Oh my god!!!! Look!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!I'm having a heart attack! This is like hitting the lottery when you didnt even know you played!!!

I came home from work to see this light purple head, with silver eyes, and almost fell on the floor in disbelief! Trust me.. These photos do NOT show its true color.. OMG I'm freaking out!

I now present you with the most amazing birthday gift the ball gods could have blessed me with...

Introducing....... drum roll....

MY SURPRISE PLATTY DADDY!!!! :banana::banana::banana::banana:


http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...s/IMG_6109.jpg

:snake::rolleye2::tongue2::pinkele::partyon::carrot::rockon::w00t::worship:

Oh man.. Its soooo much lighter and more purple than that pic shows.. Just wait until he sheds!! Wooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is also a Woma/Lesser in there ;)

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...s/IMG_4224.jpg

Of course, I never did pair a woma with the dam of this clutch so I'm baffled as to how I got woma's hatching out but at least one is a double co-dom!

:banana::banana::banana: Huuuuraaaaaayyy for Platty Daddy !!!!! Big CongratS !!!!:gj::gj::gj:

:O I'll take em both!!
Congrats :)

Congrats! That's awesome. So what was the clutch?

Regards,

B

p.daddy!?! congrats :gj:

Ummm, that doesn't look like a platty daddy it just looks like a regular lesser to me. But that's just me



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WOW! Huge congrats... that's quite the clutch! :banana:

It's so light and lavender colored compared to other Lessers/Butters I've hatched or seen. If by some chance it isn't a platinum, it's the most amazing whatever it is I've seen. For instance.. Here's a lesser from last year.. http://tapatalk.com/mu/43a34993-0611-5759.jpg
http://tapatalk.com/mu/43a34993-0625-22c8.jpg

And here is the new baby again..

http://tapatalk.com/mu/43a34993-0644-699f.jpg

My camera is making it look darker than it is. It's going to pop once it sheds. If I'm wrong I'll be surprised.

I think its a very nice Lesser/Butter but a Daddy it is not. Way to dark, a Daddy looks so light out of the egg. I am sorry but I'm not seeing it.

If you're right, then what's the deal with the bright silver eyes?

perhaps this will help a bit.


scroll down

http://www.ralphdavisreptiles.com/co...all_python.asp

Congratulations ! You got some neat BPs there :D :gj:

Doesn't look like a platty daddy to me either; however, those hatchlings are smoking hot regardless! :) Congrats!

Very nice!!!:gj:

Beautiful regardless. Congrats.

Beautiful! :gj:

How cute, congrats on the clutch. I agree with the others though; too dark to be a daddy.

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If you're right, then what's the deal with the bright silver eyes?

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My mojave has incredible silver eyes similar to the hatching pictured.

Sorry but that is not a platty daddy. they come out way lighter then that, nice looking lesser baby indeed.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...t=platty+daddy

but this person hatched out platty daddys and didn't even know what they were.
you can tell a huge difference in color from yours baby right out of the egg to theirs.
plus it has nothing to do with the camera's even if it was a phone camera.


BUT nice baby none the less!

edit:Not my picture i took it from the thread i posted and this was on page 4
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...5/100_1319.jpg

Really cool clutch! Even if it's not a platty daddy as others mentioned, it's still a smokin lesser!

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Ummm, that doesn't look like a platty daddy it just looks like a regular lesser to me. But that's just me



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I'd have to agree.

Also that woma, looks like a nice woma... Not a lesser woma... take a look at this link http://www.herpcenter.com/reptile-cl...e-081209-6.jpg

I have a theory on this. I'm talking to Ralph Davis right now about it. When I figure it out I'll let you know. It might have to wait until they shed. That Woma has a yellow head and pink sides but they're not out yet so I'll keep you guys posted :)

I have to agree. It looks like a nice looking Lesser and a woma to me too.

I think they are gorgeous no matter what they are ;-)

Congratulations! :gj:

Congrats!

sometimes babies look a bit purple coming out of the egg, give them a chanch to color up and after they shed once or twice you will know what they are. What did you put together to get this cluth?

I know and unfortunately it's beginning to look that way. I've never seen a butter/lesser so light at hatching, and the eyes just blew me away. I'm giving it some time.

Sometimes babies hatch out really light. This was one of my normals from last year when she hatched.

http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88170/4...5bVPpfWCM4.jpg

...and after first shed

http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88170/4...3M202ZyFXE.jpg

Regular Lesser and regular Woma. Very nice looking babies though!

HA.

Dave

Wow Dave, hold grudges much? Some things never change.

Well, since you know that ugly baby is just a common lesser, I can't imagine you want to keep that hideous thing. I'd be willing to take it off your hands. ;)

Very nice babies, by the way.

Gale

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HA.

Dave

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Mature :gj:

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Wow Dave, hold grudges much? Some things never change.

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Very few times do i - rep but i think this is one of them ;)

Lol! That decision will be made once I know what the sex is. I believe it's a butter (the dam) and it seems the entire clutch wanted out too early. 2 of them pipped on day 53 and every one has gotten at least 2 shades darker. I guess they just weren't done cooking yet. I do believe I now have hands on proof that butters and lessers are a visually different variation of the gene. At least as babies. Of course, that's my opinion, but the difference between this little one in color and pattern, and a lesser I hatched, is phenomenal.

I don't think I'll be posting "in egg" photos of light morphs anymore. Lol geeze.

They're all beautiful to me tho :D

The color change is CRAZY :crazy:

Here is a picture of a pastel dinker in the egg that I was loosing my mind over and then he colored up to "normal" pastel colors.

http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/s...a/DSCN0746.jpg

Congrads on some beautiful hatchlings :clap:

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Sometimes babies hatch out really light. This was one of my normals from last year when she hatched.

http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88170/4...5bVPpfWCM4.jpg

...and after first shed

http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88170/4...3M202ZyFXE.jpg

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Dude, that is a FANTASTIC normal. Do you still have her? What does she look like now?

so does the getting darker always happen with the babies? cause i have a baby that hasnt even shed yet and shes suuupppppeeeerrrr dark

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so does the getting darker always happen with the babies? cause i have a baby that hasnt even shed yet and shes suuupppppeeeerrrr dark

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idk, sometimes. But mostly you will see the yellow come in more over the first 6 months.

It depends on how early they hatch and the morph. I have a lesser I hatched last year that started out looking like a mojave but over the course of a year it lightened up so much that it's yellows now are just insane. I'm not sure why that happened since lessers generally look better as babies. After the first shed, they all usually look a lot different than they do the moment they hatch.

If a clutch hatches a week early like this one did, they can be incredibly light. Especially while still in the egg. I was making judgment based on babies still in the egg and got fooled lol.

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If a clutch hatches a week early like this one did, they can be incredibly light. Especially while still in the egg. I was making judgment based on babies still in the egg and got fooled lol.

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Been there before! More than once....

hatched 5 lessers from 5 eggs
all came out this colour - and are still virtually the same

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1341/dscf0040hw.jpg

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Alan1: yeah that's what this one looks like now. It threw me for a loop. This is the one that got dramatically lighter over a year...

-Post first shed-
http://tapatalk.com/mu/a6898dc6-dfb6-68e2.jpg

-After a couple months-
http://tapatalk.com/mu/a6898dc6-e060-fd4b.jpg

-Current-
http://tapatalk.com/mu/a6898dc6-e08f-a362.jpg
http://tapatalk.com/mu/a6898dc6-e0a8-e26d.jpg

Always surprises in the BP world!