Well starting to think ahead to next year's purchase and Mike's getting really interested in hypo's (thanks to Adam's raving about them LOL).

So of course I've done a ton of research online and saved a LOT of links and have come up with my usual tons of questions for you all (apologies as always for my unendingly inquisitive mind).

First off, is it proper to call them Hypos or Ghosts....seems to be they are called both on different sites.

Secondly, there seems to be Green, Orange, Yellow, Butterscotch, Blonde and White (Desert) Hypo's. Have I missed any? Or are some of those names just different names for the same morph?

Next and very confusing to me. Are some lines or colors of hypo's not able to breed "true" with other lines/colors? Seems I read on the NERD site about that and the breeding only produced normals instead of the desired recessive trait being expressed.

I have seen Hypo's referred to as a must have, "foundation" type morph (much as pastels are and one of the reasons we are purchasing our pastel from Adam). Is this because the hypo crosses so well into other morphs, for example the Hypo Mojave, the Pastel Ghost, etc.?

Is it correct to say that the breeding of a Hypo into another morph lightens or "blurs" the color/pattern somewhat?

Do all hypo's have a clear shed and is this an identifier for this morph?

What in heck is a "True Ghost"?????

If you had to choose only one hypo to start with...which one would you choose? I know this is partly based on what each person would find personally appealing but I'm thinking more from the investing for future breeding projects down the road thing.

As always, thanks and apologies for my book length posts You can all gang up and beat me with a frozen rat if you feel you must but please remember this is all Mike's fault for buying me my first ball python for Mother's Day! LOL



~~Jo~~