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    Need help with axanthic I.D.

    I purchased this female from someone online that said she was axanthic but didn't have any paper work to prove she was or which line she was from. I got her for $200 shipped, so I thought I would try to prove her as an axanthic. The problem is, if she is axanthic I don't know the line.

    Would anyone be able to tell by the pictures if she was axanthic?

    She looks like TSK axanthic to me but I'm kind of at a loss. My plan is to breed one of her sons back to her. I also have a het male VPI I could try.

    Here she is in front of and next to a normal BP.









    Here she is with a pastel and a different normal BP.

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    Re: Need help with axanthic I.D.

    That's a toughy, since some axanthics brown out as they age, but she looks a little too normal to be an axanthic in those pics.

    Nothing to really do but breed her to find out for sure, but I doubt she is from those pictures.

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    Re: Need help with axanthic I.D.

    That looks like a normal to me. A darker normal but a normal none the less. And a $200 price tag on an axanthinc seems waaaay low too.
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    Re: Need help with axanthic I.D.

    are you sure the seller didn't say she was het for axanthic because the snake in your photos looks to be a normal to me. I must add that I don't own any axanthic's but have seen many of them both as hatchlings and adults.
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    Re: Need help with axanthic I.D.

    Looks like a normal but Axanthics are hard to photograph anyway..

    Heres a 500 gram male next to a normal
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    Re: Need help with axanthic I.D.

    No, he said he was sold to him as an axanthinc, not a het. The price was so low because he didn't have any proof of her genetics. If she is, she is not a good quality axanthic. If she is not, at least I have a great normal female, and soon, het vpi axanthics.
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    Re: Need help with axanthic I.D.

    Also, she is a big girl and older.

    Does any one have pics of older, TSK line axanthics?
    ~Jessica~

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    Re: Need help with axanthic I.D.

    I agree with the majority, that looks like a normal to me .

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    Re: Need help with axanthic I.D.

    IMO line isn't a very good indication of looks. I have seen great VPIs and great SKs....and poor versions of boths (kind of like graziani pastels and lemon pastels)

    Here's an adult female SK
    YouTube - Adult SK Axanthic Female "Soolie"

    Hope that helps

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    Also, she is a big girl and older.

    Does any one have pics of older, TSK line axanthics?
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    Re: Need help with axanthic I.D.

    looks normal to me
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