Your dinkers?

If you find a normal you think could be hiding something strange and wonderful, what is it you look for? Just your opinon. I just got a male that has a clear belly with what looks like poss pied markers halfway down his belly so I'm keeping him for the long haul I guess. I'll post a picture after I get home today.

Here is one of my dinkers.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/SPJ01/031.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/SPJ01/004.jpg

I look for different eye color, different head pattern or lots of blushing, out of the ordinary pattern, clear belly, flames and hooks.

Beautiful Snake! I love the Alien Heads

Here is my dinker project

Male and Female....Same father different mothers.

Male
http://jamillsreptiles.com/images/NM-male-3.jpg

Female
http://jamillsreptiles.com/images/NM-female-1.jpg

How sad... I miss my dinkers.
I got rid of 2 male dinkers this year. one had ringer markings and the other had bold white belly with sharp black and white fading. I should have kept him. He could have been a platonium gold glow toffee poss everything morph. = (

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Originally Posted by JAMills

Here is my dinker project

Male and Female....Same father different mothers.

Male
http://jamillsreptiles.com/images/NM-male-3.jpg

Female
http://jamillsreptiles.com/images/NM-female-1.jpg

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Daang! Those are good looking snakes!!!! Hotness. I really like the "hooks" of the pattern on the male

Here's my little dinker guy, I loved his black black eyes and the ring around them. I thought his belly was odd and he's "blurry" looking. His iridescence is weird too. Hard to explain.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...g?t=1233016895

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...g?t=1233016926

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Originally Posted by Icatsme

Daang! Those are good looking snakes!!!! Hotness. I really like the "hooks" of the pattern on the male

Here's my little dinker guy, I loved his black black eyes and the ring around them. I thought his belly was odd and he's "blurry" looking. His iridescence is weird too. Hard to explain.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...g?t=1233016895

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...g?t=1233016926

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Thanks The Hooks are what grab my attention with him first that and the blushing. I got to see him and his half sister with all there sibs. Same Father 3 different mothers. 1/2 looked like these in varying degrees and 1/2 were as normal as normal gets.

I really like yours too. I have thought about getting a "Blurry" ball a couple of times. You see them occationally in the classifieds.
Good looking snake though kind of has a granite pattern in the saddles also.

These are a couple of ch, so who knows what surprizes lay within.
first is exotica, a female. I kept her back for her pattern, and blushing as well her belly has some interesting marking near the tail.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a.../others046.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF3857.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCF3877.jpg

and this is the male

he is retaining the orange blushing as well as he has some granite markings

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...508NCH05-2.jpg

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Originally Posted by JAMills

Thanks The Hooks are what grab my attention with him first that and the blushing. I got to see him and his half sister with all there sibs. Same Father 3 different mothers. 1/2 looked like these in varying degrees and 1/2 were as normal as normal gets.

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So...what does the father look like? :D

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Originally Posted by Icatsme

So...what does the father look like? :D

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Here is daddy
http://jamillsreptiles.com/images/NM-FATHER-2.jpg

Here's mine.

She's a lot bigger now. I really like her flames.
http://tarazod.com/other_hosted_pics/Flames.jpg

...and the run-on alien heads. She's got more on the other side.

http://tarazod.com/other_hosted_pics/Frunon.jpg

the man
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...98556_5003.jpg
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...98557_5356.jpg
his women
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...31568_9118.jpg

so this is my import she is awsome, the first pic is normal with her on the right

http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...esspot_013.jpg
http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...esspot_004.jpg
http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...esspot_002.jpg

first off I look for odd eye color and clear belly, but I also look for different colors or patterns. Here's pics of my dinkers:

Purple tint female, odd pattern w/ clear belly:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...3/DSCN0044.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...3/S6302152.jpg

Female w/ intense blushing and mostly key hole pattern:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...4/S6300716.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...4/S6302010.jpg

WC female, Axanthic looking:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...6/S6302018.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...6/S6300685.jpg

Male high orange, odd pattern:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...1/S6302060.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...1/S6302104.jpg

Male possible shatter pattern + stripe:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...2/DSCN0049.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...2/DSCN0047.jpg

Here's a few of our dinkers. Thanks for looking.

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...2908%20053.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...2908%20061.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...e/Dscf2858.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...e/Dscf2853.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...e/Dscf2869.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...e/DSCF2474.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...e/DSCF2451.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...e/DSCF2454.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...e/DSCF2453.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners.../DFR_CHF38.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners.../DFR_CHF23.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...FR_CHF29-1.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...FR_CHF29-2.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...e/DSCF2444.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...e/DSCF0128.jpg

Beautiful...Simply beautiful...

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Originally Posted by Louis Kirkland

Here's a few of our dinkers. Thanks for looking.

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners.../DFR_CHF38.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners.../DFR_CHF23.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...FR_CHF29-1.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...FR_CHF29-2.jpg

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:O My jaw literally dropped when I saw these pictures, gorgeous!

All of you have some really nice eyecatching dinkers.

I've got a lil 08 girl, she's got a couple nice little hooks, really odd pattern (like a cinny, with the connected heads and whatnot, hardly any alieneyes, blahblah), and her eyes are a light gold-green at the top and fade to a dark green towards the bottom..I would take a pic but she's a freaking devil and she already tagged my nose today, I don't feel like holding her anymore right now :taz:

Stupid question...What's a dinker?

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Originally Posted by pitsandpythons

Stupid question...What's a dinker?

