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Pretty Normal BP?

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  • 06-13-2011, 12:38 AM
    mues155
    Pretty Normal BP?
    Theres an ad on my local online classifieds for normal ball python juveys for $30.
    Figured if its a female I might get it.
    This guy seems like a flipper, he has multiple ads for animals including beardies, anoles, tropical girdled lizards, columbian red tail boas, several dart frogs etc.
    So I highly doubt he knows how to sex a BP, and I would want to know what company he is buying from, if he will tell me that.
    Anyways would you guys think this is a smart buy for future breeding or not so much? I will have to confirm the sex, I would only want it if female.
    Thanks for any opinions!
    http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...c68cd04756.jpg
  • 06-13-2011, 12:49 AM
    aalomon
    Re: Pretty Normal BP?
    Honestly, it looks like a 100% normal ball python for me. If you want to breed for limited alien heads she (if its a she) would be a good choice.
  • 06-13-2011, 12:53 AM
    mues155
    I didnt think it was anything but a 100% normal. Just looking at its pattern it seems kind of cool for a normal. :)
    Is the alien head thing genetic? Like is that a proven thing to produce less alien heads with a snake like the one pictured?
  • 06-13-2011, 12:55 AM
    aalomon
    Re: Pretty Normal BP?
    No, its not a genetic trait like a spider but you are more likely to get a snake with less alien heads if the parents have less alien heads.
  • 06-13-2011, 12:57 AM
    mues155
    Re: Pretty Normal BP?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by aalomon View Post
    No, its not a genetic trait like a spider but you are more likely to get a snake with less alien heads if the parents have less alien heads.

    ok, well i know it wouldnt be like a morph or anything, that wasnt what I was saying.
    But ok there a chance of the parents passing on the reduced alien head pattern. Thats all I was wondering, thanks
  • 06-13-2011, 01:51 AM
    snakesRkewl
    You can avoid the heart dropping feeling of raising a snake for 2 years just to find out you've raised a male, by going to a trusted breeder.
    Knowing your intentions might be to breed her eventually IMO It's not a smart buy if he can't pop it and show you the sex of the snake.
  • 06-13-2011, 02:15 AM
    mues155
    I know how to pop and sex the snake myself, im betting he wouldnt know how.
    If he lets me sex it and its female then I may buy it. But no I wouldnt buy it unless sexed female.
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