Question about axanthic genetics

[Collins2602]

I have an "axanthic" that I consider to be sub-standard. IMO, the best and only axanthics worth breeding come from VPI because they are the only line that doesn't tend to brown out. So my question is this: if I bred my sub-standard axanthic that is "browned-out," will I either (a) pollute the genetics of the VPI I intend to breed, or (b) does my sub-standard axanthic have the genetic capability to produce axanthics that don't brown out? I'm sorry if I offended anyone, but I'm just trying to breed axanthics that won't brown out, and most axanthics that don't come from VPI line tend to do just that. So forgive me

[Adam_Wysocki]

Depends. What "line" is your axanthic?

-adam

[muddoc]

The biggest question, that I don't see the answer to is, Is your sub-standard Axabthic of the VPI Line? If it is not, then you will hatch Double Hets for both strains. No lines of Axanthics to the best of my knowledge have proven compatible. I know that some say that D&M line and Snakekeeper line are compatible, but I have never been able to find anybody that has the specifics on the breeding that proved that.

[Collins2602]

I don't know what line. The guy that sold the snake to us was kind of an idiot, and we couldn't get very many answers out of him

ok, say we didn't want to breed this axanthic to another axanthic to produce straight-up axanthics, but instead wanted to produce, uh...axanthic pastels, or axanthic killer bees or whatever the latest morphs are that you use axanthics to produce. Would the end result turn out to not "pop" as much as it would were it to come from a VPI axanthic?

[Adam_Wysocki]

If the guy that sold it to you was an idiot, how do you know it's an axanthic?

Idiot guy selling a brown "axanthic" that doesn't have a whole lot of answers ... sorry, but my money is on "normal".

-adam

[cassandra]

... sorry, but my money is on "normal".

My money is on the fact that you wear girls clothes in your "alone" time and it's "normal" for you.

[joepythons]

My money is on the fact that you wear girls clothes in your "alone" time and it's "normal" for you.

O my way to much info here .I would like to see a pic of this axanthic you have.In my experiance if the person selling you a snake is a idiot answering questions the you just might have a everyday normal ball python that you paid to much for.Adam the cross dresser .Whats next .

[Collins2602]

First of all, he didn't sell it to us as an axanthic. We didn't even recognize it as an axanthic until after it had shed. (He was in blue when we bought him) We noticed he didn't have any yellow at all on his sides and we were very skeptical at first as well. Then we looked at a normal side by side with him and realized what we had stumbled on. The pic below is of him (the axanthic) with a normal.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f7...s/DSC00335.jpg

And this pic is of the Axanthic, a Normal, and a Pastel:

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f7...s/DSC00316.jpg

[JLC]

I know pictures don't ever do justice to the true colors of an axanthic. And I'm not an "expert" by any means. But to my eye, that looks like a very typical variation of "normal" colors.

[Adam_Wysocki]

Too "tan" to be an axanthic ... even adult axanthics that brown out are much much darker than that ... looks like a nice cream colored normal .... that's the really cool thing about ball pythons, even the normal or "wild types" are extremely variable and beautiful all on their own.

Here's a picture of an adult axanthic male breeding a normal appearing female for reference.



-adam