Black Pastel Champagne Ball Python
One animal carrying both genes. Each one is inherited separately, so this combination is made by bringing them together rather than being a gene of its own.
Documented health findings on these genes
Black Pastel. Animals homozygous for this gene are widely reported in breeder records to show structural defects including kinked spines and jaw abnormalities.
Champagne. Animals carrying this gene are widely reported to show a neurological head wobble similar to that associated with Spider.
The two genes
- Black Pastel
- co-dominant
- Darker and more contrasted, with the pattern reduced and the browns pushed toward black.
- Champagne
- dominant
- Pattern largely erased down the sides, leaving a plain tan or orange animal with a faint dorsal line.
How one is made
Both genes have to come together in the same animal. The pairing that does it most directly is Black Pastel × Champagne, which works out every outcome and its odds.