Something to prove out....

Our Banana "Dinker" has given us some wild looking babies. This is a Normal from one of his clutches. Brings a Black Pastel/Granite look to them with some crazy blushing and clear white bellies. Going to hold back a few females and try to prove something out. One of the Pinstripes we just cut from his clutch looks like it has the same traits as this Normal "dinker". My son's 2 yo Normal may get some duty one day in a few years :gj:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps4038f58e.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps86b56fab.jpg

1.0 Banana Dinker:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psdd0c9e63.jpg

Whoa looks like a black pastel banana to me! The sable gene is another consideration tho.

What do you mean the Pinstripe has some of the same characteristics? I love dark BP's like that actually. Would love to do some sort of experimental project with those colors one day. Very nice dinker and banana dinker :)

Any Pics of the pinstripe?

That banana is very cool looking for sure. The baby there almost looks black pastel.

The more I look and compare that female to the dad the more I see the resemblance. You need a male with the same traits now.

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Any Pics of the pinstripe?

That banana is very cool looking for sure. The baby there almost looks black pastel.

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Pinstripe is still in the egg along with my 2 Banana Pins. Much darker than the other 2 Pins and a bit crazy around the neck stripe. A few more days and I'll post clutch pics in my original breeding thread.

I understand another breeder has hit upon some similar looking babies and one happens to be a male. Possibly a joint project in the works :gj:

Crappy cell pic. It will only darken up from here. Lots of blushing on the head, dark stripes and some flames coming up from the belly. Surely different than my other 2 Pins in the egg.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps16117fa8.jpg

They look so cool! Sounds like an exciting project!

I can't wait to se them out of the egg. They look great so far.

Do any of the bananas look like that

Wow that banana is super cool!!! The normal baby is interesting. Good luck with your project!

We have been waiting for some of these babies to get some size and see what they look like after a few sheds with some more size. We have been swaying back and forth on what is possibly going on here, and after much comparison do not think we have Black Pastel in the mix here.

We do believe we are working with a new gene that is yet to be proven out with our female holdbacks. We are holding back 0.2 "Normal" Dinkers and 0.1 Pinstripe Dinker along with a 1.0 Banana Dinker and 2.0 Banana Pinstripe Dinkers.

Note all hatchlings with the Pinstripe gene are very wonky.... crazy stripes, flames, and very clean dorsal stripes on the back half.

Amazing the color variation of the 2.0 Banana Pinstripes?? One is bright as heck and the other almost looks like it is a Ghost. This picture is within a day of a fresh shed on the lighter one and within a week of shed on the brighter one. To our knowledge our Pinstripe 11F3 is not Het Ghost and neither was the original sire. Comparing on WOBP's, we do not believe there is Black Pastel in any of these hatchlings as we previously we thinking.

Nice bonus would be some of these Dinkers from Pied 11F1 clutch that is due to cut on 11/11/2014 :gj:

Original 1.0 Banana Dinker sire....

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psdd0c9e63.jpg

1.0 Banana Dinker hatchling....

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psc88f3a1a.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps5f267956.jpg

1.0 Banana Pinstripe Dinker 14M1..... 340g freshly shed.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps5ab00d5d.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psc15f2066.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps0f134aa6.jpg

1.0 Banana Pinstripe Dinker 14M2..... 100g freshly shed. He was a small guy out of the egg and had to be assist fed twice before he started taking pinks on his own. Two sheds and this pic is one day after a fresh shed. Also a pic of his shed.... Ghost??

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps420b4587.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps81d43f69.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psdf354bbf.jpg

Both Banana Pinstripes for comparison. Same clutch from Pinstripe 11F3....

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psbc33cd2e.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psd0dfc5bd.jpg

0.1 "Normal" Dinker 14F1.... same sire but to a reduced Normal 10F1 from The Herp Vault....

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps9c5fe5b9.jpg

0.1 "Normal" Dinker 14F2.... same sire but to a reduced Normal 10F1 from The Herp Vault. Just shed this morning...

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps2c37de16.jpg

0.1 Pinstripe Dinker 14F1 (same clutch as the Banana Pinstripes (Pinstripe 11F3).... small girl out of the egg as well. Assist fed a few times and has now taken a mouse hopper on her own.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps01528861.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps6c99f10c.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ps3454365b.jpg

wow, you got something nice going on there Corey,

i am wondering if there is gonna be a "super form" when you cross those hold back girls back to daddy, keep us posted :D

I LOVE the dinker hatchling with the flecks all over him!!! It looks like he sat still and let someone speckle him with paint!! It's a great contrast!!

I know this is probably a really stupid question, but what exactly is a "dinker"? I'm new to the ball python world of genetics.

These are amazing!!

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I know this is probably a really stupid question, but what exactly is a "dinker"? I'm new to the ball python world of genetics.

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I was wondering that myself.

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Originally Posted by BPSnakeLady

I was wondering that myself.

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A "dinker" ball python is any morph that looks strange or has a weird/unknown look to it. Dinker isn't a specific gene, it's just a genetics theory. Hope this helped!

Good luck. Those pins are awesome!


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A "dinker" ball python is any morph that looks strange or has a weird/unknown look to it. Dinker isn't a specific gene, it's just a genetics theory. Hope this helped!

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AHHHH!!!!

Ok. **adds to list of new terms to remember**


Thank you! :)

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AHHHH!!!!

Ok. **adds to list of new terms to remember**


Thank you! :)

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No problem!!