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Post by kerig3 on Jun 11, 2008 17:25:21 GMT -5
I picked up this girl last March and she was sold to me as a normal. I bought her at the same time as another normal girl, but when I got her home I really noticed that she looked very different than the other 2 normal Balls that I have. As the pictures below show, she is more brown with lots of blushing. I thought at first she may be a Cinnamon Pastel, but she doesn't have the tell-tale 'keyholes'....she does have the keyhole shapes, just not the dark spots within the shapes. These photos were taken one day after she shed, and she now closely matches the photos. The last photo was taken while she was in-shed, but it shows how she compares to the other normal that I picked up at the same time. So what do you all think? Is she something or just dinker? Either way she's a sweet snake and looks great! ;D     |
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Post by bryan on Jun 11, 2008 21:30:13 GMT -5
Incredible blusher! I would definitely try to prove the trait. Thats the great thing about this hobby! You never know what genetics are hidden until you make some hets. I have a dinker project I look forward to proving. Ill post some pics. Normals can be varied but some times you get a gut feeling about a special animal. Very nice blushing !
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Post by kerig3 on Jun 12, 2008 20:26:08 GMT -5
Thanks! ;D She's a sweet snake also...she loves to wrap around your arms more than my other BP's. I do have a special feeling about her and was very lucky to get her for the price of a normal. So she may be my first breeding project!  |
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Post by maxwellrhodes1 on Jun 16, 2008 21:52:40 GMT -5
Very nice looking snake! She looks like a Granite Ball Python.
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Post by maxwellrhodes1 on Jun 16, 2008 21:55:22 GMT -5
Granite Ball Python  |
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Post by kerig3 on Jun 17, 2008 20:12:12 GMT -5
Very nice looking snake! She looks like a Granite Ball Python. Interesting...thanks for the info! What markings make up a Granite? Is it the lack of normal alien heads along with the speckling within the pattern markings? Also, is the Granite a true morph or just a slight variation on a wild-type normal? Thanks again for the help! |
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Post by maxwellrhodes1 on Jun 18, 2008 15:20:52 GMT -5
Great questions! where the alien heads would be the pattern is speckled and peppered with little black patches and flecks, It gives the ball python a great look. I think if you breed the Granite with a normal you will produce baby Granites, I think it is a dominant gene.
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Post by maxwellrhodes1 on Jun 23, 2008 21:48:19 GMT -5
This is my female Granite.  |
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Post by kerig3 on Jul 8, 2008 3:22:54 GMT -5
Thank you all for the help in identifying my 'lil girl!
It's nice to know that she's something. ;D
Is a Granite an actual morph gene, or is it just a slight variation of a normal? I ask because I saw on another board that some consider a granite just a pretty normal.
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Post by maxwellrhodes1 on Jul 8, 2008 7:43:32 GMT -5
I don't know if it's a actual gene morph but they sell them for more $$$ on kingsnake.
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Post by maxwellrhodes1 on Jul 13, 2008 10:31:55 GMT -5
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Post by ccain15 on Aug 2, 2008 20:53:14 GMT -5
wow i think my ball python is that ones twin!, my male ball python rah looks exactly like this , so was his mom, she was from africa, i got him from a friend of mine, this might be genetic, i dont know. how old is she, and where is she from?
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