Snakes and Stones Pr. 2

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #594

BP = Het Gravel or Yellow Belly (Yellow Belly - with a stuck eyecap)
Stone = Tiger Eye from South Africa

Breeders Note: It seems I'm going to have a record number of holdbacks this year due to my axanthic project wildly missing statistical odds.
I'm at 100% capacity in my collection (which is a first).
I'm going to have to sell some of my female breeders to make space.

[Bogertophis]

You have my sympathy...when I bred some snakes years ago, I had a very hard time saying no to "holdbacks", & it wasn't even a matter of special genetics, lol. It's amazing how fast one's house can shrink, as does one's available time & energy.

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #595

BP = Het Gravel or Yellow Belly (Gravel)
Stone = Agate, (West USA)

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #596

BP = 66% Het Clown/66% Het VPI Axanthic
Stone = Thunderegg (USA)

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #597

BP = Spider/Enchi/Het Albino/Het YB or Gravel
It is interesting that the combo produced a darkening effect up the sides of the snake.
All of my offspring with this this particular genetic combo have these markings.
Stone = Montana Agate

[Homebody]

Photo #597

I love the combination of the bright dorsal strip and pattern with the almost patternless brown sides. So pretty. So unusual.

[Lord Sorril]

I love the combination of the bright dorsal strip and pattern with the almost patternless brown sides. So pretty. So unusual.

Thanks!

I think it is an interaction between Spider, Het Albino, and Het YB or Gravel.
If you take out the Enchi, you still get the same effect, but not as 'clean':

Photo #598

Stone = Desert Jasper (from the Mid-West USA).

[Lord Sorril]

Photo #599

BP = Orange Ghost/Het VPI Axanthic



Not too many Orange Ghost ball pythons these days on MM....

Fun fact: My first Pastel ball python was a Het for Orange Ghost. I remember I didn't really care at the time, but it seems like the morph has grown into obscurity over time.

[Homebody]

That puts you on the favorable side of the law of supply and demand. I imagine that's a rare occurrence these days for a ball python breeder.

[mlededee]

I really like a nice orange ghost. It was the second BP morph I ever owned (a good while ago!).

I guess other morphs outshine it now. But I do still like it by itself and in various combos.