could a normal and some other morph make cool babies???

[mark and marley]

or would the clutch come out with subtle differences?how does this all work im a noob?
or redirect me to a previous thread where this topic is discussed.
thanks

[Kymberli]

Hmmm, I don't quite understand what you're asking here.

[mark and marley]

breed a normal and a morph.what happens?genetics?would the offspring come out looking normal?what happens????????????

[JLC]

This thread might help you out some...

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...Basic-Genetics

In a nutshell, it depends on which morph you're trying to breed. Some morphs are recessive and won't show up in the first generation bred with a normal. Some morphs are dominant and will show up in approximately half the offspring.

Examples:
An albino x normal will give you normal looking babies that carry one copy of the albino gene.
A spider x normal will give you about half normal babies and half spiders.

[purplemuffin]

Okay... first off, morphs can be dominant, codominant, and recessive. Depending on the morph you use depends on really what you get.

A normal has no special mutation that can guarantee a change like a morph does. A pastel and a normal would get you pastels and normals. Normals CAN have genetic influences, however. A pastel and a light normal MIGHT make lighter pastels and normals than a pastel and a dark normal. Might.. Sometimes the snakes that are just normal don't pass on these traits. Sometimes they do!

Some people breed dark normals to albinos and breed the dark het albinos back to albinos to create darker yellow albino snakes.

You won't get a different morph using a normal, but it could help with some things, if you know what you are doing.


A codominant animal (pastel, spider, lesser, etc.) to a normal makes normals and that morph..%50 chance per egg.

A recessive animal to a normal creates all het for that recessive trait. Meaning they look normal, but when bred back to the parent will create babies with the recessive trait(Like albino, pied, etc.)

Dominant animals to normals will also create themselves and normals. The difference with them is they do NOT have a super form unlike codominants(if you breed pastel to pastel you can get super pastels. If you breed the regular dominant pinstripe to pinstripe, you just get pinstripes)

[mark and marley]

ohhhhh nice, thanks ill read that thread in a min Dog is pestering me for a walk.
i like me some spideys

[mark and marley]

thanks to you to purp.
both of you cleared alot up.
my normal (and only bp)is only approx 9months old so i have plenty of time to get this stuff started.id breed her with a spider just to witness the miracle of snake birth and the parenthood.im not trying to create any spectacular morph.just to keep mama and daddy and a couple of babies.a happy lil snake family haha.id let some of my responsible friends have some of the babies too.

how many eggs do balls lay????

[nachash]

YOU'RE ALL WRONG!
it's all about ALCHEMY!
WE MUST ALL HUNT FOR THE GREEN LION!

[mark and marley]

YOU'RE ALL WRONG!
it's all about ALCHEMY!
WE MUST ALL HUNT FOR THE GREEN LION!

"you cant petition the lord with prayer"

[nachash]

according to the Lizard King (in soft parade)

"YOU CAN PETITION THE LORD WITH PRAYER"
at least that's what the person in seminary school said...