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I have always loved the motley trait and i am a couple of months away from recieving a pair of them. I just want to here some opinions on what others think about this morph and its future.

Thanks

Shot

If there was 1 single dominant morph I could pick it would be a Motley,and to be fortunate enough to get a pair whewwwww!you are blessed.Now for your question.If a person can afford a Motley I would say its as solid of investment as anything going.Can you imagine Motley sunglows,T motleys,T motley sunglows,motley albinos,oh!!!be still my beating heart(I think I need a bib).I could go on forever,but I'd say you get the point.Good score!!!!!!!!!1 John

i am a big fan of the motley gene. i only wish i had the financial ability to get one some time soon, but years would be too soon at this point.
i think the motley gene will be very good for the boa world. mainly because it is a very attractive looking animal. obviously the next step is to combine it with all the other avaiable mutations to come up with a new looking animal. the main reason the motley will do so well, i feel is because of the homozygous fourm it takes. having a solid white animal is very appealing in the market for some reason (not my taste but ...), and albino or maybe snow motleys will be big sellers because of this.
i am very fond of dominent and co dominent mutations and thus would love a motley, but we can dream cant we.

Thanks for the replies and I agree all the way, It is a solid investment and the crosses are endless. The Motley itself is a work of art from its unique pattern to its white fleckless belly and then the super motley is something else. I have never seen a super motley in person but I have seen motleys and I have been hooked every since. They are pricey but i have been saving for a long time and I think they will be worth it.

Thanks Again for the replies

Shot

now is probably the best time to get in on a new morph like the motely. something i would love to do, but due to college i wont be able to make an investment like that for some time. ill just have to stick to my hypos and hope i can get an arabesque soon. good luck with the pair and post some pictures. i dont see many homozygous motleys posted and never saw one for sale so i have no idea how much they would sell for right now.

I have never saw a super for sale and the ones that have produced them probably would not want to sale them anyway. It seems to be that way with all of the patternless morphs. If I get lucky and produce any I know it will be very hard for me to even consider letting one go (unless I produce a few). To see that patternless baby as an adult would have to be something amazing. I have heard that motleys are strong feeders and strong snakes overall, I know it will probably vary from snake to snake. The ones on Jeremy Stones website look so big and healthy and who knows maybe it is just seeing the motley pattern on a bigger snake that makes it look so imposing and strong.

Shot

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Motleys by far are one of the best investment projects going. With a super motley be produced it pushes the motley to be more sought after! The crosses are endless, there are only a handful of motley crosses and even less supers.

Those are some killer motleys Chris and thanks for posting these pictures. I have not seen very many hypo motleys and the one or two that I have saw did not look as good as the regular motley because the pattern seemed to fade away and colors were not as great, but yours held its pattern very well and looks good.

Thanks Again

Shot

Did you use a hypo from the orangetail line to make that hypo Motley? I've noticed using the orangetails over the salmons helps preserve the pattern in these pattern morphs, eventhough salmons and orangetails are pretty much the same.

Ruben Michel

the same thing. The Hypo girl I have is a Gee line with very large saddles. I plan on useing her for my Leopard male, so it makes sense to get as much pattern as possible.

I think the Hypos Jeremy used for his were Salmons (reduced pattern). The Salmons seem to loose pattern in each generation faster than the Orange-tail Hypos. Each is good for its own thing, breeder preference.

as the motley I think it would be to one's advantage to have a nice looking orange tail laying around. The arabesque would be another good example where the orange tail would be good. I want to see the pattern in a hypo Ara and the one's i've seen come from salmons for the most part loose the pattern. I'm not saying they all do and I do like the reduced pattern look but for motley's and arabesques i'd like to have the hypo's with as much pattern as possible.

Hey Chris you out there????

Ruben Michel

The hypo motley shown was produced from an oragnetail het albino bred to a motley het albino. The hypo motley is fantastic and growing up into a beautiful boa.

Chris Nicholas