Do dinker projects really pay off?

I know that most of us have a few dinker projects that we have hidden away in hopes of something really cool hatching out. Myself included.

Let me start by saying that 5 years ago, I traded two spotted pythons for two female ball pythons from a guy in Florida. I was sure that they were CH babies but I was willing to take the risk. One died a short time after I received them; didn't want to eat. The other fed and grew but stopped around 900 grams. I finally got her to start feeding again and got her to size to breed this past season. I had my suspicions as to what she was so I paired her with a nice 100% het pied male from 8ballpythons (thanks Adam!) Well, has the clutch started to hatch, I was very amazed. :O

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7070008.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7070007.jpg

She was exactly what I thought she was; a het pied! :banana::banana:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7100010.jpg

I didn't get just one but two pieds!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7100011.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7100012.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7100013.jpg

Here are a few post shed pics of the clutch.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7200015.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7200014.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...3/P7200016.jpg

The flip side of this is that the whole clutch was all males. :tears:

Wow great call on that one. :gj: :D

Aww,

Sorry for the sausage fest - but on the upside they are stunning sausages. :D

I really like the pattern with the head and neck on the two pieds. :banana: :banana: :banana:

Do you have more dinkers waiting in the wings as well?


dr del

wow luuuuckkyy!

Now that is just awesome, congrats.

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Originally Posted by dr del

Aww,

Sorry for the sausage fest - but on the upside they are stunning sausages. :D

I really like the pattern with the head and neck on the two pieds. :banana: :banana: :banana:

Do you have more dinkers waiting in the wings as well?


dr del

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Oh, I have a few. :D

Yeah, I am pretty happy about these sausages as well.

Nice! Congrats on proving out that Het!
I had a dinker project where I thought I could produce SuperStripes! This female looked similar to YBs and consistently threw banded type babies that reminded me of Spectors... I even bought a Pastel Ivory to hopefully produce Pastel SuperStripes! Well she definitely proved me wrong!:( I now will try and see if there is some kinda Super and I call it the Failure project!:D Lets hope for a Super Failure!:P

Hell yeah! Congratulations!!!!

Congrats dude!! Stopping eating at 900 grams should have been a sure sign that she was a het Pied. Both my het girls stopped eating at 900 grams and that isn't the first time I've heard the same thing. 2 Pieds..Wicked!

That's crazy, man! Congrats.....and you one smart cookie.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Congrats dude!! Stopping eating at 900 grams should have been a sure sign that she was a het Pied. Both my het girls stopped eating at 900 grams and that isn't the first time I've heard the same thing. 2 Pieds..Wicked!

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wwooooooow....I have never heard of that. And I have a het pied who stopped eating when she was at 900 grams, but then started back up a few months later. Crazy!

Congrats MPenn! Bet you had a smile ear-to-ear when you sliced open those eggs. :)

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

wwooooooow....I have never heard of that. And I have a het pied who stopped eating when she was at 900 grams, but then started back up a few months later. Crazy!

Congrats MPenn! Bet you had a smile ear-to-ear when you sliced open those eggs. :)

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I've heard it happen to a bunch of people. Damn the Pieds!

Woooooow Congrats Bro.

Got to love the dinkers!!! Congrats!

I know you you feel. :) Seriously :)

Justin

Wow congrats!

wow that look really nice ! congrats !

That's awesome, Mike!! And they're stunning little pieds, too! Even if they do have boy kooties! :D

That's really great. Knowing what to look for can really pay off sometimes. Very nice pieds too.

So did you figure she was het due to her markers? Pics please I want to see this girl! Congrats by the way. That is just awesome.:O

Those are two really nice pieds, congrats!

congrats! can we see some pictures of your dinker (now proven het pied)??? show us what led you to believe she was het pied!

well, since ur so disappointed with the sex results, i'm more than willing to sacrafice some space in my room to keep them :D

they looks awesome :gj:

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Congrats dude!! Stopping eating at 900 grams should have been a sure sign that she was a het Pied. Both my het girls stopped eating at 900 grams and that isn't the first time I've heard the same thing. 2 Pieds..Wicked!

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Yeah, that should have been a definite tip-off! LOL! I have known several people that it has happened to as well. It seems that it is the het pieds and the one female that you really, really want to breed that season. :rolleye2:
Thanks J-Man!

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

wwooooooow....I have never heard of that. And I have a het pied who stopped eating when she was at 900 grams, but then started back up a few months later. Crazy!

Congrats MPenn! Bet you had a smile ear-to-ear when you sliced open those eggs. :)

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I actually had another clutch that I couldn't wait to hatch but I expected the results from that one. This one just blew my mind!

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Got to love the dinkers!!! Congrats!

I know you you feel. :) Seriously :)

Justin

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Yeah, when I cut the eggs and realized what I had, your project last year was the first thing that popped into my mind. Kinda wishing that I had stuck my pastel poss. het pied with her now. But, I know who her boyfriend will be this coming season! :D

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That's really great. Knowing what to look for can really pay off sometimes. Very nice pieds too.

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Thanks Mark. It does help, doesn't it?

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Originally Posted by twistedtails

So did you figure she was het due to her markers? Pics please I want to see this girl! Congrats by the way. That is just awesome.:O

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Yes, she had the ever elusive het pied markers on her. As we all know, some definite hets do not have them but some non-hets do, so it was a gamble.

Awesome! That's great to hear. Hatching out cool stuff from "normals".

IT's always worht keeping your eyes peeled when dealing with CH animals... and dinkers are always worth a shot! ;)

Congrats!

We have two CH females we're very hopeful are het pieds (one actually has stronger markings than our 100% het pied female), and dinkers are always worth it, even if they don't prove out you still end up with neat looking normals :)

Het pied? find out next year. (she stopped eating this year at around 850G as it happens :rofl:

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/Somanya4.jpg


What if dinkers don't prove genetic? Well, who cares? This girl may prove genetic (she's 1200-1300G right now) but if not she's still one fo the prettiest normals you'll ever see, and that has to count for something in co-dom breedings at least!

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...yals/Afife.jpg

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...als/Afife7.jpg


As for people who think dinking is a waste of time, thats fine, leave it to those of us who don't ;)

That's awesome! I hope I can have some luck like that in the future!

wow!!!

HOW DID I MISS THIS!?!?!?! :O

Huge congrats on those fellas Mike!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

You totally deserve that Lotto win my friend! :hug:

Big Congrats on that one!

Congrats Michael. What an awesome story. Those Pieds are definitely hot. Good luck on the rest of your season.

Nice!! Congrats on the pieds!!

Thats awesome! Dinker projects are like a box of chocolates... I had to.

thats awesome

OMG congrats on that one!!!!! Do you have a picture of the female?