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12-09-11, 02:17 PM
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The Original Urban Legend
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New Caramel male!
I got this little fellow in a trade Saturday at the Hamburg expo. He is a 2011 caramel albino male, from Outback Reptiles. I'm quite excited to have such an unusual BP morph, as I'd sold off all my ball morphs a few years ago. Caramel, for those that arent' familiar, is a tyrosinase-+ albino. This means that while the animal is a true albino, with no black pigment and red pupils, it does display some darker pigments. Caramel BPs start life with russet, mahogany, dark purple, blush, tan and cream colors that fade out into a rich, buttery caramel and cream with purple undertones as they age. My little guy displays some pretty bright colors and lots of fire for a hatchling, so I'm hoping he turns out to be a great adult.
Alessia (alessia55) suggested a name for him that seems fitting: Cadbury. They make awesome candies, and the name sounds like a British butler, lol. "Sir Cadbury". :-P
Anyway, here are some pictures of the little fellow. He's already readily accepting f/t mice, so that makes my life a lot easier! It's really hard to capture his colors well with a photo, as he changes depending on the light source.
Cadbury at the show, under full-spectrum lighting:
And Cadbury at home, taken with my iPhone in the bathroom lighting:
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12-09-11, 02:19 PM
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Re: New Caramel male!
He is precious! And beautiful too. A great trade IMO. Can't wait to meet him in January! 
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12-09-11, 02:19 PM
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The Original Urban Legend
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Re: New Caramel male!
I'm debating what to do breeding-wise when he grows up. Aaron_S has given me some great ideas, but I'm always open.
A caramel glow pied would be awesome (caramel x orange ghost x pied), as would the caramel spider (caramel x spider) or caramel bee (pastel x spider x caramel). These would all take several generations, unless I was able to find a female visual who was also het for caramel. Who knows- the sky's the limit, but for now I'm just enjoying this tiny little cutie. He's sooo little and precious. He's my first really young ball python...so every time I look at him, I just go, "Awwww"
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12-09-11, 02:40 PM
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Re: New Caramel male!
The third pic shows the red of his eyes. He is pretty cool
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12-09-11, 02:41 PM
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Diesel the pumpkin killer
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Re: New Caramel male!
I'm not sure how much I like this morph but all baby balls are cute!
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12-09-11, 02:55 PM
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Re: New Caramel male!
soooo cute! what did you trade? just curious muwhaa.
and that is the best explanation i've ever seen of the carmel moph. cool!
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12-09-11, 02:55 PM
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Re: New Caramel male!
What a cutie!
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12-09-11, 03:19 PM
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Re: New Caramel male!
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...so every time I look at him, I just go, "Awwww"
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So is everyone reading this 
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12-09-11, 05:08 PM
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Re: New Caramel male!
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Originally Posted by snake man12
The third pic shows the red of his eyes. He is pretty cool
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no joke, can't really see it except in that picture.
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12-09-11, 05:22 PM
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The Original Urban Legend
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Re: New Caramel male!
In the pictures he does look very similar to a normal...when you actually see him next to one though, he's very different. He will lighten up as he grows as well. He's just a cutie and I like unusual things. Caramel balls are pretty rare, at least as far as I've seen. This was the first time I'd seen them in person.
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12-09-11, 05:23 PM
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Re: New Caramel male!
I don't know about you but in the second to last pic I can see the red of his eyes too. haha JK
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12-09-11, 06:05 PM
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The Original Urban Legend
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Re: New Caramel male!
Yeah, it's a weird form of albinism. He is dark, but the side pattern is smaller, somewhat like a pastel, and what would be black on a normal is a dark purplish-brown. His eyes are really different though- they are dark silver, with red pupils. It's startling.
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12-09-11, 06:08 PM
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Re: New Caramel male!
Grats Kim, cute snake!
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12-09-11, 06:31 PM
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Re: New Caramel male!
Oh.My.Gooosh. I'm so jealous! I was just talking about a caramel yesterday >.<
what did you trade for him?
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12-09-11, 06:52 PM
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Re: New Caramel male!
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Originally Posted by Will0W783
In the pictures he does look very similar to a normal...when you actually see him next to one though, he's very different. He will lighten up as he grows as well. He's just a cutie and I like unusual things. Caramel balls are pretty rare, at least as far as I've seen. This was the first time I'd seen them in person.
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Who says he looks like a normal?  Impossible!
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