whats the diffrence

[BPelizabeth]

i did some research and i agree with you. the butters have more color in the pics i have seen. i think i know what to look for. i want a butter but now i wanna get both and a mojo.

lol....yea I know what you mean...I want one thing....and then 2 1/2 minutes later I also want.........and so on and so on!!

I think I am on wallet time out right now until after the holidays are over though...

[rabernet]

Here's my Lesser - I don't think there's anything about him that is duller, muted, less bright or less color than any butter I've seen:





Like BG and pfan151 said (and my lesser came from pfan151, btw), buy what appeals to you, and don't worry about whether it's a lesser or a butter.

I'll put my lesser up against any butter, any day and say he's just as bright and colorful as they are. I can't wait to see how my boy matures, especially since they get lighter as they mature.

[BPelizabeth]

That is a beautiful lesser!!!

Personally I think you see more variances in these two morphs than allot of others. And I probably should have used the word "softer" instead of muted. No put down to those that have lessers!!! Hope I did not come accross like that!

Some seem to turn almost like a greenish....some have their brown stay very chocolate and there yellow stay light like Rabernet (sorry I think I just butchered your name).

As others have said....look around. They really do the same thing and are very very very similar. My original choice was a lesser...that is what I was set on getting. I went to a show...(knew my breeder had a butter) but was not committing to anything. I looked around...saw two lessers and two butters. I liked this paticular butter over the lessers that were available.

I can only hope that she will hold true to her coloring...and not wash out more as she gets older. We will see!!

[JMartin]

I've got one for you guys....

If you breed a lesser x butter will you get a super that will produce all of the same snake when bred to a normal?

Or will you have a butter x lesser cross that is not a super, just a double mutation that has the chance of producing normals when bred to a normal?

[J.Vandegrift]

I've got one for you guys....

If you breed a lesser x butter will you get a super that will produce all of the same snake when bred to a normal?

Or will you have a butter x lesser cross that is not a super, just a double mutation that has the chance of producing normals when bred to a normal?

Lesser x butter does produce a super because they are the same exact morph. There would be no way to tell apart a lesser x butters supers babies when bred to a normal.

[chago11]

wow that is a nice lesser. i guess i will look next show and pick what i like the most.

[het.pied]

in the ball pythons book from vpi they show the comparison of the two!

[J.Vandegrift]

in the ball pythons book from vpi they show the comparison of the two!

That book was written quite a while ago now. More is known about lessers/butters now than when the book was written. Bottom line is that they are a very variable morph. I could take a comparison pic of two babies from the same clutch and they could look quite different.

[sheffernan13]

Here is a pic of my baby butter!!






Sorry I don't have any lesser pics! However to me...and mind you...I have not been doing this very long...I think Lessers are a little bit more subtle in color....a bit more muted. Samantha just had her first shed with us and I swear I think she got brighter in color. Her blushing to me is quite amazing.

This is a picture of my male Lesser and it just goes to show that there is really no difference it is more just a different name

[Mike Schultz]

It's like asking the difference between a phantom and a mystic...