Ball Python Appreciation Thread (lots of photos)

• Hanna wrote on 2014-07-25 08:07
  Believe it or not, this thread contains pictures of snakes and I personally don't give a shit if you find snakes gross, scary, or creepy so I'd prefer if you don't put that edgy bullshit in my thread, thanks.
  
  Okay, as some of you may know I used to breed these amazing snakes. They're so docile and have the so many different morphs, and limitless morph combinations. There are some people who dedication 10+ years just to get the designer morph they've been working on. A lot of luck plays into this hobby, and playing with genetics is so much fun.
  
  World of Ball Pythons currently has over 3000 morphs and morph combos listed, and new ones are made all of the time. This hobby means so much to me you have no idea.
  
  http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/
  
  A normal ball python looks something like this
  

  [Image: http://royalpythonranch.com/images/morphs/normal_1.png]

  
  
  there are base morphs some effect the color like lesser for example
  

  [Image: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/files/morphs/lesser/011.jpg]

  
  
  while others effect pattern, like a spider
  

  [Image: http://nicebalz.com/image/data/collectionsnake20.jpg]

  
  
  combine the two and you get a (chance for a) lesser bee
  

  [Image: http://newenglandreptile.com/forumpics/newlesserbee.jpg]

  
  
  now let that hatchling grow up and breed it with let's say a desert
  

  [Image: http://www.albeysreptiles.com/images/desert_enchi_tiger_1.jpg]

  
  
  and you get a triple gene combo like this lesser desert spider
  

  [Image: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/files/morphs/desert-lesser-spider/002.jpg]

  
  
  [SPOILER="LOTS OF IMAGES"]Some of my favorites include Panda
  

  [Image: http://31.media.tumblr.com/5fc9e3e70cdd37411aa186e166ee6751/tumblr_mysrk1GYAm1r8vrhxo1_1280.jpg]

  
  
  Caramel Albino Desert Ghost
  

  [Image: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/files/morphs/caramel-albino-desert-ghost/002.jpg]

  
  
  Tiger Jungle Woma
  

  [Image: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/files/morphs/tiger-jungle-woma/001.jpg]

  
  
  Orange Dream Enchi Firefly
  

  [Image: http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/73/36/9a/73369acfdfbb11d2dc2c12097ab0ce89.jpg]

  
  
  Citrus Pastel Lesser Spider
  

  [Image: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/files/morphs/citrus-pastel-lesser-spider/001.jpg]

  
  
  Butter Enchi
  

  [Image: http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w231/WestCoastJungle/snakes/BCE6Bunchimale.jpg]

  
  
  
  Cinnamon Enchi
  

  [Image: http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w231/WestCoastJungle/snakes/BCE5CinnamonEnchi.jpg]

  
  
  Yellowbelly Bumblebee
  

  [Image: http://ballpythonbreeder.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/12-885%20-%20Yellow%20Belly%20Bumble%20Bee%20Ball%20Python%20-%20Male.jpg]

  
  
  Super lesser
  

  [Image: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/files/morphs/super-lesser/002.jpg]

  
  
  Super cinnamon
  

  [Image: http://iansvivarium.com/morphs/species/python_regius/super_cinnamon/pics/supercinnamon-h.jpg]

  
  
  Super Pastel Desert Ghost
  

  [Image: http://www.acreptiles.com/main/images/igallery/resized/1101-1200/SPDG-1113-900-600-80-wm-right_bottom-20-watermarkpng.jpg]

  
  
  Banana Yellow Belly
  

  [Image: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/files/morphs/banana-yellow-belly/002.jpg]

  
  
  Bumblebee Desert
  

  [Image: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/files/morphs/bumble-bee-desert/001.jpg]

  
  
  Butter Tiger
  

  [Image: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/files/morphs/butter-tiger/003.jpg]

  
  
  Buttered Rum
  

  [Image: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/files/morphs/buttered-rum/002.jpg]

  
  
  Calico Fire Pastel
  

  [Image: http://www.worldofballpythons.com/files/morphs/calico-fire-pastel/003.jpg]

  
  
  Royal
  

  [Image: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/19/6f/24/196f24435715a12f507d8fec2d414fe7.jpg]

  
  
  these's a ton of great morphs available to view here
  http://imageevent.com/livingartreptiles/livingartreptilesballpythonsmorphs[/SPOILER]
• Campylobacter jejuni wrote on 2014-07-25 10:51
  Looking at the website I am starting to like them almost as much as Bush Vipers.
• ranie wrote on 2014-07-25 14:26
  THEYRE ALL SOO CUTE
• Brynn wrote on 2014-07-25 14:35
  My best friend Vinny has a ball python and he loves him and we watch him eat mice together I wish I had a pic to show you be he ain't post any.
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2014-07-25 15:35
  Not to be rude Hannah but do you think you could put that in spoilers? It's a heck of a lot of scrolling. Especially for mobile devices.
  
