Blitz Ball Python - New Project

I’ve been very excited to share this project for some time and now that some 2012 babies have hatched I can introduce the Blitz Ball. This mutation was proven in 2010 and originated by Susan Hardy at Hardy Reptiles in Hemet, CA. I was lucky enough to be one of the firsts to see the offspring and immediately bought into the project. Susan is a good friend of mine, and I’m working closely with her to help get this project rolling. The Blitz originated when Susan purchased a baby female in a Las Vegas pet store in 2006. She had her first clutch in 2010 and produced 1.1 Blitz balls. The male last year sired a several clutches from normals, showing even more what the gene was capable of in it’s base form, which was very impressive to say the last. This year we are hoping for a super blitz ball, and some combos to show what this gene is capable of.

Here are some pictures of some 2012 Blitz balls that Hardy Reptiles hatched recently, and so far the only this year. There is more on the way and there will be available animals this year. This is truly just the beginning!

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Here is a picture of the original female. She’s full of eggs! I'll get better pics, but didn't want to stress her out.
http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/...s/IMGP4113.jpg

I’ll post more pics of some 2011 blitz balls soon as well as 2012 hatchlings.

Thanks for looking!

Brant

I LOVE there patern!

That pattern is awesome!

I really like the way they look.
They look alot like a Liesen Line Trick to me.

I love the spots on the nose of the first one! Perfect :gj:

Sweet looking snake. Cant wait to see what that gene does to the black pastel gene!

They do look like Tricks, do you have plans to test them for compatibility?

Yeah we are aware in the heterozygous form they look very much the same. Thin eye stripes, the bellies, tail stripe, coloration, and blushing, all look very similar. The thing that is pretty neat about both genes is the variability. You breed them to two different looking normals and you get different looking blitz offspring. The male that produced these wasn't as crazy patterned and yet produced crazier offspring. We've seen light/yellow blitz, seen dark ones, harlequin type blitz, all sorts of variability. I've noticed the same with the tricks. You see some that knock your socks off, and some don't look like the best examples, however I believe genetically it really doesn't matter. These genes will do some remarkable things.

Here is a quick cell pic of a sub adult in shed.
http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/.../maleblitz.jpg

On the super blitz, or blitzkrieg, how do you tell it's a super? Is it belly pattern? Just wondering...it looks a lot like the Blitz to me. AWESOME animals!

Those patterns are crazy!

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Originally Posted by ClarkT

On the super blitz, or blitzkrieg, how do you tell it's a super? Is it belly pattern? Just wondering...it looks a lot like the Blitz to me. AWESOME animals!

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If I read the initial post correctly they haven't hit the super yet, they are aiming to hit it this year. I could be wrong.

They were hoping to hit it, and they have one listed on their website now. They have it shown on another forum--I forget which one. I'm just wondering about it.

Yeah I just saw it on The bush. I would say the belly and brightness. The super looks brighter than the normal blitz.

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Originally Posted by ClarkT

On the super blitz, or blitzkrieg, how do you tell it's a super? Is it belly pattern? Just wondering...it looks a lot like the Blitz to me. AWESOME animals!

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Yeah the super is just off the charts in comparison to all the blitz. It was hatched with two regular blitz siblings. There was a very big difference. Color, pattern, belly, contrast, head eye stripes are tighter/thinner. Lots or markers tell me it's the super.

I anticipate more extreme super form in the future, the gene has a range of variability and I believe will see even more extreme supers in the future.

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Originally Posted by majorleaguereptiles

Yeah the super is just off the charts in comparison to all the blitz. It was hatched with two regular blitz siblings. There was a very big difference. Color, pattern, belly, contrast, head eye stripes are tighter/thinner. Lots or markers tell me it's the super.

I anticipate more extreme super form in the future, the gene has a range of variability and I believe will see even more extreme supers in the future.

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You should post a pic of the super in this thread.

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found the BLBC thread so I thought I'd just post it myself.

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0bb5b10f.jpg

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/...ps41c9b4ca.jpg

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Originally Posted by TJ_Burton

You should post a pic of the super in this thread.

*edit*
found the BLBC thread so I thought I'd just post it myself.

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0bb5b10f.jpg

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/...ps41c9b4ca.jpg

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Thanks for attaching the pics. I love the project and have big plans. I also plan on trick x blitz and see what happens. I imagine some swirls and scribbles should be the result. Curious if it's in the same gene complex. I'm sorta hoping they aren't so I can stack super blitz trick in the future with YB or something.

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Originally Posted by majorleaguereptiles

Thanks for attaching the pics. I love the project and have big plans. I also plan on trick x blitz and see what happens. I imagine some swirls and scribbles should be the result. Curious if it's in the same gene complex. I'm sorta hoping they aren't so I can stack super blitz trick in the future with YB or something.

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Great idea! It would be very interesting to see what the results of that pairing would be. :gj: Also (forgive me if this is a stupid question) is it possible for a codom to be in the same gene pool as a dom?