Has anyone seen this before?

Hey guys,

Has anyone seen this before. She has lots of dark purpleish grey blotches down her sides.

http://tapatalk.com/mu/43d5faff-ad8f-27e7.jpg

the picture isnt working?

Is this one working?

http://tapatalk.com/mu/43d5faff-aefc-d58b.jpg

I can see both pics but I don't know what to tell u. Prolly something to do with the melanin

both pictures are showing up for me. I've never seen a ball with coloration like that before. kinda cool IMO

both are showing for me now too heres a link :D if you ever want to sell her let me know lmao
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...atter-Patterns

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Originally Posted by python_addict

both are showing for me now too heres a link :D if you ever want to sell her let me know lmao
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...atter-Patterns

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Wow. Hope that's what it is. Guess we'll find out in the next few months once I get babies from her.

ive seen quite a few shatter patterns up at the NARBC show this year but they were out of my price range I cant remember what morphs there were inside those snakes but I have been searching for a shatter female for a while lol they are most common on spiders for some reason but i dont want a spider female lol

looks like shatter pattern to me!

almost looks like scars to me like old healed burn marks but it is kinda hard to tell from the pics.

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Originally Posted by Rat160

almost looks like scars to me like old healed burn marks but it is kinda hard to tell from the pics.

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I was thinking the same thing

deffinately not scars I have some ugly pictures of scars from multiple bp rescues to show Im almost 100% sure this is a shatter pattern :)

I don't know. To me it looks like spots of increased melanin. It happens sometimes. It might go away in a few sheds, it might not. My husbands spider male went super dark on his sides when he hit 350 grams, so far he's still like that at 500.

I just don't see the belly markings like the shatters have. Maybe some more belly pictures ? And how about the chin spot ?

Gale

It does look very similar to a Shatter! You will need to breed it to see if it's genetic! Either way, it's a very interesting looking Ball!

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Originally Posted by Rat160

almost looks like scars to me like old healed burn marks but it is kinda hard to tell from the pics.

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They aren't burns but I am still not convinced that I have a shatter. My luck doesn't usually go that way.

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Originally Posted by angllady2

I don't know. To me it looks like spots of increased melanin. It happens sometimes. It might go away in a few sheds, it might not. My husbands spider male went super dark on his sides when he hit 350 grams, so far he's still like that at 500.

I just don't see the belly markings like the shatters have. Maybe some more belly pictures ? And how about the chin spot ?

Gale

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She is a 2007 proven breeder I got her from a small breeder cleaning out his collection. She has been like this since I got her in august and she has shed once. Here is a closer picture.

http://tapatalk.com/mu/ad7495d0-2e84-74ff.jpg

I couldn't get her to cooperate for a good belly shot but here's something. As far as the chin goes I will have to look when I get back home.

http://tapatalk.com/mu/ad7495d0-2edf-1eab.jpg

Well no chin spot and a clear belly suggests it is not a shatter. Nonetheless, I can't wait to see babies from her. There is lots of really wierd cool stuff going on with this girl.

I have seen it before, in a pet BP I had several years ago when I was still mainly working with bloods. Over the course of several years he developed dark blotches on his sides just like that. They appeared gradually and were definitely not scars. I never bred him to prove it out and don't have him any more, unfortunately.

If you've got one, maybe try putting her to a calico, just for kicks ..?