Do dinker projects really pay off?

I know that most of us have a few dinker projects that we have hidden away in hopes of something really cool hatching out. Myself included.

Let me start by saying that 5 years ago, I traded two spotted pythons for two female ball pythons from a guy in Florida. I was sure that they were CH babies but I was willing to take the risk. One died a short time after I received them; didn't want to eat. The other fed and grew but stopped around 900 grams. I finally got her to start feeding again and got her to size to breed this past season. I had my suspicions as to what she was so I paired her with a nice 100% het pied male from 8ballpythons (thanks Adam!) Well, has the clutch started to hatch, I was very amazed. :O

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7070008.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7070007.jpg

She was exactly what I thought she was; a het pied! :banana::banana:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7100010.jpg

I didn't get just one but two pieds!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7100011.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7100012.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7100013.jpg

Here are a few post shed pics of the clutch.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7200015.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7200014.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7200016.jpg

The flip side of this is that the whole clutch was all males. :tears:

Wow great call on that one. :gj: :D

Aww,

Sorry for the sausage fest - but on the upside they are stunning sausages. :D

I really like the pattern with the head and neck on the two pieds. :banana: :banana: :banana:

Do you have more dinkers waiting in the wings as well?


dr del

wow luuuuckkyy!

Now that is just awesome, congrats.

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Originally Posted by dr del

Aww,

Sorry for the sausage fest - but on the upside they are stunning sausages. :D

I really like the pattern with the head and neck on the two pieds. :banana: :banana: :banana:

Do you have more dinkers waiting in the wings as well?


dr del

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Oh, I have a few. :D

Yeah, I am pretty happy about these sausages as well.

Nice! Congrats on proving out that Het!
I had a dinker project where I thought I could produce SuperStripes! This female looked similar to YBs and consistently threw banded type babies that reminded me of Spectors... I even bought a Pastel Ivory to hopefully produce Pastel SuperStripes! Well she definitely proved me wrong!:( I now will try and see if there is some kinda Super and I call it the Failure project!:D Lets hope for a Super Failure!:P

Hell yeah! Congratulations!!!!

Congrats dude!! Stopping eating at 900 grams should have been a sure sign that she was a het Pied. Both my het girls stopped eating at 900 grams and that isn't the first time I've heard the same thing. 2 Pieds..Wicked!

That's crazy, man! Congrats.....and you one smart cookie.