Picking up my new "lesser g stripe" tmrw! Plus a question.

I've got a 4 year old lesser g stripe on hold at my favorite local pet store and I'm bringing him home tomorrow! Normally I don't get my balls from a store but he's beautiful and they take care of their snakes. I often stop in to see what they've got and talk herp with the employees. I've never seen a live representation of these morphs together but on the genetic wizard they're shown in the pics on there with a full stripe , no pattern, and just the color of the lesser. He's got his lesser pattern all the way down his body plus the caramel color, and the stripe only goes down his back half and is a creamy sorry of color.

Wondering if anyone has seen these two morphs together or knows anything about how genetic stripe presents with lesser? I'm curious if I'm over paying for a unique lesser. Will post pics tomorrow. If anyone has pics of one I'd like to see them.

GStripe Lessers are very distinct: Patternless laterals and a very boldly outlined dorsal stripe that is almost always complete from head to tail.

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/mo...stripe-lesser/

Went in to talk to them and see about the parents and learned only that they have a severe misunderstanding of what co-dom and recessive are. Unfortunately I know more than they do and can't confirm that he's even het for g stripe. Looking at his pattern after some research he's straight lesser visual. The answer at the pet store was, "sometimes genetic stripe shows up, sometimes it doesn't but if you breed it you will definitely get some true genetic stripe babies.".

Clearly not true. Given that I couldn't get any info on the parents I suppose there's a 1 in 100 chance he's got it. So while he's a pretty lesser, I'm not a gambler. No lesser het g stripe for me. :(

Thanks for the advice!

i have a Butterbee G-Stripe and a Banana G-Stripe. :)

yeah, i would pass also. sounds like from your description, they went from Lesser G-Stripe to Lesser het G-Stripe to who knows what we have.

G-Stripes look awesome tho. i hope u can join the club one day and scoop one up.

My mission is a lesser/Mojave leuzistic once my mojave/pastel is big enough to breed. But I figured I also want to start a recessive project after that so why not get the stripe! Plus they do look fantastic. Anyways I'm hoping I see some cool lesser combos at the expo this Saturday. I'll have to get lucky, though. There was only one male lesser last time I was there. (Grand Rapids doesn't have the biggest reptile expo ever, but it's monthly)