Yellow belly genetics

Hey all,

I'm new to this forum and to ball pythons, though I have as well a boa, veiled chameleon, a beardie, and a crestie. I just purchased a female yellow belly ball python and I am starting to keep ball pythons because I am interested in breeding them.

Im still learning a lot about genetics and morphs and I wanted to get the details on the genetics of a yellow belly. I have heard they are het for ivory? Is this true? Aside from producing ivory babies, what else would I get if I breed them?

If you breed two yellowbellies together you can get Ivories, yellowbellies and normals. :gj:

Dr Del hit it with what a Yellowbelly will produce when paired with a normal. However, there are a lot of other morphs that can be paired with a Yellowbelly to make some beautiful combos. Paired with a Spark, you can get Pumas. Paired with a Spector you can get Super Stripes. Even a Fire Yellowbelly is a nice looking morph. You have time so, go to World of Ball Pythons and play with their genetics list, see what inspires you. Best of luck.

I too just bought a yellow belly bp 0.1 for future breeding plans (a small investment to wait 5 years for her to grow into proper breeding size) and i was wondering if we could keep this thread going about their genetics?

I enjoy lighter coloured snakes so the ivory gene was a pretty good base building block to my inexperienced self, i also learned that having a simple single gene in the female and having multiple genes in the male was more ideal. wondering if we could keep talking about good combos with yellow belly females :)

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Originally Posted by SereneSerpents

a small investment to wait 5 years for her to grow into proper breeding size

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Unless you super slow grow her it will be 3 years or slightly less. Most of my females make 1500-2000 by their 3rd year which is a good size