Platinum & Leucistic Pairings
Leucistic, Plat Het?
Can a Leucistic (leu) offspring from a leu parent and a Platinum (plat) parent carry the plat gene?
The answer is no. Based on historical breedings, it does not occur. No offspring from either the Haley or the Silverbelle lines have proven to carry or pass both the plat and leu genes, with one exception.
Due to that, most every heterozygous (het) sugar glider is going to be considered plat het or leu het; which would be proven through breeding. Many breeders will label them “50/50 plat, leu het” as to not potentially misrepresent the line.
Leus out of leu and plat parents will not be considered platinum het.
Plats out of leu and plat parents will be considered leu het.
To learn more about the exception to this rule, please read Plat x Leu Exception. Please remember that this exception is extremely rare and should not be used to advertise your sugar gliders unless they are from this line and have proven to carry and pass both genes on to their offspring. This has only occurred in a few sugar gliders out of this line, not every one has proven to be the exception.
The answer is no. Based on historical breedings, it does not occur. No offspring from either the Haley or the Silverbelle lines have proven to carry or pass both the plat and leu genes, with one exception.
Due to that, most every heterozygous (het) sugar glider is going to be considered plat het or leu het; which would be proven through breeding. Many breeders will label them “50/50 plat, leu het” as to not potentially misrepresent the line.
Leus out of leu and plat parents will not be considered platinum het.
Plats out of leu and plat parents will be considered leu het.
To learn more about the exception to this rule, please read Plat x Leu Exception. Please remember that this exception is extremely rare and should not be used to advertise your sugar gliders unless they are from this line and have proven to carry and pass both genes on to their offspring. This has only occurred in a few sugar gliders out of this line, not every one has proven to be the exception.
Plat x Leu Simplified
There is always question as to what the offspring will, or can be when pairing Platinum and Leucistic sugar gliders together. Here is a simple explanation:
Plat x Leu = plat joeys
Plat, Leu Het x Leu = Plat and Leu joeys
In order to get leu joeys, the plat glider HAS to also be leu het.
In most every case, a Leu cannot be plat het.
Plat Het x Leu Het = Plat joeys and 50/50 Plat/Leu Het joeys
Plat Het, Leu Het x Leu Het = Plat joeys, Lue joeys, or hets as above
Plat x Leu = plat joeys
Plat, Leu Het x Leu = Plat and Leu joeys
In order to get leu joeys, the plat glider HAS to also be leu het.
In most every case, a Leu cannot be plat het.
Plat Het x Leu Het = Plat joeys and 50/50 Plat/Leu Het joeys
Plat Het, Leu Het x Leu Het = Plat joeys, Lue joeys, or hets as above
The following charts explain what the offspring will be when the parents are Leu, and Plat, 100% Leu het based on which gene is passed to the offspring. It also shows how a Leu cannot be a plat het. This example is provided because the majority of the Platinum gliders are Plat, 100% Leu het.