What would you try

So I have my guy Swirly here He's a Ltc really fun blackback that absolutely refuses to sit still to take pics [my apologies for the fuzziness], I'm looking to prove him out some day but I'm still undecided on what I would breed him to.I'm aiming to purchace a breedersize female for him so when ever he decides he's ready he can get busy :P I have been leaning toward a pastel..or a yellowbelly, but I want to know what some of you would breed him to if you had him.

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Het Red Axanthic female

looks like a het red maybe

I think you have somethimg other than a black back. He has Het Red markers on him. Check the identification guide on the site here. This is just my opinion though. I can't really tell from the pics, I just see the outlining of the alien heads and the flames.

I found the link to the guide.....http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=45855

I voted other:

Hypo / O.Ghost.

That is very Het Red to me.

I would do Het Red to prove him out.

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Originally Posted by twistedtails

I think you have somethimg other than a black back. He has Het Red markers on him. Check the identification guide on the site here. This is just my opinion though. I can't really tell from the pics, I just see the outlining of the alien heads and the flames.

I found the link to the guide.....http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=45855

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Yea he's got tons of the 'squiggles' but my picture taking skills arent best especially with one who won't sit still for anything:P I actually havent seen any breeder sized het reds out there:( but I also wanted to use a morph that I would be able to tell if -his- looks passed or not.. If I bred him to a het red....and no Red Axans were made how would I tell any of the babies apart cause they might all be blackbacks, in which I probably couldnt tell if they got it from the mom or the dad.:confused:

I just hatched two clutches full of het reds, and that is without a doubt a het red. Like others said get a het red female and make some red axanthics. Did you pay for a normal?

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Originally Posted by briz

I just hatched two clutches full of het reds, and that is without a doubt a het red. Like others said get a het red female and make some red axanthics. Did you pay for a normal?

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No, I got him as a LTC Import from J&J he hasn't been bred before, thats why I'm not really wanting to breed him into a morph that already looks like him, like I said.....say I bred him to a het red but made no Reds..then what? I have a clutch of babies I possibly couldn't identify one line from the other...

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Originally Posted by kyote19

No, I got him as a LTC Import from J&J he hasn't been bred before, thats why I'm not really wanting to breed him into a morph that already looks like him, like I said.....say I bred him to a het red but made no Reds..then what? I have a clutch of babies I possibly couldn't identify one line from the other...

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Than you need two girls. One very pretty normal and then get a breeder het red. Than you'll be able to see in the first year if he really is a het red, and also you get babies that you can tell who the sire/dam is. Breeder normals are pretty easy to come by.... ... thats what I'd do at least.