what do you think?

I just won this little guy on auction and wanted some opinions on him? He is an enchi?

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...1&d=1381150940

No picture that I can see

I vote no, but maybe he is a low quality one? I see high gold normal.

sorry here is a pic

http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...ps30dbf807.jpg

Saw the auction, I think you made out like a bandit for the price you paid especially if you're close enough to pick him up personally. Congrats on the win.

I personally see enchi, just not the best example IMO.

the color looks fine, after all enchi is supposed to be a dark morph and acts as a darkener in many combos.

but the pattern, well, you can clearly see that its an enchi, but i like them with some more banding.

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Originally Posted by Pythonfriend

the color looks fine, after all enchi is supposed to be a dark morph and acts as a darkener in many combos.

but the pattern, well, you can clearly see that its an enchi, but i like them with some more banding.

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Enchi is not a dark morph, maybe you are looking at poor examples. Nice Enchi's are bright gold/yellow. Enchi doesn't act as a darkener, it cleans up patterns.

I see a normal.

I plan on breeding him to a spider and lesser, do you think he will produce a nice looking hatchling

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Originally Posted by DooLittle

Enchi is not a dark morph, maybe you are looking at poor examples. Nice Enchi's are bright gold/yellow. Enchi doesn't act as a darkener, it cleans up patterns.

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as i see it, especially in combos, calico versus enchi calco and banana versus enchi banana would be examples, enchi is mainly a pattern morph or pattern enhancer. and about the color, enchi ideally leaves the light areas of the pattern as they are, but makes the dark areas of the pattern a little bit darker. which basically leads to higher contrast of the pattern. its not a strong darkener, also it darkens only some areas selectively. over all i consider it to be a weak, selective darkener, while it is mainly a pattern enhancer.

of course you can line-breed enchis to be lighter and many people do so, but for me thats not really the character of the morph.

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Originally Posted by Pythonfriend

as i see it, especially in combos, calico versus enchi calco and banana versus enchi banana would be examples, enchi is mainly a pattern morph or pattern enhancer. and about the color, enchi ideally leaves the light areas of the pattern as they are, but makes the dark areas of the pattern a little bit darker. which basically leads to higher contrast of the pattern. its not a strong darkener, also it darkens only some areas selectively. over all i consider it to be a weak, selective darkener, while it is mainly a pattern enhancer.

of course you can line-breed enchis to be lighter and many people do so, but for me thats not really the character of the morph.

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Do you even have any snakes yet??

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Enchi is not a dark morph, maybe you are looking at poor examples. Nice Enchi's are bright gold/yellow. Enchi doesn't act as a darkener, it cleans up patterns.

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^ This. And yes, he's an enchi. Stinger bees and enchi pins will be a lot of fun to produce. :gj:

I see a very bad picture where the colors are off and you can't see the head.

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Do you even have any snakes yet??

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Exactly....all of this knowledge and expertise from someone that probably has ZERO Ball Pythons but retains what he/she reads to relay the info to others.

I want to see collection pics. :D

Most of what I know came from readin. Don't mean I don't know it. To be fair, don't mean it ain't false either. :P

I see an Enchi, and I don't think I could personally speak to the quality of said Enchi without a pic in better lighting. I'm liking the banding though, personal preference. I don't like morphs completely even, so the slight breakup of pattern is nice to my eye. Again, might be a morph-quality thing.

You need to post some good pictures of it's head and sides, there are normals that are banded just as much if not more than that one. Was it sold as an enchi, or what did the breeder call it? Pairing that produced it?

As for calling an enchi a dark morph, you would have to be looking at the worst possible enchi's ever, or not even looking at an enchi at all to think that...enchi is a wonderful pattern and highlighting brightening gene.

He should be here Tuesday I will take better pics then. Can't wait :-)

He is here. Looks like he is getting ready to shed so photos aren't that good.

http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...psfb042a68.jpg
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...psde2eb59c.jpg
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2ffa00b2.jpg