Not a spider. Hands down. No argument here. Why people are calling it a spider, I will never know. NONE of the spider markers are there. Wrong color, wrong pattern, wrong head.
Now if we are talking about it being a COMBO then maybe the spider gene are in there. Nothing I've seen can mess with the spider gene like the black head gene. Usually the spider gene in 2 gene animals, beats the pattern of the snake into submission. No questioning the spider gene being present. The black head seems to almost erase the spider gene. So maybe the "normal" is a black head/black headish morph.
In this particular case I think the "normal" parent to this snake needs to be shown. That's the only way we can bring this moot argument to a close. Please post a pic of the "normal" parent. Until that is posted, this snake is not a spider or spider combo.
Lastly, when did we start calling "dinkers" morphs BEFORE they were proven. At the very VERY least (yes even major leagues "spider" combos) its a normal until it pops out a baby spider when this was the only snake in the pairing with the spider gene present. When breeders start guessing what's in combos and selling them, we start getting into scams and lying. That's not something we need in this or any other hobby. Come on people have some integrity.
That is all.
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