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If there is a better, more active forum here on Kingsnake I should post this stuff, please let me know. Most of the ASF keepers/breeders are there though.

I have a few ASFs pop up recently that are slightly different. Their fur is about half the length of a normal ASF. They look sleeker and their fur seems more dense as well. I noticed it when someone came by to purchase a large breeding group and they almost stopped me from putting one into the bin because they though it was a mouse.

Has anyone else come across this before?

Pictures! All the pictures are also links to larger versions on my Google album if you want to see a larger version or more pictures.

Normal ASF:

"Short fur" ASF:

Comparison: "Short fur" on the left, Normal on the right. Notice how the short furred one looks slimmer/sleeker?

Just a "Short fur":

I pulled little bits of fur to compare as well. No, they didn't mind. They were quite happy with their corn and mealworms.
Normal fur on top, "short fur" on bottom.



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25 year old 0.1 from Lincoln, NE
Ball Pythons - 0.1 Pastel, 1.0 Pastel het Pied, 0.1 Pied, 0.1 Cinn, 1.0 Black Pewter, 1.0 Woma (hidden gene?), 0.1 Yellowbelly, 2.1 Normals
Kingsnakes - 1.0 L. m. thayeri, 0.1 L. m. thayeri X L. alterna, 1.0 L. g. californiae
Other - 0.1 Whitesided P. catenifer sayi, 1.0 H. nascicus, ?.? Chrysemys picta, 0.1 crazy cat, 1.0 husband

i breed asfs and though i have not done a deep dive into it as you have i do notice some fur length differences as well as fur density, i mostly see the density changes, i just take it as random variation of the fur. hell breed some together maybe you can make some furless asf's!

I was thinking the same thing! Furless ASFs would certainly be interesting. I'm going to start pairing them up tonight and perhaps in 8 weeks or so we will seem some more strange babies.
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25 year old 0.1 from Lincoln, NE
Ball Pythons - 0.1 Pastel, 1.0 Pastel het Pied, 0.1 Pied, 0.1 Cinn, 1.0 Black Pewter, 1.0 Woma (hidden gene?), 0.1 Yellowbelly, 2.1 Normals
Kingsnakes - 1.0 L. m. thayeri, 0.1 L. m. thayeri X L. alterna, 1.0 L. g. californiae
Other - 0.1 Whitesided P. catenifer sayi, 1.0 H. nascicus, ?.? Chrysemys picta, 0.1 crazy cat, 1.0 husband

yup. I have seen it.
I think they look better than the normal ASF.

They seem thicker and fur length seems to be more uniform giving them a "smoother" look. Or should I say more "groomed" look.
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Ritchie Luna
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