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Old 09-23-2011, 10:58 PM   #21
reticguy76
its weird, after the op posted the words, there was a huge amount of empty space, then the i posted. maybe he can try posting a pic or two one more time.
its usually pretty easy to tell a pure rock
 
Old 09-24-2011, 09:49 AM   #22
unlimitedfeeders
ok here is the pictures.


[IMG]http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3354/gedc0155d.jpg[/IMG]
 
Old 09-24-2011, 12:58 PM   #23
hhmoore
Aside from the tendency to show some striping, the pics I've seen of cateaters pretty much look like rocks. I don't know if they all show striping, but I'm curious what the differentiating characteristics are.
 
Old 09-24-2011, 08:03 PM   #24
champ641
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Aside from the tendency to show some striping, the pics I've seen of cateaters pretty much look like rocks. I don't know if they all show striping, but I'm curious what the differentiating characteristics are.
The 2 cateraters that I owned both showed alot of striping,Other then that, they pretty much show all rock characteristics.
 
Old 09-24-2011, 08:13 PM   #25
RoadHouse of Retics
Really so they show more rock characteristics then burm?
 
Old 09-24-2011, 08:26 PM   #26
Utta
All the cateaters ive seen had more burm characteristics then rock. Had the burm saddles with a rrocks "slate" back pattern and a rocks colour.
 
Old 09-24-2011, 08:53 PM   #27
RoadHouse of Retics
I've never been a cateater fan but now I'm curious to see some better pictures of a couple different ones.
 
Old 09-24-2011, 11:21 PM   #28
champ641
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Really so they show more rock characteristics then burm?

The two that I use to own showed heavy rock influence, especially in the structure of head area,but as with any hybrid there is going to be variance.
 
Old 09-24-2011, 11:33 PM   #29
reticguy76
at least i can see pics now, thanks for posting.

looks like a nice and unique patterned rock to me. cateaters are generally more dorsally striped and lighter in color
 
Old 09-25-2011, 05:48 AM   #30
hhmoore
I am at a bit of a disadvantage here because, while I have a fair amount of experience with African rocks, I haven't had one in my care for 7-8 yrs. That said, in looking at the pics posted, I see a few things that seem a little off...but not necessarily enough to discount natural aberrancies. Couple that with having only seen a few pics of cateaters, and I am in no position to offer an opinion on this particular snake.

I mean no disrespect to the people that stated they think this snake is a pure rock, but this isn't as simple as disputing whether something is a boa or a ball python (or correcting that their sunglow appears to be just an albino). I've seen people that were advertising a jungle carpet change their ad to jungle/diamond cross based on the opinion of a person that looked at the pictures...and I liken this situation to that. I'm all for honesty in advertising, so I understand not wanting to misrepresent the snake....but just randomly changing the label - ESPECIALLY with a possible hybrid - isn't the way to do it (IMO). Be open about the situation...nothing wrong with stating that you acquired the snake as a cateater, but some people have expressed that they think it might just be a rock python. Full disclosure - no opening for criticism (except by the people that just want to jump on the hybrid issue).

Regarding the picture of the cateater - I once had a rock that was very similar in appearance to that snake. I know it wasn't a cateater, because he was a fresh import...though I suppose somebody could have released a burm in Africa, which then grew up to produce that snake . Would it be appropriate for me to call that rock a cateater, simply because he looked like a picture I saw? What if I were to contact champ641, and tell him that his cateater is only a rock - because it looks just like a WC rock I owned? What would people think if champ then changed the label on his cateater just because I said it looked like a rock? What if champ then posted in a BOI thread about the breeder that sold him the cateater - stating that the breeder ripped him off by selling a plain ol' rock python as a cateater?
 

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