Help Identifying sable morph...

[jallenfl]

Hello all, I recently recieved a ball python from a friend that no longer breeds his snakes. He bought her as a sable and never had a chance to prove her out to be just that. Anyway I have spoke with several people as to what she could be and some said she looks like a low quality sable or even possibly a choclate. I was told sable usually have a checkered belly and a silver to there eye. She has both but I am still not sure.

Any help from all of you out there would be great thanks...J

Her eyes


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Also she recently started losing pigment in the scales on her head, turning lighter color. Does anyone know the cause of this. Thanks in advance...J

[jallenfl]

Any help from the sable owners... This is a really hard morph to identify for me... Thanks

[Dave86]

A Sable should be darker than this snake which is also an adult ball python. This snake has a normal colour and pattern and also a good amount of blushing, so I say it's not a sable. Who sold this animal to your friend?

About tha scales on the head....did this snake lose them after a shed?

[noobiepythonowner]

to me it looks like a pastel then agian i am not that knowlegable about them

[oddball exotics]

Looks normal.sables have a darker smashed up pattern down the sides and are generally darker.

[Orlandoflor]

hey hope this help this is my sable i got yesterday
sorry for the bad pic

[rabernet]

to me it looks like a pastel then agian i am not that knowlegable about them

Nope - not even remotely like a pastel.

[jallenfl]

A Sable should be darker than this snake which is also an adult ball python. This snake has a normal colour and pattern and also a good amount of blushing, so I say it's not a sable. Who sold this animal to your friend?

About tha scales on the head....did this snake lose them after a shed?

She was sold to my friend as a sable or even a possible chocolate. I just noticed she was a very nice looking normal if nothing else so I talked with him about her. At the end of our talk he offered her to me for $40.00 and I couldnt say no.

As far as the scales on her head... After her last shed she had 1 scale on her head that was tan. After about 3 weeks now quite a few of the sacles have turned tan. I have checked everything.

I keep all my snakes in a ARS rack and temps and humidity are spot on. Just strange cause I have another ball that is doing this also. Dont really know the cause of the scales lossing pigment... Thanks in advance J

[RichsBallPythons]

She was sold to my friend as a sable or even a possible chocolate. I just noticed she was a very nice looking normal if nothing else so I talked with him about her. At the end of our talk he offered her to me for $40.00 and I couldnt say no.

As far as the scales on her head... After her last shed she had 1 scale on her head that was tan. After about 3 weeks now quite a few of the sacles have turned tan. I have checked everything.

I keep all my snakes in a ARS rack and temps and humidity are spot on. Just strange cause I have another ball that is doing this also. Dont really know the cause of the scales lossing pigment... Thanks in advance J

Well you have your answer. No one would sell and adult sable for $40.

Its just a normal.

[seeya205]

All the blushing is like a browned out pastel but I think it's just a really nice looking normal!