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ball morp?

edtsc Jul 29, 2007 08:03 PM

is this any type or just normal?

Replies (2)

Brian Oakley Jul 29, 2007 08:17 PM

I think it is a normal. With that said there is more to 'morphs' than just what we see here. First of all, can you dulicate it by breeding it? Second, what would happen if you bred it to it's sibling? Would you get anything that is not 'normal' and then can it de duplicated again.
See it takes some time to call something a morph.
Even if you bred this to another ball and came up with a green snake with purple stripes, is it then a morph? I say no. I would call it a freak until you can do the same thing again with another breeding and then also by breeding it to other snakes of different bloodline.
Just a different way of looking at the same question we always read.
I do wish you good luck with it. I do like the coloration at the bottom of each pattern.
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Brian Oakley
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reptilicus81 Jul 30, 2007 01:09 PM

I wish we could sticky your response! A morph is genetic...aka you can't determine anything until it has be proven!
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Amy
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