poss het. pied???????

just curious what everyone thought....sorry for the bad pics.
just have a phone cam. i can get better pix. ill post them tomorrow.

my nephew has a female ball python that is very reduced patterned,
very light, and has little chunks of white coming up from her
belly.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...2010105745.jpg

heres a couple more white spots. http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...2010105736.jpg

yeah looking at the pix, im mad, im gonna go take better pix right now!

but here's her tail shot.
she's got the tracks... cant deny that. and a very clean solid white belly from
snout to vent.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...2010105719.jpg


like i said bad pix, im gonna go get my sisters camera and take some better shots,
but the tracks and side markers are there... she's not a ringer though. no signs of ringer-ness... but i may just not fully know what to look for.

any thoughts? ill be posting more pix in a few.

The tracks don't always mean het pied, many normals have them too. Some het pieds don't even have them. Nice looking belly though :)

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Originally Posted by Carlene16

The tracks don't always mean het pied, many normals have them too. Some het pieds don't even have them. Nice looking belly though :)

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really? i have seen sooooo many het's that have these tracks!


heres the vid.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...h_IMG_0004.jpg

Most will have the tracks! Some do, and some don't yet some will prove out. If you got it as a normal, most likely it is, but if you bought it as a het pied it very well could be a het. :)

The video didn't work, it just got posted as a picture.

Yeah, those are the markers. If it were a male, I'd actually put money on it being het pied, since a lot of breeders these days sell their het and poss. het males as "normals".

But they don't usually lose track of their poss het females. (... is your nephew very sure it's a female?)

If you're looking for an excuse to buy a pied or 100% het, I say go for it. But I would get her sexed again by an experienced herp vet before you start shopping for potential mates.

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Originally Posted by Carlene16

Most will have the tracks! Some do, and some don't yet some will prove out. If you got it as a normal, most likely it is, but if you bought it as a het pied it very well could be a het. :)

The video didn't work, it just got posted as a picture.

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lol k kewl, i wasn't really thinking nothing like omg she's a het.
i just thought hey thats interesting! im still gonna see though,
you never know. ill breed her to a pied later just to see..

but thanks all!