Img ball python

I can't answer any of your questions, but :O :O :O he is freakin gorgeous!

freakin awesome snake there

It is stunning, it's my pride and joy, just wish I knew what to do with him lol

I've not heard of any of the changer type ball pythons proving genetic but you have to try just in case you have the first. I've heard a number of different theories as to what might be causing them but nothing for sure. I paid way too much for this one back in 2003 and did get babies from her in 2009. Some of the pastels looked a little different and I kept a male and will keep trying to get more eggs out of her just in case it's genetic but I'm not thinking it’s likely. With all the cheap awesome proven morphs now days I'm not thinking I could sell her for anywhere near what I paid back at the height of the ball pythons cycle.

http://snakemorphs.com/images/F01GAFR_med.jpg

I have posted pics of this guy before but it is something similar to yours. This is a bumblebee. There was a few thread on this type of thing a while ago. I will include a before change and after pic....I have bred him to a pastel and got nothing really weird. I did hold back one female pastel that came out a little crazy but not sure if the mother had anything to do with it. I will be breeding him a little this year.

Before:
http://i41.tinypic.com/292ut0j.jpg

Mid way:
http://i42.tinypic.com/11liir6.jpg

Fairly recent:
http://i39.tinypic.com/2ch6f4j.jpg

So basically it's not genetic, but I have to hold back all his hatchlings just in case haha. Am gonna put him back to his mother, a couple of pastels too. And just keep him as a display animal at the shows. Am not dissapointed, he looks amazing. Thanks for all the infomation so far guys, it's greatly appreciated.

It's a shame Randy and I don't live closer, we could put ours together and split a clutch, has anyone ever bred one IMG to another?? Maybe that would prove out the genetics. Maybe you two could get the bee male and pastel female together, if it works, am moving out there, has snake, will travel haha.

zach_24_90 has one that he bought a couple months ago. Maybe you can message him to see what info he has on the IMG gene. I hope this helps, it took me awhile to find the thread.

Here the link to his original post.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ter-Pewter-IMG

wow thats a very interesting looking BP. Looks almost Angolan to me.. or a hybrid Angry Ball..

I did some research on IMGs awhile back after one of my "normals" did the color change. About all I got out of it was that IMGs may be genetic in some regard, but the mode of inheritance isn't clear and it's very difficult to tell since most animals don't turn until at least a year of age, sometimes older.

They're absolutely gorgeous animals, but I think it's a project that would require a lot of patience.