Our new Python, Monty

Not the most original of names for sure, but it seems to suit him. Picked him up on saturday and besides a major panic with a broken glass door he looks to be settling in well.

http://www.apso12.dsl.pipex.com/misc/monty.jpg

Beuatigul snake! I hope he does well for you.

I have my vision cage all setup.
I'm just waiting for the wife to give me the OK and then I'll have one.

Very nice looking snake Kurgan.



~~Jo~~

Welcome to the site Kurgan, and Monty is a lovely looking fellow. Cool looking pattern. Of course I just love them all. Congrats on the new addition! :clap:

Nice looking BP! I like the blushing :)

Whats blushing? I have heard that term before I just dont know what it means.

I believe the blushing is the lightened areas. (On the black areas where it looks faded) At least I think that's right.

I believe he is is half pastel if that explains the blushing?
The genetics of bp morphs is totally unknown to me, is there a table anywhere giving the inheritance of each (dominant, recessive, co-dominant etc)? I can't seem top find one in teh FAQs.

The man in the shop showed me some very special pythons, gorgeous lemon pastel hatchlings, adult cinnamon pastel and piebald (the latter two are nearly getting into deposit on new flat territory (outside London that is!), terrifying price tags!).

This site might help you. It really is a nice site and helped me a lot to figure out at least the basics of ball python genetics.

www.ballpythons.ca

If you click around the site you'll find explanations as well as pictures to explain the differences in simple recessive, co-dominant and dominant traits.

~~Jo~~

here is a directly link to the genetics page because some of the genetic links on the that site seem to be down: http://www.ballpythons.ca/genetics.html ....just click on recessive, co-dominant, and dominant. That page offers a great visual.

I would also suggest reading to get a more detailed description of how the genetics work:

NERD's Genetic Info
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/genetics_intro.html
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/gen...recessive.html
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/gen...recessive.html
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/genetics_codom.html

RDR's Genetic Info
http://www.ralphdavisreptiles.com/matrix/squares.asp