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so i had the wc yellow belly you all say is a normal when i bought him i also bought a im[port ghost this guy is by no means a normal he always looks in shead but do you think its a ghost? this guy has not produced any eggs yet he has locked up but she never laid any eggs

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reed at www.ReedsDragons.com & www.KillerEnclosures.com

That is no Ghost. Looks like you got a bunch of normals man.

Need more pics of the "Ghost." Closer pics, but from here, does not look like a Ghost....

Could you post a better pic? It does not look like a ghost to me, but it's tough to tell much from that pic.

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John Vandegrift

here is a pic of some of my adult hypo/ghost balls for you

I have a male WC Ghost I purchased from Jon Dvoretz. He is a beauty but I have not gotten him to breed yet to prove him. He is a little "squirrely" as some WCs are. Until I prove him, I don't consider him a Ghost. Here's a picture of my proven Ghost male breeder. IMO much more attractive!

Susan
SSNAKES

Yea bro I dont think its a ghost sorry





Here are some different pics of different ghost girls I have hope it helps.
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Damian Macioce
www.strongholdreptiles.com

here is an adult female ghost shed, below a very large normal female shed. not the lack of pattern in the hypo (ghost) shed.
hope this helps.

np

Thanks for posting this pic .
Toni

I could never really figure out what you all were talking about in lack of pattern on sheds.. Thanks for that picture!
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This is courage.. to bear unflinching what heaven sends. -unknown

0.2 chocolate lab Harley and basset Capone
0.1 leopard gecko (Nacho)
1.0 Normal ball (Arwen)

youre welcome. and here are some pics of the girl who dunnit. in my opinion, a ghost should look nowhere near what a normal does. there are good hypos, and bad hypos just like with pastels and other morphs, quality parents produce outstanding offspring.

>>youre welcome. and here are some pics of the girl who dunnit. in my opinion, a ghost should look nowhere near what a normal does. there are good hypos, and bad hypos just like with pastels and other morphs, quality parents produce outstanding offspring.
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what is the differance in a hypo and a ghost? i see everyone say ghost then say (hypo) my wc "ghost" i would guess is a low quality hypo or ghost or what you wanna call it. it has the clear shead (a couple times i noticed one patch of patern but normaly it looks clear) and it always looks like its in shead like all teh pictures i see the only differance is all the ones that i see pictures of are alot more intnce. is this due to the line breeding?
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reed at www.ReedsDragons.com & www.KillerEnclosures.com

Hypo and ghost are the same thing -- if there is any pattern on the shed at any time it definitely is not a hypo -- there are snakes that will shed clear occasionally -- lighter colored ones the pattern will be harder to see -- hold it up to the light it's still there. If you see pattern it's not a hypo but a really neat dinker snake.
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Tosha
JET Pythons
Toshas Blog

>>Hypo and ghost are the same thing -- if there is any pattern on the shed at any time it definitely is not a hypo -- there are snakes that will shed clear occasionally -- lighter colored ones the pattern will be harder to see -- hold it up to the light it's still there. If you see pattern it's not a hypo but a really neat dinker snake.
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i will have to check it again next time he sheds. i have held it up to light before and it was clear the spot i seen could have been dirt from the cypress or something its been a long time since i spread out the shed and looked but yea he is noticably differant. i just hope this year i get some babys he has never had any and i dont know why. 07 he had 1 girl then 08 2 now he is back to one but 08 all i had was one female lay 3 eggs and 2 were normal one was a pastel so 08 was a bad season for me i had 32 hatch in 07 all normals or possible yellow bellys (everyone on here says normal but a few in person said they look like low quality yb but dad was wc so who knows)
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