Beginings of a new morph.
A few moths ago we purchased what looked to us to a good " dinker project". A male ball python with insane blushing and an almost full dorsal blush. He was mated to a normal female, in hope he proved out to be genetic. The paring produced 5 eggs ( 4 normal and 1 boob.)
Day 50 we slit them open, the 4 viable eggs contained what looked like to be 3 ( 1.2 ) morphs and 1 ( 0.1) normal. The boob egg although almost fully developed didn't make it.
Day 55 the snakes emerged from the egg.. We got 3 morphs all displaying the same characteristics as the sire.. Near to full dorsal pattern and dorsal blush and a normal which also displays the same characteristics.
sire:
http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/...magejpeg_8.jpg
off-spring:
http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/...s/IMAG0221.jpg
Re: Beginings of a new morph.
Oooooooo congrats!!!!!
So......how much for a baby? lol
They look almost clown-like, my favoritiest morph of all time
Re: Beginings of a new morph.
Cool, looks to be pastel:gj:
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Domepiece
Cool, looks to be pastel:gj:
That is what I see too. A low quality pastel with a lot of blushing. We have some friends with a pastel that looks almost identical to the sire. Congrats! :gj:
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AK907
That is what I see too. A low quality pastel with a lot of blushing. We have some friends with a pastel that looks almost identical to the sire. Congrats! :gj:
We weren't sure of his genetics when we purchased him, and although he dose resemble a pastel i would hardly concider him a " low quality " morph. We managed to 1. beat the normal to morph ratio and 2. proved him to not only be a morph but reproduce himself almost perfectly.
We where a little bummed out when the "boob" egg didn't make it but it was also a morph. The total count was 4 morphs and 1 normal!! The photo taken was in their first hour out of the egg. Color and blush still have to come in with the 1st shed.
Thank you for the comments will keep posting as they mature.
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Coleslaw007
Oooooooo congrats!!!!!
So......how much for a baby? lol
They look almost clown-like, my favoritiest morph of all time
The sire dose have some clown like features, had us wondering for a day or two if he wasn't a clown mix but the was ruled out due to the lack of the indicative clown head pattern.
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HCC MORPHS
ruled out due to the lack of the indicative clown head pattern.
That, and the fact that this "morph" seems to be a Co-Dom...
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HCC MORPHS
We weren't sure of his genetics when we purchased him, and although he dose resemble a pastel i would hardly concider him a " low quality " morph. We managed to 1. beat the normal to morph ratio and 2. proved him to not only be a morph but reproduce himself almost perfectly.
He is a good looking boy, don't get me wrong, but if he is indeed a pastel, his colors leave quite a bit to be desired and not what I would look for in a pastel. His blushing is insane, though. If you have a girl I would hold one back and breed her back to him. That should confirm his genetics. You hit the odds too getting 75% morphs. That is always nice, but unfortunately its just luck of the draw. Can't wait to see these guys once they shed. Keep us updated. :gj:
