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| Name: |
Peanut
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Age: |
Four years old
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| Gender: |
Male
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Kind: |
Jaguar Carpet Python
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| Home: |
Hervey Bay, Australia
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I
got Peanut as a hatching about four years ago, I've watched him grow up
into the handsome fella he is now, Peanut has a very chill attitude spending
time with him helps me to unwind and gives me inspiration in times of need.
Peanut was the first "fancy" snake I got and started my journey into the
world of morphs. A "morph" is another way of saying genetic mutation, meaning
that he doesn't look like a snake you would find in the wild. These traits
are also inheritable via breeding. So you know he is a pet snake, not one
captured in the wild.
Peanut has two genes that are visible. The first is the "Jaguar" gene. It
affects his markings and pattern, giving him very reduced pattern when
compered to wild type animals. The second gene is the "caramel" gene, that
one affects his color. It greatly reduces the amount of black pigment in his
scales, giving him the light cream/caramel appearance. Both of these genes
are co-dominant and would show in some of the babies if he was paired to a
wild-type female.
Sometimes Peanut will make a mess of his enclosure and I have to give him a
bath. He's not very fond of having to have a bath. These pictures were taken
right after Peanut had shed his skin, and the new scales are always so shiny,
that is why he looks so pretty!
You can see more of him on our Facebook page.
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