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  • 07-09-2012, 11:32 AM
    dorvaan
    Is it a morph? (Please forgive ignorance)
    So, I picked up my first hoggie this weekend. Absolutely love the guy. One question I have is about the way his belly looks. The guy was sold as a 50% het anery. Now (I could be wrong), but I assumed this means that he's essentially a "normal". That is where my question comes in. Everything I can find says that normals have a dark black belly with checkerboarding. In the link below, you can see that my guy has a very light belly, but otherwise seems to be normal. Is this due to the het anery? I didn't think het made a difference, so if I'm wrong, I'll gladly take the education.

    One other thing I thought was that maybe the belly was lightening before a shed, and in one of the pictures it LOOKS like his eye is cloudy. I can assure you that this isn't the case. That is just how it showed up in the picture.

    Thanks for checking him out.
    http://i.imgur.com/bdJu8h.jpg
    http://i.imgur.com/Au56ph.jpg
  • 07-09-2012, 12:11 PM
    Anatopism
    Not a morph, but it does look like he's about to shed. His eyes look blue/cloudy, and his belly looks cloudy, but not like a morph. Somebody more familiar with hognose morphs may be able to tell you for sure though.
  • 07-09-2012, 12:19 PM
    dorvaan
    Re: Is it a morph? (Please forgive ignorance)
    Well, the one thing I had stated was that the picture makes his eye look cloudy, but when you look at him normally, there is no sign of cloudiness yet. That added to my confusion.
  • 07-09-2012, 12:30 PM
    Solarsoldier001
    The whole belly looks like its in shed. I think he is in shed too. But to me he looks just like my boyfriends hog nose. Nice little normal. ;)


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  • 07-09-2012, 01:08 PM
    dorvaan
    Re: Is it a morph? (Please forgive ignorance)
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Solarsoldier001 View Post
    The whole belly looks like its in shed. I think he is in shed too. But to me he looks just like my boyfriends hog nose. Nice little normal. ;)


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    I'm A-OK with that. This is my favorite exotic animal purchase I've made :)
  • 07-09-2012, 02:46 PM
    AGoldReptiles
    That is a normal hognose. It looks to be in shed and Hognose are not exotic. Congrats on your new addition!
  • 07-09-2012, 03:37 PM
    dorvaan
    Re: Is it a morph? (Please forgive ignorance)
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by AGoldReptiles View Post
    That is a normal hognose. It looks to be in shed and Hognose are not exotic. Congrats on your new addition!

    I use that term loosely, and maybe should have put it in quotes. Coming from an area like I do, anything that isn't a dog or cat will get you looks like you are completely insane :)
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