Dinking around with Darthie

Last year, I bought a ball python mostly out of pity for the snake (mean and hungry) but a little because he had an interesting look to him. He looks a bit like a het red, a bit like a black pastel, a bit like a leopard... but nothing about him looked all like any of them. He was sold as an "alien heads" morph, het albino, sans documentation of his het status. He had curious little "fang" markings on his lips, which caught my attention.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...hie004-1-1.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...sredux0012.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...Jackass001.jpg

A friend of mine and I are trying to see if his pattern is hereditary. He might be a bad example of something that will throw babies that can be better and tell us what he is. Or he might throw all normals. I've got my fingers crossed that he might be something different, and that's the crazy dream that we all have when we get one of those odd looking snakes, isn't it? Anyways, Darth Jackass is cooperating for once and working hard at helping us sort out the mystery.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n..._darth_008.jpg

I think I'm going to pour myself a vodka and squirt and toast the odds gods and plead with them to answer my question--what the heck is Darthie. Pic #3 captures his coloring best--a funky greenish cast when he's not hit by a close up flash. If any of y'all feel the need for an excuse to drink, y'all are welcome to toast with me. :P

That boy is super sexy! Let us know how the breeding goes snd what the hatchling show.

Yeahhhhh I'm gonna bet that that will throw at least SOMETHING That's not normal.

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Originally Posted by Redneck_Crow

He might be a bad example of something that will throw babies that can be better and tell us what he is. Or he might throw all normals.

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Maybe it's an incredible example of something that we're all used to seeing bad examples of...

Anyhow, interesting...good luck proving him out:gj:.

He's kinda, almost like a GHI ball too. I hope he proves out and you hit a female out the clutch. Just how long am I gonna have to save up to afford one? LMAO

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Originally Posted by zach_24_90

Yeahhhhh I'm gonna bet that that will throw at least SOMETHING That's not normal.

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I seriously doubt you end up with just normals!
Good luck and let the Odds Gods be on your side.

Interesting! :) Keep us posted

If his pattern does prove to be hereditary, I'm going to have to bite the bullet and cough up for an albino female. I'd like to see what a yellow and white version of the rotten stinker would look like if he really is a het albino. When my mojave girl gets up to size, I'm going to see if he crosses well with her. I'd love to get a darker, more mixed up version of a mojave if it works.

Regardless of if he proves out or not, he's a pet and he'll always have a bin and rats. He no longer tries to bite, but he still has that "don't try anything funny with me" attitude that I like in snakes.

That's a fantastic looking pattern. I hope the odds gods smile on you! Good luck!

I love dinkers! I pick my normal girls based on odditys. good luck with him and i'll toast the odds gods with ya! I don't think I could have passed on him either. I love the odd patterens on het albinos they are almost always unusual! I have a few that I held back and they are probably just gonna be pets purely because of their patterens lol. Keep us posted if he throws niffty babies