Belly patterns

[gandalfdagrey]

While wasting my time at lunch today I happened into my local Petco. I like to just check out the overpriced normal’s they sell. Anyway I saw that one of their new normal’s (got to be 09's and pretty young at that) had an interesting color pattern. I took some pic's on my cell, but they look like A$$ (sorry) she had normal color pattern except for a very light peach colored sides that stopped halfway up (looked like a C quality pastel) getting mildly excited I asked to see her, hoping for a clear belly. Unfortunately, no luck she had a pretty normal belly. So, to my question: In looking for unique/inheritable traits what should I look for as signs that could tell me that a snake is worth proving out? As for this girl, I'm debating snagging her anyway, worst case scenario I spend $80 to save her from Petco!

[Spaniard]

Most of the animals you see at petstores will be normals. Its very unlikely you will find a visual morph there. The exporters in africa have gotten quite good at identifying the "special" looking animals and are usually sold to private parties.

[gandalfdagrey]

I figured that, but sometimes you see something unusual and I’d like to know what signs to look for that indicate it might be worth proving out.

[Spaniard]

Knock yourself out

I think that will keep you busy for a while.

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[Mike Cavanaugh]

are the petco babies normally imports?

[rabernet]

are the petco babies normally imports?

Petco and Petsmart both offer farmed imports.

[harm286]

In other words they are all normals which sucks because anybody u know kan get that same kind of snake ... Just go to petco

[da_gleadless]

In other words they are all normals which sucks because anybody u know kan get that same kind of snake ... Just go to petco

Could be viewed as slightly unfair due to the variation in normals

[Spaniard]

In other words they are all normals which sucks because anybody u know kan get that same kind of snake ... Just go to petco

No normals don't suck, we just want him to get a HEALTHY animal. Some breeders offer up male normals for free to people who can provide them a good home just for the cost of shipping. If you wait a couple months I'm sure you will see many such ADs here.

[SlitherinSisters]

are the petco babies normally imports?

At least in my area they seem to get a lot of them from local breeders. Obviously the "special" ones aren't going to go to the pet store for $25.

I personally wouldn't waste $80 on a normal, your luck it will turn out to be male, check out expos/shows in your area, you won't have to wait much longer!!! I got my normal male for $15 as an expo and my normal female came free with my male pastel. If your going to spend $80 on a normal, you might as well spend $100 on a pastel.