Is this a Normal??

Went down my local rep shop this morning and picked up this CF 2010 Royal. It was sold as a Normal. It looks a lot darker than any normals i have seen, has extreme blushing up the sides and a clean white belly. Not sure about the markings too.

Here are some pics i took earlier, will be able to get more in a week or so once it has settled in.The colour is greener than in the pics and it does have more blushing which i can get more pics of.

Sorry about the quality

http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/r.../Photo0384.jpg
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/r.../Photo0383.jpg
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/r.../Photo0382.jpg

Normal or is there something else going on?

i think this is the first time id say that its not a normal. looks quite similar to the paints. belly and head shots are always good though

Yellow-Belly?

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Originally Posted by RR - Mackenzie

Yellow-Belly?

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Thats what I thought at first but is very dark and green and doesn't have the speckle marks down the side.

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Originally Posted by BAMReptiles

i think this is the first time id say that its not a normal. looks quite similar to the paints. belly and head shots are always good though

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was out and about exploring so I snapped a few more.
Belly shots.
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/r.../Photo0390.jpg
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/r.../Photo0389.jpg

More blushing.
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/r.../Photo0388.jpg

Head and body.
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/r.../Photo0387.jpg
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/r.../Photo0386.jpg

Hope this helps. What is a Paint?? can't find any pics anywhere???

not yellow belly.

also not a normal. dinker project it.. it looks something strange about that normal. no alien heads, and floating..

Those neck breaks! :bow:

I'd put that one on the dinker project list as well.

I would also dink around with it as well. :gj:

Granite?

Nice find whatever it is! :gj:

i agree with the granite suggestion

looks similar to one of my dinkers - yours is definately worth playing with...

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...3/dsc00390.jpg

Cool will definitely add this to the dinker list. Not sure about the Granite sugestions, it doesn't look like any of the pics i've seen. Not a bad find for £50 :cool:

Yeah, I don't think it's a granite. I've seen quite a few dinkers that look like that guy - I'm not sure if anyone has ever proved it out though. Very pretty snake though!

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Yeah, I don't think it's a granite. I've seen quite a few dinkers that look like that guy - I'm not sure if anyone has ever proved it out though. Very pretty snake though!

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Fingers crossed I can prove it out in the next few years
... Its going to drag lol...
Would it be better breeding to a Normals to prove it or go for a base morph? Will be my first proper Dinker, have a male I will be breeding with a normal but not sure how to best use dinkers?

normally i dont read this threads anymore- cause a lot of newbies ask- is my ball a morph- and it looks like a pure normal...

but this one, is really one of the few that def. have some potential. i dont know what it is, but i dont see a yb and i dont see a granite there.

it really looks similar to the photo on top of this site.

nice little dinkers. maybe u guys can get in touvh with each other and start a breeding project together.

would be nice to see if they are a morph (maybe with a cool super form or so)


for me it looks a bit (just a bit) like paints or het sentinels

If it was mine I'd breed it to a cinny and a normal and see what pops up:gj:

It's a normal until proven. Either way, it's a good looking snake and you should be proud to own it.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

is it getting ready to shed in those pixs as looks just like 2 normals i just got when they are close to shedding. none the less it looks like a good baby to try to do something with later on when it gets of size

if it aint getting ready to shed I'd say it is something to work with

the 2 normals i got well I'll say supposedly normals as they got allot of orange towards there bellies on there sides (about half way up on some of the markings) and spots where the yellow is way brighter then most the rest of them almost a florescent yellow. could be just a very good couple of regulars but i like there looks

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Originally Posted by ice#1

is it getting ready to shed in those pixs as looks just like 2 normals i just got when they are close to shedding. none the less it looks like a good baby to try to do something with later on when it gets of size

if it aint getting ready to shed I'd say it is something to work with

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Nope not in shed, it shed a few days before I bought it.


Also I never thought of Cinny's and Black Pastels, but it still doesn't resemble those.
Fingers crossed it proves out for me :cool:

Looks quite granitey, a dinker for sure!

Definitely does not look like a normal. Looks like a fun dinker project to start! I love the dark look of this one. Congrats on finding it.

sexy dinker!! O_O!! can't be a normal!! no way.. prove it out =p!
i'm guessing granite or chocolate.

There are some balls around, looking exactly the same. I got a female and this year i got the third clutch from her. It is the first one where i can see some differences....so, maybe there is something going on...good luck :)

Was probed today as female :)
Fingers crossed she will be ready to breed in 3 years :cool: