Question....

Is this at all any kind of marker on a BP..??

http://vid1172.photobucket.com/album...pslr3jgnyp.mp4

No sir, my normal girl has those type of marks as well and rest assured, she is as normal as they come! Lol

have you bred her yet..?? you'll never know until you do..... thanks for the post though..

Hard to tell if those are truly markers. They seem pretty blotchy and atypical for the railroad track markers. What was he sold to you as? Have you seen pictures of the parents? Pretty ball python btw. Congrats. Then the other way is to breed him to get a sense of what he has genetically. Do you know of any of his siblings or clutchmates? Not all markers are indicative of a genetic trait. The sure fire way is to breed the animal and see the production.

i purchased my first ball pythons from craigslist post and had to pick them up in east orange NJ, didn't find out the parents.. He's in LOCK with his sister as we speak/type lol, so hopefully I will see something..

No markers there at all.

hmmm.. so railroad track type PIED markers are the ONLY type morph markers out there, besides some checkered blotches for YB<---not looking for that anyway, for now...

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Originally Posted by ECechoHO

besides some checkered blotches for YB<---not looking for that anyway, for now...

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YB is a Co-Dom, visual, not recessive. It has several traits signifying it.

so what is a visual sign of YBs..??:confusd:

I have a nice little collage that might help you with the pied markers.

Only one of these animals is a known 100% het pied, though they all have belly markings that could be confused as pied markers. Can you guess which one is the het pied?
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...psh2nczjkt.png



The het pied is the top right animal. All the others are completely normal. "Pied markers" can be a combination of a number of different things, including a connected neck and eye stripe, wonky tail pattern, a ringer, or train train tracks. A het pied can have all or none of these traits. Mine happens to have none of these except for an oddball tail pattern and train tracks.
When you are looking at the tracks, they "should" be very bold with very clear and concise defined lines between light and dark. They belly itself should also be very clear.
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps875bjwfu.png

Here are a few more photos of het pied and possible het pied. I am on the fence on whether or not the possible het will prove out.

Pastel 100% proven het pied
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...pscubkq1f6.jpg


Pastel 66% possible het pied
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/a...pssvboo0el.jpg


For a Yellowbelly you look for lots of nice flaming coming up the sides, many small speckles along the sides with a clear belly, a head stamp, and yellow outlining the markings.

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so what is a visual sign of YBs..??:confusd:

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http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...87-Yellowbelly

WOW thanks sir or ma'am... that was the BEST explanation/answer i've ever gotten on this forum without ANY NEGATIVITY<--meaning there was nothing bad said about me in anyway or jokes cracked in my screennames direction... THANKS AGAIN SIR or MA'AM... :gj: :gj: :gj::gj: :bow:

Welcome. Everyone has to start learning somewhere and sometimes the information is hard to dig up.

True....

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have you bred her yet..?? you'll never know until you do..... thanks for the post though..

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No, I don't have any intention of breeding her honestly. I highly doubt she is HET for anything and I'd rather not take the chance and end up with a clutch of normals. Not that there is anything wrong with normals, I just know they are harder to sell. Plus, I have several 2-3 gene females I'd rather be breeding because I know with them I'll get something awesome everytime!