"Trace patterns" & "Morph sibling" advertisements

[simplechamp]

I've seen advertisements where the seller proclaims a normal BP to have "trace patterns" or "trace colors" from the morph parents, even though it was one of the normals from the clutch. Also, advertising snakes as "Spider sibling" or "Mojave sibling" etc. For example, "This normal spider sibling BP shows some nice trace patterns from it's Spider parents" was one I've seen before.

I don't get it. Isn't a spider sibling normal still a plain old normal? Doesn't the snake either get the mutated morph gene or not? Is this so they can try to tack a few extra bucks onto the price?

I can't see anything wrong with putting "morph sibling" if it's true, but if the animal is truly a normal why would anyone care? And as far as "trace" patterns and colors, I don't see how than can be true.

[mooingtricycle]

some people like to know.

Otherwise, i just see it as an advertising gimmick, sort of thing. Makes them sound a little better... you know?

[Brandon Osborne]

A normal, is a normal, is a normal. Sometimes breeders add those tags to show they were not imports. Other than that, they are just normals.

[RoyalGuardian]

Is a spider sib just a plain old normal? Heck no! They are really cool if they have some nifty markings!

This is my Spider sibling girl Calypso!!




I find most siblings are much more interesting than actual normals but then again I think that I have the most beautiful spider sibling around >_<

[Royal Morphz]

it's a word game like a store selling "classic" Texan chili it's just regular chili but doesn't it sound better when it's classic Texan LOL just a word game

[simplechamp]

Is a spider sib just a plain old normal? Heck no! They are really cool if they have some nifty markings!

This is my Spider sibling girl Calypso!!

I find most siblings are much more interesting than actual normals but then again I think that I have the most beautiful spider sibling around >_<

If you don't mind me asking, how much was she? Were you willing to pay extra because she is a spider sibling?

Also, if you were shown 20 BPs, and 5 were "morph siblings", the other 15 from normal parents, do you think you could tell which ones were from the morphs?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Is a spider sib just a plain old normal? Heck no! They are really cool if they have some nifty markings!

A normal is a normal, they come with different markings and colors whether or not they are sibling to a morph.

[Somed00d]

It doesn't hurt to know. I wouldn't pay any extra for a morph sibling.

[bigballs]

a morph sibling may look nice but thats for the buyer to decide not the seller whose advertising a morph sibling as something special. i will agree that some morph siblings do look nice but so do some plain old non morph siblings. in the end they are all normals and all beautiful.

[Somed00d]

many normal bp's these days are morph siblings anyhow..