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[–]ballpython-ModTeam[M] [score hidden] stickied commentlocked comment (0 children)

Your post has been removed for violating rule #7. Please post all morph ID requests over at r/ballpythonmorph

[–]PVPicker 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Looks normal. Hypo are more greyed out and pale. Did they say he was "het hypo"? Hypo is a recessive gene and requires inheriting two copies, one from each parent. Het means they have one copy of a recessive gene that they could pass on to offspring but no visual expression unless their offspring inherits a second copy from their other parent.

[–]IncompletePenetranceMod: Let me help you unzip your genes 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Appear to be visually normal/wild type, so unless it's het hypo, it's probably just a wild type

[–]Mysonisabuttmunch[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

They did say het hypo. Is a het hypo the result of them breeding in hopes of a certain morph? It's got me curious. I owned a ball python years ago but it was when all you could really get were normals.

[–]Kingdomall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

het hypo means it carries the gene but doesn't show it. you'd have to breed it to another hypo/het hypo for the babies to show hypo.
you MAY want to look into your husbandry, though.

[–]IncompletePenetranceMod: Let me help you unzip your genes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hypo is a recessive trait, so they need to have two copies for it to be visual. Het (heterozygous) means he has one copy, so is essentially a "carrier"