lordsorril
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 8, 2024 8:09:02 GMT -5
Bought this handsome man the other day.  He has an incomplete dominant gene called 'Special' and is 100% Het for another recessive trait called 'Monsoon'.  That looks like the fellow that bit you in your video. Hahaha yes, that Het Monsoon totally bit me in my latest unboxing video. If someone stuck me in a box and shipped me across the East Coast: I guess I would be pretty angry too... I had to sit there for a minute or two and wait for him to unhook his needle teeth before putting him back in his container and resuming filming. I was actually pretty happy to be bit-because it shows the ball python is in very good condition-enough to actively defend itself. If I was really dedicated to YouTube content I could have left the biting part in: But, snakes in general get a bad rep., and ball pythons are the guinea pigs of the serpent world.  |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 8, 2024 8:13:18 GMT -5
Photo #430 Ball python is a 100% Het VPI Axanthic/66% Het Orange Ghost + 1 Possible Unidentified Pattern Reduction Gene
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lordsorril
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 12, 2024 22:28:11 GMT -5
I picked up a few more Uranium dishes the other day. (Photo of one of them below) I just learned that Aventurine can be UV Reactive...go figure...  Note: Ball python is the Spider Ivory from Photo #362-I made sure he was only exposed to the UV light for <5 seconds. And just for reference: Shown below is what it looks like when I'm picking out stones for UV photos. Some of them glow white lol...  |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 13, 2024 8:37:32 GMT -5
Photo #435 BP: 66% Het Clown/50% Het Lavender Albino: I produced a lot of these this season...more than any other genetic combo. Sometimes I have to wonder what happened...I missed the double recessive...did I make a mistake somewhere? I started with two clutches of 100% Het Clown/50% Het Lavender Albinos. 1 clutch with 2 males and 3 females 1 clutch with 1 male and 4 females To avoid in-breeding: I crossed my 'most likely double Het' male from the first clutch with the females from the second, and the single male from the second clutch with the females from the first. -The first male bred with the 4 females and did not produce a single Lavender Albino. Statistically there is 1:4 chance that he would have produced a Lavender Albino if the female was also Het for this gene. Given the number of eggs available: this proves that he is not an actual Het. As a result: this converts all of his non-clown offspring from the 4 clutches into 66% Het Clown/50% Het Lavender Albinos (since it is still possible for the female to be carrying Het Lavender Albino). -The second male *did* produce Lavender Albinos (+66% Het Clown), however the odds of producing a double recessive using strictly Hets is 1:16-and he failed, but, not because of genetic background, but, because it was just an unlikely event. While I did miss out on Clown/Lavender Albinos this year-I did prove one of my males to be a Double Het for the next (which is very useful). In addition: Earlier in the year I had purchased a breed age Super Blade ball python that is both 100% Het for Clown and Lavender Albino. This separate bloodline will allow to me ignore any inbreeding concerns for the next generation, and reinforce my probabilities for the 2025 season.
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 14, 2024 10:32:10 GMT -5
Photo #436 Flash photography shows all the internal inclusions in translucent stones. I don't think I got a good representation of the snake in this photo above. Below is a snake-only pic (Axanthic/100% Het Orange Ghost).  The amethyst is the stuff I picked up from my trip to RoughStone rock-starting to get some pieces out of polish. Start:  Week 1 Rotary:  Week 2 (Rotary):  Week 3 (Rotary):  Except for 2 of the larger chunks which are still in rotary....the others are queued up for finishing in the UV18.
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 15, 2024 11:10:10 GMT -5
Photo #437 This stone came in a box of assorted petrified wood. Hmmmmmm...banded formation of some kind?-I dunno? Mohs 7. Ball python is 100% Het Piebald.
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Post by wpotterw on Nov 16, 2024 7:20:09 GMT -5
Photo #437This stone came in a box of assorted petrified wood. Hmmmmmm...banded formation of some kind?-I dunno? Mohs 7. Ball python is 100% Het Piebald. Looks like Ohio Flint |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 16, 2024 22:15:53 GMT -5
Photo #437This stone came in a box of assorted petrified wood. Hmmmmmm...banded formation of some kind?-I dunno? Mohs 7. Ball python is 100% Het Piebald. Looks like Ohio Flint I think you are right! Good eye!  The splotches and creases in the banded pattern match perfectly from what I saw online. I polished the piece in Photo #437 a year ago. I also tumbled ~30lbs of Ohio Flint recently (have not polished them yet) and none of the stones in the box looked like that...so I never even considered it...  Photo #438 These are 'Brazilian Agate Nodules' that I tumbled. Impossibly pitted. Agates are supposed to have banding, and these don't...so I guess that makes them Brazilian Chalcedony instead of Brazilian Agate.  This 66% Het Clown/50% Het Lavender Albino ball python was also 100% dedicated to biting me. I had to put one of the stones on his tail to keep him from closing the distance between us. While I am not concerned about being bitten-I still maintain a strong instinctual reflex to dodge when any snake strikes at me... |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 17, 2024 12:49:36 GMT -5
Photo #439 Super GHI Ball python with a chunk of quartzy material from the Connecticut River. I keep tumbling this stuff because I am always hopeful that I can get a nice piece, but, a lot of time there is a bit too much 'character' for my liking...
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 17, 2024 22:33:59 GMT -5
Photo #440 Brazilian Agate with a GHI. You can compare this ball python to the one in Photo #439 to distinguish the one gene vs. the two gene Super GHI form.
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 18, 2024 8:39:48 GMT -5
Photo #441 Lavender Albino/66% Het Piebald ball python with some assorted whitish stones. Combining piebald genes with Lavender Albino increases the saturation of the orange coloration. Below are two Lavender Albinos-I'm sure you can pick which one has 1 copy of the Piebald gene. 
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 18, 2024 13:55:31 GMT -5
So my car is in the shop today-so I have the day off. After a good weight lifting session I'm working on my rock tumblers. My UV18 is backlogged a few hundred lbs. of stones, but, I still jumped some of the 45lbs of Montana Agates I just tumbled ahead of the line-and polished them regardless.  I had an empty 12lb. barrel for rotary tumbling so I pulled out the next burst usps box of material in my garage... And guess what I found: Montana Agate...again...  Oh boy...good thing Santa Claus bought me 132lbs. of #46 SiC for Christmas... |
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Post by parfive on Nov 18, 2024 14:32:24 GMT -5
Cat incomplete. Please fix. : )
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 18, 2024 14:49:11 GMT -5
Cat incomplete. Please fix. : )  I explained Daylight Savings Time to him, but, he thinks I'm just holding out an extra hour on his cat food... |
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Post by parfive on Nov 18, 2024 15:16:35 GMT -5
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 19, 2024 21:52:11 GMT -5
Photo #442 BP = Pastel/Het Gravel or YellowBelly
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The splotches and creases in the banded pattern match perfectly from what I saw online.
