axanthic at petco

i saw some axanthic balls at petco (no color at all, completely grayscale) for $80... would that be a good investment or should i stay away just based on the fact that it's petco?

I'm not calling you a liar, but I HIGHLY doubt that they're truely axanthic. Odds are, theyr'e probably normals. :)

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

i saw some axanthic balls at petco (no color at all, completely grayscale) for $80... would that be a good investment or should i stay away just based on the fact that it's petco?

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More than likely it was just an odd ball. but if you like the way it looks then get it and see if it genetic you never know

that's almost too good to be true.

The chances that it is what we in the ball python community call an axanthic are slim. By this I mean a proven genetic morph. You can find normals that don't have (or have lost) their pigment.


Now for the catch...there is always a chance that they (Petco) have imported a potential new morph...it does happen. The "chance" is that you must raise it up and prove it out before it will be anything more than a cool looking normal.

If it turns out to be a new morph then $80 is a steal...if not then you have yourself a cool overpriced normal.

Choice is yours.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

More than likely it was just an odd ball.

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Ha! Is that where that expression came from? :D

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

Now for the catch...there is always a chance that they (Petco) have imported a potential new morph...it does happen. The "chance" is that you must raise it up and prove it out before it will be anything more than a cool looking normal.

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Well, I'm pretty sure that petco has NEVER imported a genetic morph that's been proven...those guys in africa know what they have, and the snakes the make it to petco have been picked over 10 times over each time they have changed hands. It would be a 1 in a billion shot that something could make it through and end up at a petco.

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Originally Posted by elevatethis

Well, I'm pretty sure that petco has NEVER imported a genetic morph that's been proven...those guys in africa know what they have, and the snakes the make it to petco have been picked over 10 times over each time they have changed hands. It would be a 1 in a billion shot that something could make it through and end up at a petco.

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Actually there is a thread on KS about just this topic and several people have said they purchased snakes that turned out to be morphs at Petco. Several said they got Pastels...but since I never found one i am just passing on what came from others :D

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

Actually there is a thread on KS about just this topic and several people have said they purchased snakes that turned out to be morphs at Petco. Several said they got Pastels...but since I never found one i am just passing on what came from others :D

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Do you have a link to that discussion? I can't find it. :confused:

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Do you have a link to that discussion? I can't find it. :confused:

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I was reading it several days ago so let me see if I can find it. :)