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Horridus
at Thu Jul 12 10:21:56 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Horridus ]
There's nothing about that animal or the other two, that should lead you to believe it's anything but one of the many, many, thousands of completely normal Ball Pythons that are imported from Africa each year. You should be pleased you have a few beautiful normal ball pythons. If you want a morph, I suggest purchasing a Pastel male. The orange coloration on that snake will fade in adulthood. The blackbacked appearance of the other one could prove to be heritable...but you are way ahead of yourself as many of them do not. And I don't see anything about the "spotted" one that says anything but normal. I went through 2000 Balls straight out of the crates this year and I found ONE animal that I think MAY be something.....but until proven otherwise by a sucessful F2 breeding IT IS A NORMAL. While there are some animals brought in each year that will prove to be heritable, almost all of them are picked out by people who are specifically looking for animals with "markers" or traits that have proven in the past to be an indicator of some potential for incomplete dominant traits. I also suggest buying Dave and Tracy Barkers, or Kevin McCurley's book. And doing alot more research using tools other than the internet to learn what you are doing before you "market" anything. And believe me, I am very surprised that someone hasn't treated you more harshly, you came here and posted animals that are well within the normal bounderies for a variable species, and are talking about "marketing" them. What's wrong with just keeping them, perhaps breeding them, learning about the species? If you are sucessful....you won't have to "market" anything. Your animals will sell themselves....And as to what you've seen advertised....they are in many cases just as normal as these animals are.
There are hundreds of striped and partially striped animals that are bred each year that do not produce striped animals....so far Pro Exotics has found one lineage that is heritable....those are NOT good odds.
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RE: No, not kidding - Horridus, Thu Jul 12 10:21:56 2007