At what point?

I was at a friends house this weekend and he showed me a very exspensive 5 gene animal. It had some very desirable morhps in the mix and It was without questions one of the ugliest snakes I have ever seen. Dull no contrast. beauty is in the eye of the beholder I know, but this was a seriously boring example of bp morphs. And to be honest I'm not sure unless you were told what was in it how you would even know. At what point does piling morph on morph just yield less attractive animals? I can't even remember what was in it exactly because to be honest after I saw it I lost interest. But I believe it was inferno something or other.

Kinda fun to read this, hehe. Well, inferno is a 4 gene combo. There's a bunch of single-gene morphs that I think are better looking than some multi-gene combos. More isn't always better when it comes to ball python morphs IMO.

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Originally Posted by DPBallPythons

Kinda fun to read this, hehe. Well, inferno is a 4 gene combo. There's a bunch of single-gene morphs that I think are better looking than some multi-gene combos. More isn't always better when it comes to ball python morphs IMO.

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This was definatly a 5 gene. I actually think it was enchi inferno. Because I remeber thinking wow there's enchi in this, can't believe enchi is in something so boring lol.

Enchi Inferno is on WOBP: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/enchiinferno/

I kinda like it lol. I don't like the granite gene though.

waste of genes lol

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Originally Posted by DPBallPythons

Enchi Inferno is on WOBP: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/enchiinferno/

I kinda like it lol. I don't like the granite gene though.

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That is a very cool looking snake. I'd like to see a picture of one at 1500 grams though. Cause if they turn out anything like this one I'm talking about what a disappointment. :( completely browned out and the pattern was mottled. Not at all like the snakes in that picture.

i've definitely seen some animals with a fat stack of morphs built in that didnt impress me at all visually.. but from a breeding project standpoint, they can be very impressive. you may get 6 or 7 beautiful genes in one animal, but together they don't really "wow" you. but if that animal is a male that you could run through 3 or 4 females and produce some amazing babies, who cares if he's ugly? lol

Ok so I asked my buddy what exactly was in the snake I'm talking about. It's Specter YB enchi fire pastel. So I was way off lol. Still the question remains the same.

Well, it's not always about the 5 gene animal... it's about what happens when you breed that 5 gene animal to a few single or double gene females and all of a sudden you have 15-20 different snakes. It's a great way to build stock, and variety within your collection. It's almost like a "warp zone" that takes you from a couple snakes to a lot of snakes quickly.

http://sydlexia.com/imagesandstuff/n..._warp_zone.png

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Originally Posted by Rickys_Reptiles

Well, it's not always about the 5 gene animal... it's about what happens when you breed that 5 gene animal to a few single or double gene females and all of a sudden you have 15-20 different snakes. It's a great way to build stock, and variety within your collection. It's almost like a "warp zone" that takes you from a couple snakes to a lot of snakes quickly.

http://sydlexia.com/imagesandstuff/n..._warp_zone.png

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Warp Zone... love it.