years and in order. i figure the more photos i present, the better.
personally i think it's possible that he's 75 ambi/25 mitsio or perhaps 50/50. but i'm happy to present him here and see what y'all might think. and i can take it; i'm not going to be one of those "defensive" types that all too frequently seem to get pretty snitty if someone suggests otherwise----y'all know me better than that by now i hope! so here we go:
again, the first 3 were from the breeder at about 5 months of age (his info, not mine. if the dates were correct, he was blazing for 5 months of age). everything after is just various shots that show his body as it appeared at the time, up to a few weeks ago.
(hold comments please until the second set of photos follow)
Pixel here was sold to me as a 6 month old red-bar ambi by a vendor that is known around these parts. there were no pictures of his parents, but at the time it didn't matter as i was not considering getting into breeding, and his photos that were sent to me (which are the first three in this thread) told me he was as good looking as i could ever want. jump forward about 4 years and he's now about 4 1/2.
he had an issue with osteomyelitis in his left elbow that i was posting about on a veterinary forum a few years back, when it was suggested to me that he was perhaps mitsio and not red-bar. he has gone though different color changes throughout his life, and yellow has certainly become more prominent as he's gotten older. other things like the red eyes, crest margins, lime green/yellow certainly look mitsio-ish. however, he was barring so much at a younger age i had honestly never considered him to be anything but ambi until those other eyes looked at him. all of my run-ins with mitsios in person were always typically more of the solid lime-green/yellow bodies, and i had never given Pix's lineage another thought. i then repeatedly tried to contact the owner of the still active website where i bought him to see if it was possible that perhaps his mom was mitsio or any other pertinent information; but to no avail. i have never received a reply even though my questions were out of curiosity and certainly not accusatory in any way. i love him no matter what he is!
so let's give it a round on the Cham Forum. i've posted about 30 photos below, chronologically taken through the past 4 years and in order. i figure the more photos i present, the better.
personally i think it's possible that he's 75 ambi/25 mitsio or perhaps 50/50. but i'm happy to present him here and see what y'all might think. and i can take it; i'm not going to be one of those "defensive" types that all too frequently seem to get pretty snitty if someone suggests otherwise----y'all know me better than that by now i hope! so here we go:
again, the first 3 were from the breeder at about 5 months of age (his info, not mine. if the dates were correct, he was blazing for 5 months of age). everything after is just various shots that show his body as it appeared at the time, up to a few weeks ago.
(hold comments please until the second set of photos follow)
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