Quote Originally Posted by Serpent_Nirvana View Post
Hmm, interesting.

It's too bad you can't trace the source to the breeder to find out if he was born that dark, or if he underwent a color change at some point. To me, he doesn't really have that Dirty Joe/IMG/"presto-chango snake" look to him, but I've seen it happen with my own animals enough times now to question if there's a metabolic (and not genetic) cause whenever I see an especially light or dark animal.

Otherwise if you don't get something neat in the first generation, I would think your best bet would be to breed back his female offspring to him to see if it could potentially be a recessive hypermelanism overlaying the cinnamon trait. He does kinda remind me a bit of this type of hypermel, though, which evidently hasn't proven genetic:

http://ralphdavisreptiles.com/collec...all_python.asp

Doesn't hurt to try, though!
I know what you mean about tracing his parents and the original breeder, From what I've been told is he was like that when he was a hatchling and he just keeps getting darker and darker he's head resembles a super cinny.

I'm hoping he does prove to be genetic I have had alot of input with him already about what he could be some even think he isn't a cinny and something else.

Quote Originally Posted by loonunit View Post
Normal and a mojave. I want to see if he's genetic, and I want to see how he plays with a mojo--if there's sable in there, for example, it'll pop out with the mojave.
Cheers Loon

I'll get him to a normal once he's home ( He is currently at a friends until I can pick him up ) and quarrentined, I will get him to a Mojo when my female is up to weight I will see if I can buy a YB and Cinny female and another Mojave