What
a clutch!!.........2.1 Lesser / Phantom
lucys ( lucys that are actually the
"Phantom Lesser Cross"),
1.1 Lesser Platty, 1.1 Phantom and
0.2 "mystery ball" hatched
out on 06/04/05......I could barely
wait for this clutch to pip.
When
I started thinking about this clutch
more............I had to keep reminding
myself that "Cuff , Link and
Karma" are white snakes yes...........but
they are actually Phantom/ Lesser
Crosses............a "Phantom
Lesser" is WHITE.............so
the white snakes with blue eyes are
Phantoms just as much as they are
Lessers.....
With
that being said..........I tried to
figure out "what" this clutch
could produce.......the Blue Eyed
Lucys were the most obvious ( Phantom
Lesser Cross ).........then there
would be Lessers, Phantoms and Normals...........why?.............because
that is what you get when you breed
Lessers and Phantoms to normals.
I
also prepared myself for the possibility
that the "Super Phantom"
was not going to be white ( wishful
thinking )..........this clutch was
more about "Phantom X Phantom"
to me than anything else............so
I figured that I would produce two
"types" of white snakes.............the
"Phantom Lesser" ( white
with blue eyes, some yellow striping
and cheek marks ) and the "Super
Phantom".........MKR produced
the Super Mojave last season ...........everyone
insisted that Phantoms and Mojaves
are the same mutation..........so
it was settled in most people's minds
that "if" there was a Super
Phantom..........it would look like
the white snake that MKR produced
from Mojave x Mojave.
That
was good enough for me to beleive........but
I didn't want it to be true.........I
didn't want another white super or
cross on my hands..........that horse
has been beat to death.........and
yes I still value and love the white
snakes I produce from all my various
bloodlines like no other mutation
...........especially the white snakes
from my Platty bloodline only.............they
are WHITE and perfect!!
Well
this clutch has hatched and I have
yet another "surprise" from
the original Phantom Mother.........I
believe that the two female "mystery"
snakes are "Super Phantoms"........the
2.1 Blue Eyed Lucys in this clutch
look exactly like Karma, Cuff and
Link..........( Phantom Lesser Crosses
) .........there is no white snake
that looks like MKR's "Super
Mojave".........I'm not sayin'
that one of the white snakes is not
a "Super Phantom".........but
in my professional ( yeah right )
observation..........the 2.1 white
snakes are the result of the "Lesser
side" of the white male ( Cuff
or Link ) crossing with the Phantom
Mom ...........resulting in the 2.1
white snakes ( Phantom Lesser Cross
)
So
now you know what I know........I
have a clutch from Phantom x Phantom
in the incubator ( 05 clutch # 91
)....if the eggs do well and I get
lucky........it may be possible to
produce another "Super Phantom"
like the two females from this clutch........if
I do........then I will but this thing
to bed and say that there is a "Super
Phantom", it ain't white...........and
it ROCKS!!!
Also
I would like to say that the white
snake that MKR produced ( Super Mojave
) was from a very limited number of
eggs.........I'm not sure how many
Mojave x Mojave clutches have been
produced or hatched.........or what
the results were?........so maybe
there will be a "Super Mojave"
that is not white??
I
have never sold a Phantom.........I
have kept every single one I have
produced since 2001...........I'm
a "see the project thru to the
end" type of Boner...........plus
it makes for some serious Dinkin'.........these
"Supers" look to me like
what a Super Phantom should look like..........they
are "Phantom Daddy's"..........who
would have ever thought that a snake
"more hypo" than a Platty
could be produced?......or maybe there
is just too many traits duking it
out in this clutch and it was a roll
of the dice?.........more breeding
will help figure out what is going
on........blah, blah, blah........
For
now.....I'm going with "Super
Phantom"...........
I'm
hoping that this is "easy stuff"
and that these two incredible little
girls I produced are "Super Phantoms".........if
they ain't?..........then it's back
to the drawing board............more
fun and more excitement for all of
you DIE HARD Ball Python Nuts!!
NOTHING
surprises me anymore with Ball Python
mutations...........anything is possible
if you ask me........just when you
think "you have seen it all"
or "no way can another mutation
be produced".........Bam!!.........there
it is............it boggles the mind!!......the
BP market is going no where but UP!!!
I
want to thank everyone of you who
support RDR and the people who don't
( good motivation )...........I greatly
appreciate it and know WHO all of
you are..........I ain't the "bad
guy"..........sometimes I have
to look like the "bad guy"
to keep the juices pumpin'......gotta
"rock the boat sometimes"........it's
all good!!...........and it just keeps
gettin' better every year!!
Rock
On!!! .............Ralphie...;)
Here
is the link to the page of pics from
2005 ball python clutch # 2...........impatient
bastages!!!!! .........ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2005
Ball Python Clutch # 2
2005
ID # s for this clutch are below :
05 super phantom
female # 1,2
05 lesser male # 1
05 lesser female # 1
05
phantom male # 1
05 phantom female # 1
05 phantom/lesser/lucy male # 1,2
05 phantom/lesser/lucy female # 1
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