  Anyways, I didn't realize there was so many pattern/color combinations for Ball Pythons. Snakes are pretty rad creatures, I don't get why people hate on them so much. The only ones you really have to worry about is the poisonous ones.
• Hanna wrote on 2014-07-25 15:41

  Quote from Kingofrunes;1234980:

  Not to be rude Hannah but do you think you could put that in spoilers? It's a heck of a lot of scrolling. Especially for mobile devices.
  
  Anyways, I didn't realize there was so many pattern/color combinations for Ball Pythons. Snakes are pretty rad creatures, I don't get why people hate on them so much. The only ones you really have to worry about is the poisonous ones.

  
  
  sure
• Taycat wrote on 2014-07-25 15:50
  I want one like this.
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/0Z6ZpQv.jpg]
• Brynn wrote on 2014-07-25 15:52
  My mom wouldn't let me get a snake when I was younger because Satan turned into a snake to trick Eve.
• Hanna wrote on 2014-07-25 16:47

  Quote from Brynn;1234987:

  My mom wouldn't let me get a snake when I was younger because Satan turned into a snake to trick Eve.

  
  
  I was lucky enough to be raised around my cousin's snakes so my family was already accustomed to having snakes in the house
  old photo of me at age like 6
  

  [Image: https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10486205_481913635285926_1717269399355415682_n.jpg?oh=2ceaffa4454bab38d8cd7983c483cee5&oe=5459E3CA&__gda__=1414683808_85f3eb452872a41efc76d89ba0bd65d4]

  
  
  my cousin calvin had a 16ft albino burmese python she was so fucking cool
  
  
  I've always had a thing for misunderstood animals
  snakes, spiders, sharks, pit bulls, ect
• Campylobacter jejuni wrote on 2014-07-25 18:01
  Wasn't she a cute girl. <3
• SlurpTASTY wrote on 2014-07-25 18:25
  Snakes are fucking badass, I don't know what else to add.
• Yoorah wrote on 2014-07-26 01:27
  I think snakes are pretty cool, but as pets, they range from questionable to completely stupid. I mean, those pythons are cute while they're small. But what are you supposed to do with them when they get huge? Eat them [S]before they eat you[/S]? The answer to a lot of people seems to be to let them loose...
  
  I prefer this kind of python:
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/leiFcJk.png]
• Chockeh wrote on 2014-07-26 01:59

  Quote from Yoorah;1235094:

  I think snakes are pretty cool, but as pets, they range from questionable to completely stupid. I mean, those pythons are cute while they're small. But what are you supposed to do with them when they get huge? Eat them [S]before they eat you[/S]? The answer to a lot of people seems to be to let them loose...
  
  I prefer this kind of python:
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/leiFcJk.png]

  
  
  Damn, I was going to import the same joke.
• Hanna wrote on 2014-07-26 06:32

  Quote from Yoorah;1235094:

  I think snakes are pretty cool, but as pets, they range from questionable to completely stupid. I mean, those pythons are cute while they're small. But what are you supposed to do with them when they get huge? Eat them [S]before they eat you[/S]? The answer to a lot of people seems to be to let them loose...
  
  I prefer this kind of python:
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/leiFcJk.png]

  
  
  Ball pythons only get to 3-4 feet and can't kill anything larger than a rat..
  I don't think it's your place to judge people for owning something you obviously know nothing about
  Larger snakes like Burmese pythons have killed 13 people in the US and 30 years. There are millions owned in the US. They're not hard or expensive to house or feed. The pythons in the Everglades weren't dumped pets, theyre there because a breeding warehouse was destroyed during Hurricane Andrew.
  
  In most of the US if you were to let your snake loose they wouldn't make it past the winter.
  
  http://www.gareptilesociety.org/burmese-pythons-myths-rumors-and-misunderstandings
• Space Pirate Nithiel wrote on 2014-07-26 06:58
  I would pet a snake if it promised not to bite me.