Albino and a Surprise!

As I had a special request to post some pics of these, here they are!!
First, my albino male. He is an 05 produced by Bob Clark and acquired thru my buddy Cue!
The second is the albino and my little special girl! I produced this hypermel last year from a 100% het for pied male to one of my normal girls.
And last, a belly shot of her. I would have tried for some better shots but she was way too squirmy!! :carrot: :carrot:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ALBINOMALE.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...NOHYPERMEL.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ERMELBELLY.jpg

Wow, nice, Mike!
I'm not sure what a hypermel is, or why it came from a het pied? Every time I think I have a handle on this stuff, I find out I don't, lol.

Wow that is something special,she is sweet:cool:

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Originally Posted by SarahMB

Wow, nice, Mike!
I'm not sure what a hypermel is, or why it came from a het pied? Every time I think I have a handle on this stuff, I find out I don't, lol.

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Sarah, hypermel is short for hypermelanistic. It just means an increase in the amount of black pigment as compared to a hypo that has a reduction in black pigment.
Why it came from a het pied to normal pairing is anybodies guess. From what I have read, the hypermels have no genetic predictability. She has a clear belly and nice flames on the sides; I am hoping she is genetic!!:carrot: :carrot: :carrot:

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Wow that is something special,she is sweet:cool:

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Thanks Joe!

Thanks for that explanation, Mike! Makes sense to me, now. It will be interesting to see what happens with her!

Very nice looking animal Mike. Keep us up-to-date on her progress, and any offspring that she may produse. By the way, are you planning on breeding her back to dad?

Love the albino!

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Originally Posted by muddoc

Very nice looking animal Mike. Keep us up-to-date on her progress, and any offspring that she may produse. By the way, are you planning on breeding her back to dad?

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Tim, I don't have the dad anymore as he was on breeding loan to me. I would like to breed her to a homo pied first to see if she is a definite het or not.
Although, I think she could help to make some killer albinos!!!

Those are super-hot snakes; I love the contrast between them!

Great looking snakes! I love the hypermel. I would definately be breeding that parent pair together again to see if anything is lurking around ;)

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Originally Posted by muddoc

Very nice looking animal

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Agreed :clap:

That might be my all time fave ball EVER :eek:

Wow, incredible!! Very nice.

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Originally Posted by cueball

Agreed :clap:

That might be my all time fave ball EVER :eek:

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Actually, that emoticon (:eek: ) is about the way you looked when you first saw her Chris!!!!

So if you breed a hypermel to an albino it will have a lot of yellow, right?
So could we make a butterball 100% yellow?
mmmm, buttery...

Theoretically it would have alot of white.

What a perfect pair LOL. My hubby Mike is crazy about the hypermels and all the darker morphs and I'm nuts about albinos and all the lighter morphs...so finally both in one thread! Beautiful snakes Mike...congrats on having them as a part of your collection and breeding group.

If im not mistaken hypermel intensefies the morphs its bred to. Like pastels sto a hypermel. I have seen a few they are BRIGHT! Please tell me if im wrong. Or whats actualy happening.

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Originally Posted by muddoc

Theoretically it would have alot of white.

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:( I want a butter snake!

:P But I'll take an albino anyway I guess....