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So first off I would like to thank my great friend Adey for influencing me for getting into this project. After seeing his Sugar Pastel I knew this was yet another morph I had to get into. I purchased a nice sugar male from Adey that did not go this year and as insurance I picked up breeder calico male from Dan Wolfe that was of the famed Flora and Fauna line. I have to admit that when I got him here I thought Dan had sent me the wrong snake. For those that know me, you know I always try to acquire the best example of every morph out there as my breeding stock. To be honest after close examination of my new breeder Calico male I did manage to find a few white scales. I actually called Dan with admitted concern. Dan assured me that the proof would be in the pudding and man was he right!

My first two clutched sired by the male calico pipped this week. Both females were bumble bees and the pay off was huge. 1.1 Calico Bumble Bees, 0.1 Calico Spider and 1.1 Calico Pastels and 1.1 calicos.

Thanks for looking!

Markus

Calico Bumble Bee and regular Bumble Bee comparison

Calico Bumble Bee and Calico Pastel

Calico Spider!

The 3 Calicos.

I'll post pics again once they have their first few sheds.
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www.ballpython.ca

Those are incredible...congrats!
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Matt Lerer
Ghi Reptiles

WOW! i love the calico mutations!!congratulations!

WOw!...The color is insane,and the way the calico reduced the spiders pattern is trippy too...Congratulations on some wicked hatchlings there Markus!
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Charles Glaspie
picasaweb.google.com/coldthumb

Talk about love... Those are amazing! Congrats Mark!

Adey, you're the man... good advice mate!

Schweet! Big Congrats!
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"There is a fine line between a hobby and mental illness"
COLD BLOOD.........WARM HEART

Markus, I want to say that I think the animals you produced with that Calico from Dan Wolfe look great but I am a bit concerned about your post. You say in your post that you only buy top of the line looking animals and first class stock for breeding purposes. Did you actually buy a Calico sight unseen ? I mean that is not usually something a person does or if they do they dont usually have to post that they had to call the person up, this being Dan Wolfe this time and ask them if it is really a Calico. I am sure that you bought a low white Calico at an appropriate price and got what you paid for. The Calicos are like the Pieds and Stripes, kind of random. You pay less for a lower white animal and as you have shown still produce great stuff from it. I am sure the one you bought could have come from a high white Calico and still been born a low white. Last year I bought a Lemon Blast female I hd to have because she was a superb specimen and I paid about $300 or $400 more than the going price for her at the time because I hoped she would pass on her absolutley broken and reduced beautiful pattern and bright color to her offspring. I will see next year I guess. I also bought a Super Pastel of Dans myself and paid a pretty penny for it but its fantastic and worth every penny of it. Long story short, if you paid top price and got a substandard animal I would not deal with that person anymore, on the other hand if you got whaat you paid for then I see no reason for half of your post. The animals you produced with it look great but I think you did a real disservice to Dan Wolfe with your post. Jay from Sunny AZ
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JEM from sunny AZ.

3.25 Normals
3.15 Pastels
1.0 Super Pastels(Thanks Dan Wolfe for the best looking Super male I have ever seen)
2.7 Normal Spiders
1.1 Spiders 100% het Ghost(thanks Mark Petros)
0.2 Spiders 66% het Ghost(Thanks Steve Beamer)
1.3 Orange/Butterscotch Ghosts(BallPython777 Mark Petros)
0.7 100% het Orange Ghosts
0.3 66% het Orange Ghosts(should prove this year)
0.1 Pastel Ghost
1.0 Citrus Ghost(courtesy of Josh Hutto)
0.1 Super Pastel 100% het Ghost
2.3 Albinos
1.1 Caramel Albinos
0.1 100% het Caramel Albino
0.4 100% het for Albino
0.5 66% het for Albino(should prove this year)
0.7 Yellow Bellies
1.0 Pastel Yellow Belly
1.2 Ivories
1.2 100% het for Clowns(Mark Petros)
1.6 Cinnamons(Thanks Stan Ruppel)
1.0 Pied
1.4 100% het for Pied(Josh Hutto and Paul the Pied Peddler)
0.5 66% het for Pied(should prove out next year with my visual male Pied)
1.5 Mojaves
0.1 Pastave het Ghost
1.1 Beautiful Black Pastels(thanks Gulf Coast Reptiles)
1.2 BumbleBees(thanks for the AWESOME Bees Marc Bailey)
1.1 Pewters(Myself and Scott Priester of Brookside Reptiles)
0.1 Chocolates(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.3 Lessers(Josh Hutto)
3.2 Fire's(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.2 High White Calico's(Thanks Brent from BRB)
1.1 SpotNoses(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.1 Enchi's (Me and Josh Hutto, Thanks again Josh)
1.0 Pinstripe
1.2 Pinstripe 100% het for Ghost
0.1 Lemon Blast
1.0 Vanilla Ghost(Thanks again GCR for all the great snakes)
0.1 Super Vanilla Ghost(Awesome Chris and Shelia from GCR)
0.1 Vanilla Yellow Belly
0.1 Vanilla Mojave
0.1 Vanilla(Another one from Josh Hutto,I must have all your snakes now...lol.) Thanks my friend, Jay
1.1 Stillwater Hypo Bull snakes(Brad Chambers)
0.0.1 Great looking Brown and Tan Desert Bull Snake)
0.0.1 Vietnamese Blue Beauty
1.1 Argentinian Black and White Tegus
1.0 Gotti Pitbull (Tank)
2.0 Beautiful Bengals (Stryker and Cynbad)
14 Tarantulas
Last but most Important 2.2 Children

I certainly meant no disservice to Dan. I actually bought 2 animals sight unseen because Dan is a great friend and I trust his word. My point was that with such little white and in the Calico line, you can still make great animals. Dan gave me a great deal and I will continue to do business with him as always. He is one of the best in the business.
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www.ballpython.ca

I agree and I thank you for taking the time to straightening things out in my head.. I hope you have a great season. Jay from Sunny AZ
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JEM from sunny AZ.

