Caramel Ball Pythons

I've heard loads of times that Caramels have kinks in them what exactly is a kink?
I think they are a lovely morph & I'd like to get 1, but what are the bad things to watch out for when getting a caramel?
Do all caramels have sum form of disability?

Is there such a thing as 100% healthy caramel with no kink?

Please help

Spell it with me kids :twisted:

Goooooooooo.......

Gul.

YouTube - Kinked Caramel Albinos


dr del

You could go with an Ultramel instead:gj:

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Originally Posted by hEireann Pythons

I've heard loads of times that Caramels have kinks in them what exactly is a kink?
I think they are a lovely morph & I'd like to get 1, but what are the bad things to watch out for when getting a caramel?
Do all caramels have sum form of disability?

Is there such a thing as 100% healthy caramel with no kink?

Please help

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Dr. Del.......too funny!! We need to make an icon that is an easy button but it says google for you. :D

I think that was rude of drdel. The point of this website is to help others out and to learn more. Yes you did post a vid for the op but you could of left out the google remark. The very top of the page says "The friendliest online community for ALL your herping needs!" To the original OP yes caramels do have kinks and some do not. The kinks seem to have no affect on the animals health as it says in the video. I hope that helps a little bit at least.

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Originally Posted by Shock

I think that was rude of drdel. The point of this website is to help others out and to learn more. Yes you did post a vid for the op but you could of left out the google remark. The very top of the page says "The friendliest online community for ALL your herping needs!" To the original OP yes caramels do have kinks and some do not. The kinks seem to have no affect on the animals health as it says in the video. I hope that helps a little bit at least.

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How was it rude? Considering the very first result when googling for "caramel ball python kinking" is the video that he posted, the OP apparently didn't look very hard. Had he said something along the lines of "You're an idiot, try googling for it," THAT would have been rude. :P

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Originally Posted by Shock

The kinks seem to have no affect on the animals health as it says in the video. I hope that helps a little bit at least.

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Well that is not exactly true. Most of the snakes can survive and function reasonably well with the kinks, but in some cases they can not and have to be put down.

Depending on how severe the kink is, usually it doesn't bother them. A close friend of mine had many caramels and most had kinks, but the kinks didn't affect any of them except for one, who became very severely kinked with his old age (he was adopted and the kink kept getting worse) and had to be put down.