Carmino

Carmino gliders are a fairly new color variation in the United States. They are very bright red to more brick colored with a red dorsal stripe and tail tip.  They have dark eyes. They were originally imported from Indonesia.  There are currently only three carmino lines.  The carminos we own are from the S&S line started by Tyler Cleckley at GBG Exotics. Carmino is a recessive trait so both parents need to carry the gene to produce gliders that are visually carmino.  The most common pairing is visual carmino x 100% carmino het.  This would hypothetically result in 50% of offspring being visually carmino, and 50% of offspring being gray with 100% carmino het.  Because the gene pool is so small, we cannot breed visual carmino x visual carmino.  Carminos are slowly getting produced that are combined with other traits, such as mosaic or black face.  We currently have a trio that we are hoping to prove out as carmino producers that if proven, will have the potential to produce carmino mosaics.