3.25 Normals
3.15 Pastels
1.0 Super Pastels(Thanks Dan Wolfe for the best looking Super male I have ever seen)
2.7 Normal Spiders
1.1 Spiders 100% het Ghost(thanks Mark Petros)
0.2 Spiders 66% het Ghost(Thanks Steve Beamer)
1.3 Orange/Butterscotch Ghosts(BallPython777 Mark Petros)
0.7 100% het Orange Ghosts
0.3 66% het Orange Ghosts(should prove this year)
0.1 Pastel Ghost
1.0 Citrus Ghost(courtesy of Josh Hutto)
0.1 Super Pastel 100% het Ghost
2.3 Albinos
1.1 Caramel Albinos
0.1 100% het Caramel Albino
0.4 100% het for Albino
0.5 66% het for Albino(should prove this year)
0.7 Yellow Bellies
1.0 Pastel Yellow Belly
1.2 Ivories
1.2 100% het for Clowns(Mark Petros)
1.6 Cinnamons(Thanks Stan Ruppel)
1.0 Pied
1.4 100% het for Pied(Josh Hutto and Paul the Pied Peddler)
0.5 66% het for Pied(should prove out next year with my visual male Pied)
1.5 Mojaves
0.1 Pastave het Ghost
1.1 Beautiful Black Pastels(thanks Gulf Coast Reptiles)
1.2 BumbleBees(thanks for the AWESOME Bees Marc Bailey)
1.1 Pewters(Myself and Scott Priester of Brookside Reptiles)
0.1 Chocolates(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.3 Lessers(Josh Hutto)
3.2 Fire's(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.2 High White Calico's(Thanks Brent from BRB)
1.1 SpotNoses(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.1 Enchi's (Me and Josh Hutto, Thanks again Josh)
1.0 Pinstripe
1.2 Pinstripe 100% het for Ghost
0.1 Lemon Blast
1.0 Vanilla Ghost(Thanks again GCR for all the great snakes)
0.1 Super Vanilla Ghost(Awesome Chris and Shelia from GCR)
0.1 Vanilla Yellow Belly
0.1 Vanilla Mojave
0.1 Vanilla(Another one from Josh Hutto,I must have all your snakes now...lol.) Thanks my friend, Jay
1.1 Stillwater Hypo Bull snakes(Brad Chambers)
0.0.1 Great looking Brown and Tan Desert Bull Snake)
0.0.1 Vietnamese Blue Beauty
1.1 Argentinian Black and White Tegus
1.0 Gotti Pitbull (Tank)
2.0 Beautiful Bengals (Stryker and Cynbad)
14 Tarantulas
Last but most Important 2.2 Children

Amazing animals! You have to post an update on the calico bumblebee after a few sheds. I thinks it's almost going to be white and black

Looks like you won the Triple Crown of Calico breeding! Congrats Mark - I'm glad that worked out so well. Oh, and thanks again for the fine Canadian brew!
Dan

Those are the finest hatchlings I've seen this season mate, fantastic additions to an already stunning collection.

Keep 'em coming mate!

Adey

www.5foot16exotics.com

Awesome snakes! I have one of Dan's pastel calicos here, too. I have eggs incubating from breeding him to a super lesser platinum and a spider, with more eggs from another spider and a pastel coming soon. The calico morph is quickly becoming one of my favorites! I'm looking forward to seeing updated photos of your babies and I'll post mine when they hatch. The pastel calico x super lesser clutch is due to hatch soon.

Garrick
Royal Constrictor Designs

Those are super nice Mark ... really loving some of the Calico morphs !

cheers, John
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John Berry
Designer Morphs, 2nd edition - totally updated, hardback edition due in the USA - end of July.

All are so beautiful! Congrats on producing amazing combos.
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Alice Cobb
Florida Reptile Room

I love the orange around the spiders pattern.....

Much better with age!!!!

Nice odds....

SANTA

>>So first off I would like to thank my great friend Adey for influencing me for getting into this project. After seeing his Sugar Pastel I knew this was yet another morph I had to get into. I purchased a nice sugar male from Adey that did not go this year and as insurance I picked up breeder calico male from Dan Wolfe that was of the famed Flora and Fauna line. I have to admit that when I got him here I thought Dan had sent me the wrong snake. For those that know me, you know I always try to acquire the best example of every morph out there as my breeding stock. To be honest after close examination of my new breeder Calico male I did manage to find a few white scales. I actually called Dan with admitted concern. Dan assured me that the proof would be in the pudding and man was he right!
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>>My first two clutched sired by the male calico pipped this week. Both females were bumble bees and the pay off was huge. 1.1 Calico Bumble Bees, 0.1 Calico Spider and 1.1 Calico Pastels and 1.1 calicos.
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>>Thanks for looking!
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>>Markus
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>>Calico Bumble Bee and regular Bumble Bee comparison
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>>Calico Bumble Bee and Calico Pastel
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>>Calico Spider!
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>>The 3 Calicos.
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>>I'll post pics again once they have their first few sheds.
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>>www.ballpython.ca
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