Quote Originally Posted by Russ Lawson View Post
Eh, to me it looks like a normal burm's head, especially in the close up shots. I don't see any resemblance to the hybrid whatsoever. Also, the pattern looks more like broken up burm pattern than burmball. I find it more than likely the animal is 100% burm, especially considering where it is from. Doesn't seem like there is much to debate to me from what I was reading on that forum either.
I agree it makes more sense it isn't a hybrid. Balls definitely aren't native to Taiwan or Thailand(don't remember which), so that means someone would have had to breed for it. You don't accidentally breed for a pied burmball. Also I find it hard to believe that if he bought it from someone, and dust produce him it self, that they would sell it as anything other than what it actually was. Also there is a snowball's chance in hell that it is a wild caught pied burmball. My guess is it is a pied burm, that he a) hasn't breed b) hasn't had any success with breeding or c) hasn't been able to prove out.

Does anyone know if it's male or female? Could be a big reason why we don't have any.

I guess it's also possible that all of the offspring, if he tried to breed it, that all of the viable offspring were of the same sex as the piedburm.