New Pics of TheMike

[wolfy-hound]

He's not growing super fast, but he's finally started to really eat so I can feed him every 5-7 days. His color is super bright, with some shading along his back. By his parents, he's not supposed to be a super pastel, so I dunno. But he's something very cool at any rate and perhaps by breeding time, he'll breed a couple girls to help solve the mystery.





And a belly shot



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Okay, I give up on the stupid belly shot, I've tried all four links.

[h00blah]

Weird, from the ipad, I can only see the belly shot :/

Looks so good! Wish I could see the whole snake

[wwmjkd]

this was the mystery snake from one of mike cavanaugh's clutches, correct? what was the original pairing again? looks fairly close to a firefly, but as I recall that wasn't really in the offing from the parents' genetics.

[wolfy-hound]

The original pairing had several males presented to a female. I'd have to go look up what was what, because I don't want to misquote. Short was that nothing should have made "this". The female was a slightly funky female, from what I was told, but he sold her off, so he no longer had her around.

[wolfy-hound]

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...-your-daddy-is

Female was a pastel and was paired with cinny, spider and pastel... so super pastel could be a possibility, but it doesn't look like "just" a super pastel either. The brightness of the yellow is incredible. The possible males all looked fairly normal for their morphs, the mom looked exceptionally bright as a hatchling but looks like a regular adult pastel.

I'm thinking I will pair him with a normal to see what he throws. That would help know if this is a super pastel or pastel + something, or ??? I may have a pastel female to breed him with, but I'm very limited in females other than normals.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

He is getting big! Can't wait to see what he makes. You really can't appreciate how crazy the color on this snake is without seeing it in person.