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Not a stupid question at all. A dinker is just an unproven trait or appearance. Something you're just "dinkin" around with, hoping it will prove to be genetically inheritable.

Dang, I didn't notice this thread before. I posted one of mine the other day in one of the other forums. Here is the link.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=83533

I just gotta say though that all of yours are better then mine. But what the heck, no matter if it proves or not, it's always fun. Right?

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Originally Posted by MarkS

Dang, I didn't notice this thread before. I posted one of mine the other day in one of the other forums. Here is the link.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=83533

I just gotta say though that all of yours are better then mine. But what the heck, no matter if it proves or not, it's always fun. Right?

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She definitely looks similar to her dad. Sorry to hear you lost the other female. Looks like it might be an interesting project. Good luck with it.

i hope some of these snakes prove to be genetic.
Louis that 2 legged horse is sweet

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Originally Posted by nova2door

Louis that 2 legged horse is sweet

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Thanks! It's just a dinkin' project I'm working on. :D

Nothing outrageous, just a real nice jet black animal with nice gold contrast, and with a few hook markers.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...Nalu/011-5.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...Nalu/009-1.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...Nalu/010-3.jpg

She's a great feeder, so will be up to size in no time, she's approximately 450g now.

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Originally Posted by JAMills

Here is my dinker project

Male and Female....Same father different mothers.

Male
http://jamillsreptiles.com/images/NM-male-3.jpg

Female
http://jamillsreptiles.com/images/NM-female-1.jpg

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Forgot to give the Belly shots. Here is the male he is going into shed in this picture. The Female has an Identical belly!

http://jamillsreptiles.com/images/tc-specialbelly02.jpghttp://jamillsreptiles.com/images/tc-specialbelly01.jpg

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Originally Posted by JAMills

Forgot to give the Belly shots. Here is the male he is going into shed in this picture. The Female has an Identical belly!

http://jamillsreptiles.com/images/tc-specialbelly02.jpghttp://jamillsreptiles.com/images/tc-specialbelly01.jpg

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Those two snakes are crazy! Mad iridescence, and their blushing is absolutely gorgeous. Lucky you!

The nice thing about normals is that they are so variable.

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Originally Posted by JAMills

Here is daddy
http://jamillsreptiles.com/images/NM-FATHER-2.jpg

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thats what my Dinker looks like.
shes a CH female, about 1300 grams, so hopefully, next year ill breed her with my Blonde pastel.
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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

The nice thing about normals is that they are so variable.

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My thought exatly... all the snakes in this thread are beautiful, no doubt. But to be honest, they all look somewhat 'normal' to me :O

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

My thought exatly... all the snakes in this thread are beautiful, no doubt. But to be honest, they all look somewhat 'normal' to me :O

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Agreed. I don't mess with dinkers myself. I would rather spend money and time on genetics that i know will produce offspring with the same genetics.

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

My thought exatly... all the snakes in this thread are beautiful, no doubt. But to be honest, they all look somewhat 'normal' to me :O

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thats why they are dinker.
normal looking-ish.

yellowbellys, fires, are all semi normal looking.
there are many normal looking balls, but thats why they are dinkers

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

Agreed. I don't mess with dinkers myself. I would rather spend money and time on genetics that i know will produce offspring with the same genetics.

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As do most of us with Dinkers. Dinkers are just a little extra fun on the side so to speak. I would probably never over run my collection with dinkers there are too many proven morphs that I have or want to work with. But if something catches my eye with an inexpensive "Normal" then why not get it and play around, you might end up with something crazy in the end.

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

My thought exatly... all the snakes in this thread are beautiful, no doubt. But to be honest, they all look somewhat 'normal' to me :O

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And that's the beauty of it. They ARE normal until proven otherwise, and if they don't prove otherwise? It's no big deal because you started out with normals to begin with... It's like playing the lottery.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

Agreed. I don't mess with dinkers myself. I would rather spend money and time on genetics that i know will produce offspring with the same genetics.

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That's boring. I've got plenty of projects that I'm breeding with proven genetics and have produced some nice morphs. But to me it's more fun messing around with the unknown and trying to produce a look that nobody else has seen yet. A look that's all your own.

There's nothing wrong with doing it both ways, the least that can happen is that you'll produce some more normals and whats wrong with that?

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

The nice thing about normals is that they are so variable.

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

My thought exatly... all the snakes in this thread are beautiful, no doubt. But to be honest, they all look somewhat 'normal' to me :O

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I agree that normals can and do exhibit a tremendous degree of variance. We have a good many morphs in our collection now, but I still enjoy the diversity displayed by our normals.

I understand not everyone is interested in making the investment of time and energy necessary to work with an unproven animal, especially when the end result of years of effort may be that the animal is just a normal.

I am thankful there are some breeders willing to take a chance on some of these "normals", as there are several morphs we now enjoy that are the fruits of those efforts.

Here's a couple of pics of a proven morph that IMO looks more normal than many of the animals pictured in this thread. I wonder how many times Vin Russo heard "it's just a normal", when he started that project. Heck, he probably still hears it, 'cause you know, it really does look like a "normal".

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...e/P1000184.JPG

http://photos.imageevent.com/corners...e/P1000188.JPG

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Originally Posted by Louis Kirkland

I am thankful there are some breeders willing to take a chance on some of these "normals", as there are several morphs we now enjoy that are the fruits of those efforts.

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Very good point :gj: