I want to know ABOUT ALICE. :)

Hi! I am Tia,
here is my intro
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...tral-Texas-!!!

This is Alice. She is my 1st snake experience. This is the enclosure that she came in. We will be switching to something better ASAP. :P She has a vet visit very soon to be probed, and just a general check up.

What kind of BP is she? Any tips/advice/knowledge is appreciated :) Thanks in Advance!
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...a/DSCN1416.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...a/DSCN1413.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...a/DSCN1411.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...a/DSCN1409.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...a/DSCN1400.jpg
And Alice...doing her nightly routine of escape planning
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...a/DSCN1382.jpg

Is a what People call "normal" and I prefer to call "wild type"... Yours have nice reduced/banned pattern but.... This type of pattern can be genetic or natural random occurrence...

Only Breeding can tell if he/she will pass this on next generation.

Overall You have very nice ball python there :gj::gj::gj:

I doubt we will breed her. I am not even sure Alice is female. We will know in the near future though! She is big. I know that much :D I'm glad she is "normal". That is definitely good to hear. I was afraid someone would reply with "that is not a BP. You need to get out of here and take that illegal snake to the police." :)

Welcome to BP.net

Gorgeous reduced pattern "normal" you have.
Ive been looking to add a normal like that to my breeding program, so I am jelous because thats a wonderful patterned normal. :gj:

What do you mean by "reduced band pattern" ? Can you elaborate on that with a description? :) Is there a way to tell if she is M or F by her size/tail/anything?

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Originally Posted by Tia Badger

Is there a way to tell if she is M or F by her size/tail/anything?

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No :( The only accurate way to sex an adult Ball Python is by probing.

Or popping if you know what you're doing .... But I don't recommend you try with your first snake ^_^

Pretty pattern!

I heard that females are generally larger than males. Is that a myth? I can't wait to hear what the vet says about her/him.

What about her current enclosure? Is it horrible?
I want to put her in a plastic one, and have less stuff in it.

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Originally Posted by Tia Badger

What do you mean by "reduced band pattern" ? Can you elaborate on that with a description? :) Is there a way to tell if she is M or F by her size/tail/anything?

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This is one of my normals...
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...-15_182749.jpg

See how she has black spots in her pattern, and has alot of black on her? Your snake shows a lack of "alien eyes" and has less black. The pattern connects in "bands" around the snake as well, thats why we call that normal a "reduced pattern" Do you see the difference?

And no a snake must be probed at that size by an experienced herper. Sometimes though dont even let a vet do it unless they specialize in herps/snakes, if probed wrong damage can be done to the snake.
Hope this helps.

reduced pateern is lack of alien head patterns on the animal, banded is a band of color connecting one side of color to the other. Does that make any sense?