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  • 10-17-2011, 01:02 AM
    AKballs
    Re: Has anyone seen this before?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rat160 View Post
    almost looks like scars to me like old healed burn marks but it is kinda hard to tell from the pics.

    I was thinking the same thing
  • 10-17-2011, 01:04 AM
    python_addict
    deffinately not scars I have some ugly pictures of scars from multiple bp rescues to show Im almost 100% sure this is a shatter pattern :)
  • 10-17-2011, 01:19 AM
    angllady2
    I don't know. To me it looks like spots of increased melanin. It happens sometimes. It might go away in a few sheds, it might not. My husbands spider male went super dark on his sides when he hit 350 grams, so far he's still like that at 500.

    I just don't see the belly markings like the shatters have. Maybe some more belly pictures ? And how about the chin spot ?

    Gale
  • 10-17-2011, 03:01 AM
    seeya205
    It does look very similar to a Shatter! You will need to breed it to see if it's genetic! Either way, it's a very interesting looking Ball!
  • 10-17-2011, 09:22 AM
    coolballsdave
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rat160 View Post
    almost looks like scars to me like old healed burn marks but it is kinda hard to tell from the pics.

    They aren't burns but I am still not convinced that I have a shatter. My luck doesn't usually go that way.
  • 10-17-2011, 09:36 AM
    coolballsdave
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by angllady2 View Post
    I don't know. To me it looks like spots of increased melanin. It happens sometimes. It might go away in a few sheds, it might not. My husbands spider male went super dark on his sides when he hit 350 grams, so far he's still like that at 500.

    I just don't see the belly markings like the shatters have. Maybe some more belly pictures ? And how about the chin spot ?

    Gale

    She is a 2007 proven breeder I got her from a small breeder cleaning out his collection. She has been like this since I got her in august and she has shed once. Here is a closer picture.

    http://tapatalk.com/mu/ad7495d0-2e84-74ff.jpg

    I couldn't get her to cooperate for a good belly shot but here's something. As far as the chin goes I will have to look when I get back home.

    http://tapatalk.com/mu/ad7495d0-2edf-1eab.jpg
  • 10-17-2011, 09:26 PM
    coolballsdave
    Well no chin spot and a clear belly suggests it is not a shatter. Nonetheless, I can't wait to see babies from her. There is lots of really wierd cool stuff going on with this girl.
  • 10-20-2011, 06:24 PM
    Serpent_Nirvana
    I have seen it before, in a pet BP I had several years ago when I was still mainly working with bloods. Over the course of several years he developed dark blotches on his sides just like that. They appeared gradually and were definitely not scars. I never bred him to prove it out and don't have him any more, unfortunately.

    If you've got one, maybe try putting her to a calico, just for kicks ..?
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