Spark?

I just received a pastel spark and a fire spark. What is the spark morph?

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Spark is listed as a "incomplete dominant" in the World of Ball Pythons book, but I can't honestly tell the Heterozygous animals apart from a normal easily. They have some minor patterning differences over a traditional "normal" ball python.

Homozygous Spark looks like Champagne met Genetic Stripe and is a cool looking animal, but it would probably pair better with color morphs than pattern morphs, but time can only tell.

Paul

It's part of the YB/Super stripe complex.

But how do you make it. I have searched and I cannot find what breeds to what to get the spark. I now know how to tell by looking if it has spark but I cannot find what two animals to get the spark. It's driving me crazy. I'm about to call Brian and ask him. It's maddening......

I believe that as a base morph it was discovered somehow (as in, someone decided an import looked "interesting" or maybe that the results of a clutch may have something that is as yet undiscovered or defined) and then the next step would be for someone to breed the base morph strategically to prove its heritability and interactions with other morphs. I guess you could also call this the end result of discovering an inheritable spontaneous mutation.

There's no "making it". It's its own gene. The snake has it or doesn't.

It's been around since 2013 and no one has proven it out? Where did it come from?

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Originally Posted by Sunnieskys

It's been around since 2013 and no one has proven it out? Where did it come from?

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it has been proven out and there are plenty of Spark combos. the Super Spark and Puma (Spark YB) were the hot sh-t until the Freeway/Highway's were produced.

So a spark a base morph like a normal?

This is driving me crazy. I can't sell a morph if I have no idea what it does or how it's made.

Blarg!

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Originally Posted by Sunnieskys

So a spark a base morph like a normal? This is driving me crazy. I can't sell a morph if I have no idea what it does or how it's made. Blarg!

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And yes it’s as u would call a base morph... it is like an albino, u can’t make an albino from anything but albino.

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Originally Posted by Danger noodles

And yes it’s as u would call a base morph... it is like an albino, u can’t make an albino from anything but albino.

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Not sure this is great example as Albino is a recessive gene meaning it's created by two animals carrying the dormant albino gene (hets). If you breed an albino to a normal, you get all normals looking animals that carry the albino gene. Spark isn't the same.

Pastel is a better example: if you breed a pastel to a normal, you get half pastels, half normals. If you breed two pastels, you get a super pastel. Same idea with spark/yellowbelly.

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/spark/

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Originally Posted by ladywhipple02

Not sure this is great example as Albino is a recessive gene meaning it's created by two animals carrying the dormant albino gene (hets). If you breed an albino to a normal, you get all normals looking animals that carry the albino gene. Spark isn't the same.

Pastel is a better example: if you breed a pastel to a normal, you get half pastels, half normals. If you breed two pastels, you get a super pastel. Same idea with spark/yellowbelly.

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/spark/

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I knew once I posted that someone would say something. Lol but yes your right

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It was at like 2:30 am lol

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Originally Posted by Sunnieskys

So a spark a base morph like a normal?

This is driving me crazy. I can't sell a morph if I have no idea what it does or how it's made.

Blarg!

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It's pretty clear you need to start at square 1 and do some research before you start breeding and selling BPs. Learn what a BASE MORPH is. A Co-Dominant; a Dominant; and a Recessive. Start there. Please don't try to breed your snakes. I'm afraid for them.