So I'm looking to get back into breeding. Just to produce some morphs I otherwise would not be able to afford. So I planned to start with just one paring next year, to produce albinos. I sexed my ball python myself for the first time, (since I didn't care earlier, only owned "him" as a display snake) and found that what I was told "might be a male" is actually a female albino. So, I'm now looking for a male albino het to breed with her next year. (If she's ready.) Anyway, I was told that a reputable breeder was local, so I looked him up, and found a male albino het born mid '09 for a VERY good price on his website. However, upon asking for more info, I was told he was only 220 grams. Wow. Isn't that small for an almost two year old bp? So I asked him about this and was told, "Due to the interest in Hets in todays market being low and shipping restrictions on size of snakes for our international customers, we keep these animals at a manageable smaller size. They are feeding great and don't appear to be thin or unhealthy. Once in your possession you can feed them a little more than usual and they will grow to their standard adult size." (c&p from e-mail.) So my question is, am I right and this is total bull, or is there some truth in what he says?