i have seen people buy a normal and dye it with kool-aid then try to sell it as a new morph, not good for the hobby, I have gotten lucky with what i have, and i know there was one other on here that got like an awesome start, truth is you can't see whats not there.
Are you being serious?
12-21-2011, 04:08 PM
Homegrownscales
I've heard of the kool aid staining with Leo's but not with ball pythons.
Either way that's a gorgeous php there! Good luck proving him out.
If the dying things is true. That is terrible. People are sumbags.
12-22-2011, 11:50 AM
varnoid
ohh he is a nice banded ball ! thank you everyone !
12-22-2011, 12:25 PM
Egapal
Re: what can this be !
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Originally Posted by varnoid
ohh he is a nice banded ball ! thank you everyone !
No no. Its a normal ball python that has some banding to its pattern. If you look at NERD's morph page the BP they have as normal also has some banding. The normal ball python pattern has a lot of variation normally.
No no. Its a normal ball python that has some banding to its pattern. If you look at NERD's morph page the BP they have as normal also has some banding. The normal ball python pattern has a lot of variation normally.
ohhhhh ok so its just a normal with a pretty pattern ? right ?
12-22-2011, 12:35 PM
WingedWolfPsion
Yes. The banded pattern, or the striped pattern, and reduced pattern, can be heritable, but it's not a specific mutation. It can be selectively bred for.
12-22-2011, 01:14 PM
Homegrownscales
Yes people are essentially dying animals now. Like I said earlier I ran across that in a Leo forum. Another breeder had actually seen it at a show. There were some extremely odd brightly colored Leo's and he had asked what morph they were and the breeder proclaimed the "kool aid morph". I think it wouldn't be as easy with bps. Most normals are passed off by scammers as the more variable morphs like "Spector, yb, het reds etc" To try and dye a normal bp with kool aid just wouldn't work very well bc of the dark back ground. It's easier w Leo's bc even normal Leo's or shtct have a lighter background that ultimately accepts the kool aid better.
