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Has anyone gotten a surprise from breeding what you thought were normal ball pythons or heard of it ever happening? I'm thinking of getting a pair of hets and breeding them in a few years. But the gambler in me wants to just get a couple of different looking normals and breeding them to see what happens. I know, it's a dumb idea. For curiosities sake, does anyone know of any surprise normal breedings?

Thank,

Jennifer

Jeniffer,

At one time yellow bellies were considered normals, fires were probably considered normals, specials were considered normals, and I'm sure the list goes on.

Most of us work with what we call dinkering projects, but we also work with what we know will produce certain morphs.

Good luck with your quest.

Brian
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

I think a lot of stuff has popped out due to "oddballs".

Super stripes, crystals, paintballs...to name a few.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

I am sure a lot of people have odd-looking "normals" in their collection that they decided to keep to breed them and see what happens. I know I have a few of them...normals with "granite-like"look, a couple of normals from the last clutch (normal x pastel) that came out with granite looking sides and identical spots on the side of their noses... I am sure that a lot of morphs out there were at one time or another considered to be just odd looking normals.
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Let's see if this picture comes up. I breed a het for albino male to a "normal" female.
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Let me try again. If I can get it thank you.

You can teach an old dog new tricks. Thank you very much. I am going to post things on here all of the time now. You guys are going to be tired of seeing my snakes!

A friend told me just last week that he bred 2 dinkers and hatched 2 visual Pieds. Part of what makes this so much fun...just neva kno!!
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Dale....dgoins222@yahoo.com
www.LibertyReptiles.com

Wow, that is all very cool! So is a dinker a "normal" that looks a bit different or has certain markings?