its time for a round of NAME....THAT...BALL

ok people, this is just a little fun idea i had to help clarify some of the more difficult traits to spot, such as yellow bellys, womas, sables etc... and even just random odd balls, not to say that most of us cant spot them but there are some very close calls or wannabees out there and we all have them in our collections, so lets throw up our odd balls and see what everyone thinks.

Ok, I'll play. One of my odd girls. Nice high flamer/blusher. I thought I had her belly pics on Photobucket, but her belly is clean all the way down (like the glimpse you get in the one pic below) and she's got black stripes down either side of her belly near her tail like a het pied marker. I don't know if this constitutes as a "ringer" but one of her faded spots (first pic, very bottom, light spot right before the continuous "squiggle" looking pattern)actually turns into a yellow band that goes across her belly. I got her to be a mate for my pastel =)

beautiful snake, reminds me of a yeller belley with all that blushing. should make awesome high blushing pastels thanks for playing!! well since i started this i guess i should put a little something up, heres a little guy i picked up at a local pet store... HA i wish... but seriously i'll get some picks of my odds and ends up soon.

I have one...Here's an awesome girl we pick up at the last show we were at... And yes she has a completely clear belly...

also a nice blusher, but im also very interested in the eyes on that one they look almost like spider eyes. very nice!

Heres a odd ball for ya. captive hatched import baby 2004. I seen something different in her. this pic. is a year old. she keeps getting whiter and whiter as she grows.and she will be a breeder this winter.

Heres 2 recent pics. of my girl, shes 1100 grams and slamming med. rats.

Originally Posted by Ed Clark

Heres 2 recent pics. of my girl, shes 1100 grams and slamming med. rats.

I have a ball that is developing speckling like that, just not as drastic. She just did the weirdest thing, though. Over the past year she's gotten darker and darker, with more speckling showing up as she aged. I was wondering if she was a hypo-mel, she was turning so dark. She just shed about two days ago, and when I pulled her out to check on her last night, she was the most brilliant gold again, like when she was a hatchling. She's normally somewhat lighter after a shed, but not this light. I don't know how to explain that one.


And the pics I posted earlier, a LOT of people say she looks like a YB. She's just missing the head spot and speckling on her belly. But I've seen supposed "YB"s for sale on KS that look like her, probably fakes, though. I plan on line breeding her, just to see if she carries anything special. The most I'm expecting though, is just nice looking pastels, and hopes that her blushing is genetic.

that is very interesting, i think those would both be great candidates to breed into an albino gene. maybe it would turn out like MKR's yellow blush albino...

Originally Posted by bear

that is very interesting, i think those would both be great candidates to breed into an albino gene. maybe it would turn out like MKR's yellow blush albino...

Ooooooh, I hadn't thought about that! You're right, the blushing shows up as a nice orange/yellow patch. I was considering buying a male albino in the spring, but it was a tie between that, a mojhave, and a spider. I'm pretty certain I'm going with the albino, though. Pleeeeeeeeeease let her blushing be genetic!