My New Morph.....

So it has been three years in the making and now I know it has to be genetic. I got a male ball that was a little off 4 years ago. I bred him once to a normal and produced 1.1 "weird" Balls and 1.1 normals. I held back the female to breed back to the father. Of course she was not wanting to grow and went off feed every other month. Last year I bred him to two females and produced 4.0 "weird" balls and 2.3 normals. Yeah my sex ratio sucks... This season I bred him to another normal and they are starting to come out today. I have seen 0.0.4 "weird" balls heads out and 0.0.1 normal. I am positive it genetic and I hope I can hit a super next season. They always have a light head spot, busy pattern, and the mustache like spiders on the face. Let me know what you think.

Original Male
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/a...lJosieBall.jpg
Weird Female from 2008
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/a...9JosieBall.jpg
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/a...JosieBall2.jpg
Weird
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/a...Josieball2.jpg
Normal and Weird Hatching
http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/a...JosieBalls.jpg

Looks pretty interesting.

Nice dinker project, any fully body shots? Its alittle hard to appricate the patterns without seeing the whole snake.

Xavier

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Originally Posted by iCandiBallPythons

Looks pretty interesting.

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And Congrats on Proving This One Out :gj:

I will post more pics as they start to hatch. I have twins in one egg that are "weird" This is three years in a row I have made these. Maybe I will get a few females this season. I am kicking myself in the ass for not breeding it to some other morphs. Oh well there is always next season.

Joe Ellis

Congrats Joe.
You gotta' love Dinker projects, and even more so when they prove out.
Is that the official name of it now, "The Weird Ball."

What other Morphs are you thinking you would like to see her crossed with?

Honestly I am thinking the JOSIE Ball. I am throwing it into YB, Bee, Pastel, Lessser and Woma next season.

Joe

That's a cool project! Looks like the Congo :gj:

it does have that look to it but every baby has that mustache I will post pics of the entire cluch when they hatch to get your opinions. I will also have them up at the richmond, va. show in a few weeks to show off. I will have the original male, the female from two years ago, and the babies. Thanks

Joe

Congrats, that's really exiting. Good luck with a super next season. I really like the '08 female. :gj:

Here is a body shot of the first female a produced a few year back. She has a jungle look to her but has other stuff going on too. Let me know what you think,

Joe

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...9/dsc00219.jpg

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Originally Posted by JoeEllisReptiles

it does have that look to it but every baby has that mustache I will post pics of the entire cluch when they hatch to get your opinions. I will also have them up at the richmond, va. show in a few weeks to show off. I will have the original male, the female from two years ago, and the babies. Thanks

Joe

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Will you be vending there?

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Originally Posted by JoeEllisReptiles

Here is a body shot of the first female a produced a few year back. She has a jungle look to her but has other stuff going on too. Let me know what you think,

Joe

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Very nice looking girl, the pattern is stricking. Looks like you have some nice crosses planned out. Best of luck with the project and I hope it prove out to be co-dominate.

I should know by next year and I will be vending at the show. I will keep you posted and I will let you know if I have a male to throw your way. We will have to discuss some details on it though due to not knowing if it dom or co-dom.

Joe Ellis

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Originally Posted by JoeEllisReptiles

I should know by next year and I will be vending at the show. I will keep you posted and I will let you know if I have a male to throw your way. We will have to discuss some details on it though due to not knowing if it dom or co-dom.

Joe Ellis

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Sounds good, I'm looking foward to the show hopefully it is a good turn out. Looking forward to doing bussiness.

Xavier