Paradox Purple passion

[SteelCity905]

I was lucky enough to hatch out 3 of these amazing little snakes. One of my favorite combos. Turned out to be 1.2, might just have to keep them all





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[ElliotNess]

Gorgeous.... love the contrast...

[BumbleB]

Love them all but that paradox is really cool looking

[wendhend]

Cool! Isn't hatching a paradox a fun surprise?

[SteelCity905]

Cool! Isn't hatching a paradox a fun surprise?

Yes, it is very exciting. My first paradox. He's a keeper


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[ZillaBalls]

How do you get a paradox?

[colton62]

One out there possibility is called chimeraism. Basically two separate fertilized eggs fuse together to make one offspring, sort of the opposite of identical twins. Parts of the animal are from one of the eggs and other parts from the other egg. No telling which is responsible for the reproductive tract.

Chimeraism has recently been recognized to happen with humans after investigating apparently impossible paternity/maternity tests but it's unclear how common it is. If it happened with normal ball pythons or even in clutches that could only produce the same mutation you wouldn't notice it. It's only when a clutch could produce more than one type that you have the chance for say a mutant and a normal to fuse. I've not yet heard of one of these paradox albinos coming from a clutch that couldn't have produced both normals and albinos to disprove the theory but that's not saying much as few albino X albino breedings are done and most do involve hets.

Even if chimeraism is responsible for some of the paradox animals there could be other causes seen too.


This is what I pulled up from a previous thread. Anyways beautiful animals.

[Tigerhawk]

They all look great. I would be tempted to keep them all.

[Dakonic]

Absolutely gorgeous little one! I bet that little guy/gal will be even more stunning as an adult.

[Leidig]

Absolutely beautiful. Such an awesome surprise to see hatch out.