So, we just got our first ball python, and we're totally loving it! He's a great little snake. So we were considering eventually breeding - not anytime soon, mind you, we want to get everything set up and researched right! and I had a question I couldn't get out of my mind.

Our snake has a stripe from a little past his middle, all the way to the end of his tail. Is this a pattern that could be encouraged with breeding...like, is this how pinstripes started off? Would it be a good idea to breed him to a pinstripe, or another normal that has a partial stripe pattern? I'm just too curious for my own good. ^^;;