Ever seen a Puzzle Ball?

There aren't very many of these running around, so I thought I would put up a pic of our new Super Pastel Puzzle.I have been eyeballing this project at Exotics by Nature for about 3 years now (since it's inception). And, as many others, I really wanted to get it in the collection. I finally broke down and got me one. What I ended up with is a Super Pastel Puzzle female. I love the heads on these guys. It has a very similar pattern to Tigers. Unfortunately, the pic is a little blurry, but it still captured the overall pattern of the head. I will get some better pics of her that are clearer in a few months once she puts some more weight on.

A bit more background on the project. It is a Recessive mutation and it was embedded in a pair of Pastels originally. Even though there have been 4 clutches produced to date, the Puzzle gene has still not been isolated yet. All of the Puzzles produced have either been Pastel or Super Pastel. Hopefully in the next couple years, Sean will figure out a bit more, and maybe even get a Puzzle Ball all by itself, to see what it looks like without the color influence of a Pastel and maybe even a slight pattern influence from the Pastel.

Thanks for looking,

http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/s...stelpuzzle.jpg

http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/puzzlehead.jpg

That's really a superb looking ball. :gj:

That's just wicked! She's gorgeous, Tim!!

that head is really unique on an already great pattern

I really love the way that looks. That is a great pick up. Congrats.

Very Nice Tim. What are the plans for her?

Chances are I was playing with that exact snake at tinley park this year lol. yea Sean is a great guy. Awesome you got the chance to work with a rare recessive morph. I will own one one day, I love it.

good luck

Gorgeous Tim, congrats! And good luck with the project, of course.

Tim, you know how you always ask me "what snakes do you think you guys would like to see?" when you're preparing to come to one of our Birmingham get togethers?

This!!!

:O

That is amaaaaaaaaaazing :bow: :bow: :bow:


dr del

Now thats a very nice addition :gj:

That is a sweet snake!

Tim, that is a killer snake, good luck with that project. I do not know what your plans for her are, but I sure hope it involves your HG Woma/Pastel/Granite.

What an odd mutation. Is it possibly a mutation that's only created when attached mixed with pastel gene? It will definitely be interesting to figure out if it can stand alone!

Very cool snake!!! I love puzzles, but haven't seen a picture in a long time! :gj:

Wow, a stunning animal!

Congrats Tim......WOW!

WOW...............................:dance::dance::dance:

I've been checking those out for a while now, too. Your girl is absolutely gorgeous. Can't wait to see what you do with her. Congrats!

amazing!! briliant ! so you obviously got some time on your side with this one.. have they not bred the puzzle to a normal for normal hets yet? puzzle without the pastel would be very interesting indeed!

TIM :bow:

Thanks for all of the replies. I really like this mutation, and can't wait todo more with it. While I won't give away too many ideas that I have, I will say that the first few things I want to do will involve color mutations, and not pattern mutations, as I don't want to screw with the existing pattern just yet.

Thanks again,

Dang! That has got to be one of the coolest pastel mutations I have ever seen! I just love pastels and how they give everything color!

Very nice Brother!!! :bow:

The pattern on that bp looks so unreal! :) So so amazing! :) Cant wait to see that trait mixed w/ other morphs. :gj:

WOW! Very nice addition Tim.

Smokin' Puzzle, Tim!

I wish you luck with her!

As hot as that animal is Tim I can imagine a Firefly Puzzle being SMOKIN :)

Congrats :gj:

Super nice Tim, can't wait to see some combos. :D