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  • 08-07-2010, 03:14 PM
    jallenfl
    Help Identifying sable morph...
    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
    https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...2/dsc02862.jpg

    In sunlight
    https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...8/2/simple.jpg

    With Flash
    https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...2/dsc02728.jpg

    Without flash
    https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...2/dsc02858.jpg

    Belly
    https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...2/dsc02864.jpg

    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
  • 08-07-2010, 10:34 PM
    jallenfl
    Re: Help Identifying sable morph...
    Any help from the sable owners... This is a really hard morph to identify for me... Thanks
  • 08-07-2010, 10:47 PM
    Dave86
    Re: Help Identifying sable morph...
    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?
  • 08-08-2010, 09:17 PM
    noobiepythonowner
    Re: Help Identifying sable morph...
    to me it looks like a pastel then agian i am not that knowlegable about them
  • 08-08-2010, 09:47 PM
    oddball exotics
    Re: Help Identifying sable morph...
    Looks normal.sables have a darker smashed up pattern down the sides and are generally darker.
  • 08-08-2010, 11:10 PM
    Orlandoflor
    Re: Help Identifying sable morph...
    hey hope this help this is my sable i got yesterday
    sorry for the bad pic


    http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/z...Picture062.jpg
  • 08-09-2010, 06:38 AM
    rabernet
    Re: Help Identifying sable morph...
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by noobiepythonowner View Post
    to me it looks like a pastel then agian i am not that knowlegable about them


    Nope - not even remotely like a pastel. :)
  • 08-09-2010, 09:43 PM
    jallenfl
    Re: Help Identifying sable morph...
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Dave86 View Post
    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
  • 08-09-2010, 10:02 PM
    RichsBallPythons
    Re: Help Identifying sable morph...
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jallenfl View Post
    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.
  • 08-10-2010, 01:26 AM
    seeya205
    Re: Help Identifying sable morph...
    All the blushing is like a browned out pastel but I think it's just a really nice looking normal!
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