Sold as a Yellow Belly - Is it?

Even if it is a YB, i wouldnt breed it. Its not very high quality. I think the breeder made a mistake on that one.

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Post pics of the full body. And post pics of the YB clutchmate you got with it.

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The other snake wasn't from the same clutch - he got it from a breeder/friend.

I'll try and get more belly photos tomorrow.

Andy-:snake:

Oh ok.

Be sure to get top of the body photos too.

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Even if it is a YB, i wouldnt breed it. Its not very high quality. I think the breeder made a mistake on that one.

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I'm thinking (maybe) the guy got the two snakes confused and his breeder/friend sold/gave him either a poor YB or a bill-a-goods. I trust the guys he said he got it from.

If I didn't breed her to another YB, would I just use her as a 'normal'? or not breed her at all?

Would a poor quality YB produce all poor-quality offspring or could it produce better YBs?

Andy-:snake:

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Originally Posted by Andys-Python

Would a poor quality YB produce all poor-quality offspring or could it produce better YBs?

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I'm wondering this too.

I'm a noob just getting my bearings with the yellowbelly thing, but I've been doing some research and own a couple, so here's my 2 cents:

-It has a head blush, but it's not the quintessential complete blush dot.
-It has flames, but not super nice ones
-It has a yellowbelly belly. Checkering on the sides, and white down the center.

So, to me...it's either low quality (bringing us to the above question of whether a low quality YB can produce high quality offspring) or it's a nice normal.

I had a really low expression YB male for a while, he was subtle, but you could tell he was YB. This one.... I really have my doubts.

If this is really a female, and you want to breed her to see if she is YB, then the male you get better be centerfold quality YB. I mean drop dead gorgeous, holy cow what a snake YB. If you get an ivory, then you know. If not, you should still get amazing YB babies.

Gale

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Originally Posted by sharkrocket

I'm wondering this too.

I'm a noob just getting my bearings with the yellowbelly thing, but I've been doing some research and own a couple, so here's my 2 cents:

-It has a head blush, but it's not the quintessential complete blush dot.
-It has flames, but not super nice ones
-It has a yellowbelly belly. Checkering on the sides, and white down the center.

So, to me...it's either low quality (bringing us to the above question of whether a low quality YB can produce high quality offspring) or it's a nice normal.

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It doesn't have a YB belly. Wrong kind of checkering. That is a normal belly.



These are YB bellies:


http://www.ballpython777.com/yellowb...ly05female.jpg

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/...lly_female.jpg

http://iansvivarium.com/morphs/speci...lowbelly-v.jpg

http://www.ekmpowershop27.com/ekmps/...0g--5076-p.jpg

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Originally Posted by angllady2

then the male you get better be centerfold quality YB.

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Can't believe i just read gale say something like this haha! :O

Here's some more photos. She wouldn't hold a coil for belly pics, but I did the best I could.

http://orchidenterprise.com/Life_Out...Wannabe-01.jpg

http://orchidenterprise.com/Life_Out...e-belly-01.jpg

http://orchidenterprise.com/Life_Out...e-belly-02.jpg

http://orchidenterprise.com/Life_Out...e-belly-03.jpg

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If this is really a female, and you want to breed her to see if she is YB, then the male you get better be centerfold quality YB. I mean drop dead gorgeous, holy cow what a snake YB. If you get an ivory, then you know. If not, you should still get amazing YB babies.

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Well, the male isn't the BEST YB I've seen, but my other female is 'centerfold' quality. She's the best YB I've seen. Much like the first one pictured in satomi325's post.

I have several years to decide what I want to do with her. She's only about 200 gms. Maybe she will get better with age???

Andy

I still really have my doubts.

As a baby, her YB should be more noticeable than as she ages. I was looking for pictures of my low expression Yb male, but it seems I must have deleted them after I sold him. :(

I believe if it were me, I would make breeding plans for her as if she were a normal, and if she surprises you then great. But if she doesn't prove to be YB, then you won't be dissapointed.

Gale