I Want To See You Dinkers!

Title says it all :) I could call my little normal female a dinker (she has train tracks and a clear belly like a het-pied marker) but compared to some others I've seen she is just a perfect normal :D

So! Show me you pics of dinkers and (since I'm no expert on the little details) tell why you believe it's a good dinker! I've seen some really unique dinkers but I've also seen dinkers that look... Normal to be but have proved to be something.

This is my "dinker." He's a het pied, so it's probably just a het thing, but I can still hope. :)

As a baby.

http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/w...iedmale006.jpg
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/w...dmale016-1.jpg
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/w...iedmale007.jpg
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/w...iedmale014.jpg


Now:
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/w...niceonepy3.jpg
http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/w...t182011011.jpg

I like him because he has wicked flames, doughnuts in his pattern, and a break in his neck stripe, as well as a partial stripe. He eats like a pig too. :) Also, on the edges of the aliens heads, he's been developing a grey color too. Who knows whats going on with him.

I have belly pics i can post up when I get home.

Here is my girl. She popped out of a clutch of reduced pattern x mojave. Heres a pic of the clutch: 3 Mojos, 2 Normals and my Dinker girl on the far left.

http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88170/6...LwIJ8tdPC6.jpg

There are pictures of this girl on the site already, but I just love to show her off 'cause she's so pretty :)

Lilith, our dinker:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8028/7...52127997_b.jpg
I love her because she's such a beautiful gold colour, and has a really reduced pattern with like three spots. She's about 700g right now, and keeps getting brighter!

This is my dinker project, my only dinkers. It started with the dinker female, his mom. I call him the orange thing
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...4850-3-1-1.png
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...4850-3-1-2.png
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...4850-3-1-3.png

Him and his sisters
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...4850-3-1-4.png

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Originally Posted by jschwe

Lilith, our dinker

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:O

That is one gorgeous ball python right there!

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Originally Posted by Slim

:O

That is one gorgeous ball python right there!

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Thanks man! She's one special lady!

I picked this guy up as a CH oddball type. He has some pretty interesting characteristics, and in some ways looks so similar to some other morphs, but just not quite like them. I like him, and hopefully I'll get him into some breeding somewhat soon.

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...J/100_0222.jpg
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...J/100_0221.jpg
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...J/100_0220.jpg
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...J/100_0219.jpg

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Originally Posted by interloc

She's one special lady!

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I'll say! Reduced pattern wild types like her give me the rubber knees everytime!

Rob, that dinker of yours looks alot like a cinnimon/black pastel to me.

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Originally Posted by FkNdRk

Rob, that dinker of yours looks alot like a cinnimon/black pastel to me.

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Exactly the first impression I got, but it's definitely not, that I can tell anyway. Belly is all wrong.

Both of these BPs are het. axanthic.

I regret selling them..

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file.../8/whitney.jpg
This is my 0.1 Het axanthic.. Her snout coloring is way different and almost looks raw but that's not the case.. her nose was totally fine, and the coloring was natural.. she had like a dark lip-stick appearance too. It was very pretty.

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...9/8/mites3.jpg
This is Tiny.. he was my 1.0 het axanthic. He was very bright and had some awesome speckling.

I miss them.. they ended up in horrible health from the person who got them from me and I am pretty sure they didn't recover. They were showing signs of viral or neurological issues, or I would have taken them back.. but I couldn't risk all my other snakes by bringing them back home :'(. It was heart breaking..

Little miss squiggly dinker ch girl :)

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/100_6397.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/100_6405.jpg

Noob question.... Whats a dinker?

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Originally Posted by reptiliachnids

Noob question.... Whats a dinker?

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A dinker is an unusual looking normal that may or may not have something genetic going on inside. An animal worth holding on to, to breed out or "dinker" with to see if can pass on a visible genetic mutation.

if anyone else has a better explanation lease feel free, but that's how I define it.

I've posted this girl before, no new pics right now since she's going into a shed a looks normal.
She was advertised as a Pretty young female. So I'm always reminded of Michael Jacksons PYT song when I think about it lol.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP4411.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP4410.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP4407.jpg

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Originally Posted by MeinDraco

A dinker is an unusual looking normal that may or may not have something genetic going on inside. An animal worth holding on to, to breed out or "dinker" with to see if can pass on a visible genetic mutation.

if anyone else has a better explanation lease feel free, but that's how I define it.

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That's a great explanation!

A dinker essentially is a normal that has some visual abnormalities. Also referred to as "het markers," these wildtype snakes with abnormal patterns or tints/hues are often bred to various recessive genes to see if they can be proved out as a carrier for a recessive gene.

