1.1.0 Dendrobates Tinctorius “Azureus”
1.1.0 Dendrobates Auratus "El Cope"
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10-10-2012, 10:46 PM
angllady2
Most people who buy normals buy them as pets, not breeders. For pets, the paintjob doesn't really matter.
However, you will find most breeders have a few big old normal girls in their collections. Mainly for two reasons. One is when you are getting started breeding, normals are cheap. Even the big breeding size girls are. And breeding any co dom morph to a normal will produce some morph babies.
Two, it was their first ball python, and it holds a special place in their heart. Most everyone has one very special snake that will never get sold or replaced, even if it is just a normal. I myself have three big normal girls. One is big and bright and highly blushed. She produced some outstanding fires for me this year, and even her normal babies are cool. One is ridiculously light, and she makes some of the nicest vanillas I've seen. One is a fabled Ghana/Sub-Sarahan Giant. If fortune favors me, she could grow to be as much as 8' long and weigh upwards of 8,000 grams. That's why she is in my collection. How cool would a ball python that size be? And how much cooler would a morph of that size be?
Since this is a hatchling, if you are looking at getting in to breeding, I'd probably pass on her. You can find nice big normal girls for around $125 if you look long enough.
Gale
10-10-2012, 10:50 PM
angeluscorpion
Because normals will also produce babies. You can take anything a breed back to a normal and pretty much make it again with a few expections. If you were to take a bumble bee and breed to a normal you would get normals, pastels, spiders and bumble bees. If you bred a super to a normal you would get all what ever the super was for example a super pastel bred to a normal would yield all pastels. But if you bred a BEL to a normal you would only get the snakes used to make it, for example a lesser mojave BEL would produce normals, lessers, and mojaves.
