Banded or Reduced Pattern
I was wondering where I can find some very good examples of banded or reduced pattern. The reason why, I stopped by petco today and as always wandered by their reptile section and they had about 6 or so ball pythons. Eliz, the reptile lady saw me looking and asked if I wanted to hold some, I said sure and picked up a couple when I instantly noticed one that was darker in color and had NO alien markings on its side what so ever. It had the alien heads but without the eyes? If you get what i mean.
I looked at some pictures that I could find and it seems to look more like the banded due to the fact that it had a few alien heads without the eyes. It also had a couple of spots on the back where the stripe is. I can try and get back there and get some pictures :-D
Thanks for any help though
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Check out Rabernet's gallery:
http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...=3&userid=2080
She has lots of gorgeous reduced patterns. :D
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The one at the pet store, looks A LOT like Sullivan in Rabernet's gallery. Blushing on the back, alien heads with no eyes. But yeah, no doubting it, the snake I saw (and played with) looks like Sullivan.
I'm going to go back to the pet store tomorrow and see if Eliz is there and will let me take a couple of pictures. I'll make up some excuse to do so, and post em here. If everyone else is as impressed as I am, I may have to figure out a way to get the little guy (or girl) How I'll do that seeing as we low on cash is beyond me, but with RDR proving out reduced patterns/bandeds in 03, I couldn't pass up that chance!
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Here's a little banded that I used to own...
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...8/6/Baby01.JPG
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...6/Bengal01.jpg
If Wild Bill still has him/her maybe he can update us with some new pictures of what it looks like now.
-Jason
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The one at the pet store doesn't have as much pattern going on as that one I dont believe, if i remember correctly. That is a pretty snake though :)
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Here's a pic of my het pied...He has an extreme reduced pattern towards the end...and is banded the rest of his body...This is the only good pic I have of him...He's been breeding all season and I dont have any individual pics...I'll try to get some in a few days...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...3/IMG_1321.jpg
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My girl Bela.. not yet proven genetic. Many BPs out there have a reduced pattern; I am pretty sure you'd have to prove it out through breeding, to show it as a genetic reduced though.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ve/bumpeee.jpg
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Some are genetic, and some are not. They are more common than not though, but still awesome!
This is my Velvet project I am working on:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...kes/Nia001.jpg
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Looks good, I think I might give it a shot on that banded/reduced pattern though because alot of the pictures I've been seeing, this snake has even less of a pattern. I'll try and get some pictures!
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Here is my reduced girl. She's gravid from pastel male, I hoping to make reduced pastels.
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...uelChillin.jpg
She's CH so let's see if she's genetic, she's got the markers!
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I finally got something to contribute to this thread.... :P
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1...newfemale2.jpg
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Originally Posted by westcoastjungle
Raul, I'd definitely like to see her offspring and see how much she influences the pattern in the pastels!
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Originally Posted by rabernet
Gorgeous snakes all but if these two don't have their own fanclubs there is no justice in this world. :eek: :salute:
dr del
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Pretzel looks like the one at the store, only maybe one or two more poka dots on her stripon her back.
Also, I'd love to take a look at the offspring of that pastel to the banded/reduced :-D
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Originally Posted by rabernet
Raul, I'd definitely like to see her offspring and see how much she influences the pattern in the pastels!
Thats makes two of us, if the reduced pattern shows up in the pastel offspring I will be using them to make reduced bumblebees (fingers crossed twice).
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I bought a reduced pattern from petco (sorry no digital camera i'm in the stone age i know) he has one faded dark "alien eye" on his whole body with about 3 bands. I have seen a bunch at my local petco in the past few years with reduced patterns. mine had mites but that was about 700 grams ago and 2 years-ish, but he is an awsome snake, great personality, and a killer pattern. good luck with your descision.
~mike