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Originally Posted by bubblz

I've posted this girl before, no new pics right now since she's going into a shed a looks normal.
She was advertised as a Pretty young female. So I'm always reminded of Michael Jacksons PYT song when I think about it lol.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP4411.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP4410.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP4407.jpg

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I will say you could have specter there I'll for sure will pair her with YB!!! and see what will pop up

Out of my five normals I would only consider two to be my own personal "dinkers":

Jionni, a little normal male. I have to say I think he'd make gorgeous babies with a Mojo girl, and will be searching for one in the future for him.

From April:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...ril1220121.jpg

As a wee baby back in September '11:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...ionniside2.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...Jionniside.jpg

And Cleo. Bought as a normal from a breeder who said that the person who he bought her from said she was het pied (didn't prove for the guy I bought her from so he let her go). I personally think she looks very ghosty, and I love her wonky pattern and very light colors. Any suggestions as to what I should pair her with based on her looks?

From November '11:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...11Cleobody.jpg

February:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...2012body-2.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...leoholding.jpg

Most recent:

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...232012body.jpg

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Originally Posted by Aes_Sidhe

I will say you could have specter there I'll for sure will pair her with YB!!! and see what will pop up

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Yeah,.. Specter never crossed my mind. I have a YB male I can put her with when she's ready. I was thinking more along the lines of hooking her up with a Fire or Vanilla

Here's mine! They are a brother and sister pair that came from a WC female. We will be breeding them together in a couple of years....sigh patience patience...
Male
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC_0123.jpg
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC_0122.jpg
female
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC_0126.jpg
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC_0127.jpg

The females banding is really cool.:cool:

Wow lots of amazing dinkers! I know once I start breeding (long term goal is super black pastel pieds) I'm deff going to breed a pied to my normal girl to see if she just might be a het pied.

I'll have to get some good pictures this weekend while I'm borrowing my dad's camera.
For now I have this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...e/LadyBug2.jpg

woot. panda pieds FTW

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Originally Posted by Wapadi

http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSC_0127.jpg

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WOW! She looks like Woma, deff dinker worthy girl!

Well I think I have shown my dinkers like crazy, and anybody who has been on this site for at least 6mo probably has seen them already; But I cant deny anybody asking to see dinkers.:P I will try to contain myself with all the pics I post.

This is my most recent Dinker, Picked him up last year as CH from Outback reptiles.

Hatchling Pic
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...9/SD531998.jpg

And him now, All that peachy orange on him as a hatchling is turning into a bright yellow.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...9/SD532467.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...9/SD532475.jpg

These two are my oldest dinkers that I have finally gotten the ball rolling with.

Mom and pop
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...9/SD532443.jpg

Mom,Pops and 4 of the 9 babies.The ones thats are bringing up all the questions in the clutch.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...9/SD532446.jpg


The 4 babies in side-by-side color comparison, this is only after 1 shed.
The one to the left seems to only have dads gene,Middle left seems to be a partial blackback but the color is unusually bright with a little pink( Flash probably washed it out).
The middle right has dads blackback and pattern but has a lot more pinkish/redish hues like mom.And the far right is an unusually bright 'normal'. I would have included a regular normal in the pic but it was hard enough to get these 4 to sit still as it was:P
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...9/SD532452.jpg
Another shot in different order.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...9/SD532463.jpg

^ That dad looks very Cinnamon/Black Pastel - esque. Cool!

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Originally Posted by aalomon

Here is my girl. She popped out of a clutch of reduced pattern x mojave. Heres a pic of the clutch: 3 Mojos, 2 Normals and my Dinker girl on the far left.

http://www.iherp.com/Gallery/88170/6...LwIJ8tdPC6.jpg

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GORGEOUS dinker girl i am JEALOUS

My Dinker Het Clown we think shes something special ;-) She should be ready to lay on the 28th all being well.

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...86918707_n.jpg

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...24569986_n.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...51095459_n.jpg

Dinker Het Clown male,

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...79924438_n.jpg

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...05701628_n.jpg

A big female dinker,

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...37238913_n.jpg

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...43093415_n.jpg

Crazy Cinnamon Dinker,

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._3804606_n.jpg

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...4_690059_n.jpg

Last one I promise,

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...24873528_n.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...24686597_n.jpg

Enjoy :D

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Originally Posted by bubblz

Yeah,.. Specter never crossed my mind. I have a YB male I can put her with when she's ready. I was thinking more along the lines of hooking her up with a Fire or Vanilla

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YB-ish spot on head... kind of Yb-ish Belly long stipe on tail... reduce-ish pattern I'm not specter expert but yours "whisper" one to me....