is there anything going on here?

I would breed her to anything dominant/codominant and breed a baby back to her.

Nothing jumps out at me, but that is a pretty neat belly!

looks like a good normal glad to hear she's recovered and healthy

When I have an odd girl I breed her to dom or codom, then hold back a boy that displays similar identifiable markers to mom. Then wait... :)

I would breed her to a dark morph and at least selective breed this first generation.

Bruce

Ps: I have a few abandoned house snakes in my collection too. I have a very soft spot for each one. My boa was found with his dead sister locked in a bathroom.

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Originally Posted by ravenx99

That's how "morphs" get started... you find one with what looks like it might be a mutation and you attempt to reproduce it, if it reproduces, you've got a "morph".

I find it odd that people check their Catalog of Official Known Morphs and say, "that's just an odd-looking normal". :)

Where do we think the "accepted" morphs come from? Some breeder that recognizes that this odd-looking normal could be a mutation and plays around with breeding it to see what happens.

(Whether the buying public thinks it's a mutation worth paying money for is a different story, of course.)

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Most morphs are started by breeders buying from importers in Africa. Out of all of the people with "dinkers", very few actually turn out to be a morphs.