Ringers? I don't really understand them.

Hey guys just curious about ringers. I've seen the for a little while and never got an explanation of them.

I heard on a couple of YouTube videos people saying something about he's het pieds having ringers. Yet I'm almost positive that I've seen non het pieds with ringers.

Thanks in advance for the help.

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A ringer is when the pattern and color dissolve near the tail up towards the top of the back, like this:

This photo belongs to Ralph Davis and is not mine:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...jDlt7UKQGj0W1j

Het pieds have ringers because you could argue that a pied is just an extreme ringer gene. There are others that are prone to this effect as well.

My super pastel het pied has what I like to call a blurred ringer.

http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/...ps019a4e5b.jpg

Some Het Pieds have ringers; however, having a ringer doesn't make a BP a Het Pied. A couple typical ringers:

A lesser cinnamon poss. het pied
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...nLesserPHP.jpg

A fire ringer
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/Firemale.jpg

Some het pieds will have ringers. But a ringer doesn't necessarily mean the snake is het pied.
Ringers are also pretty common in Calico/Sugars and fire gened stuff as well



My Fire Yellow belly has a tiny ringer on her neck:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...s4d10f9bf.jpeg

My calico has a itty bitty one on her tail:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...04805984_n.jpg

My calico boy has a nice sized ringer! He is 700 grams.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/14/4e8ury2u.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/14/pa9atuje.jpg


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Thanks guys. So, sometimes being het pied causes a ringer. But it is really just a random trait?

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