Assuming that Yellow-bellies and Fires are different (and I think they are), has anyone crossed them yet?



My hundreds of hours of 2001-2003 cherry-picking is finally coming to payoff time...the tough part of cherry picking is that you never know what you have (or IF you have anything special at all). When I started looking for blushing backs, faded heads, and washed out side patterns, I had never even heard of the YELLOW BELLY, or the FIRE. Luckily, no one else had either!



Since we keep hearing more and more about the yellow bellies and the fires, I've started recognizing that I have compiled a pretty good collection of possible yellow bellies and fire ball pythons. The first two that I got were juvenile possible yellow bellies. Was hoping I could breed them together, but the male suffered a chemical burn (an accident by my son) and his breeding career may never happen.



The other male I have looks a lot more like a fire. I hadn't gotten any plugs from him when I put him in with the female possible YB (more for convenience through the winter than for breeding) back in November. I never even set up an incubator for them, figuring I wouldn't be seeing anything this year.



Surprisingly, I got eggs. I freaked out! The good folks at LLL probably thought I was out of my gourd as I smoked half a pack of camels waiting for them to open. It looks like I have 3 good eggs out of the bunch.



So, here's my question: IF I have a YB and a fire, what can I expect to see? Obviously, IF they are what I think they are, I might see YB's or fire's, but is there a combination of these that's been discovered yet? Might I hatch something new? Does anyone know what's been going on lately with these morphs?



Last, but not least, I'm not here for abuse. So if you don't have constructive advice, zip it.

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