How to Tell Quality

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Originally Posted by artgecko

Pics 4 and 5 look brighter and have more "tear drops" which I like on clowns. I prefer a more reduced pattern though and some people like more busy animals.

Keep in mind that color depends on lighting and what camera they were using also, so not all photos depict the right color and not all monitors display color well.

Brighter animals tend to not brown out as much, but it can depend on the genetics behind the animal too. If either breeder has a gallery with pics of the adults that produced these babies, that will tell you a lot.

I would mainly pick based on pattern since color is so unpredictable.

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Boyfriend and I have narrowed it down to pic 3 or pic 5.

I like the reduced pattern on 3, but love the blushing and brightness of 5.

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Originally Posted by Ax01

my fav is #3. i dig it's pattern and colors. it also looks like it has a blonde mustache lol.


#4 and #5 have really consistent patterns and bright blushed, cool heads.


#6 from the second breeder has a nice reduced patern and dorsal.


i like reduced pattern Clowns but i think #3 has a bit of both. a melted busy pattern meets reduced pattern. also a blonde mustache!

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I'm loving three! Boyfriend is set on 5. He thinks the reduced patterns are boring -.-

Five does has some nice blushing... Maybe I'll bother Tim and see if he would take a couple more pictures of those two.

Thanks for the opinions guys :)

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I didn't even think of feeding habits! Ask about how they are all eating, if they are eating what you want to feed (f/t or live?) and also for weights. If you are stuck between two, bot with the best feeder of the two. Feeding is the must frustrating part of owning a BP, so going with a good feeder will save you a lot of frustration later on.

Agreed, a confident snake is a big part of it. I like busy myself, pastel clown female is what I'm after atm...

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Originally Posted by artgecko

I didn't even think of feeding habits! Ask about how they are all eating, if they are eating what you want to feed (f/t or live?) and also for weights. If you are stuck between two, bot with the best feeder of the two. Feeding is the must frustrating part of owning a BP, so going with a good feeder will save you a lot of frustration later on.

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They're all on f/t, but I'll definitely check who's the best feeder.

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I was 100% wrong! They're not on f/t yet. So I put down a deposit and he's going to transition pic 3 and pic 5 and I'm going to take whichever one is the better eater :)

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Originally Posted by Ashleigh91

Torn between 1 and 2! Love the blushing on number 1.

And okay I'll post them. I was just worried it would be against the rules since they aren't my photos, or animals I've put a deposit on or anything.

Hope this is alright!

From breeder #1:

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...9e458cb3f3.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...c5a8d8ff5d.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...de7775861b.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...f2dbbe521a.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...3748adb833.jpg

From breeder #2:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...7de5e23289.jpg

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#5 from the 1st based on your circumstances. But I prefer reduced clown so breeder #2's is the one I'd pick.

Edit: Yeah, figured it'd end up being 5.

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Originally Posted by hollowlaughter

#5 from the 1st based on your circumstances. But I prefer reduced clown so breeder #2's is the one I'd pick.

Edit: Yeah, figured it'd end up being 5.

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I really like the pattern on breeder #2's. Bryan dislikes it though and everyone is saying bright is better.

On top of that, breeder #2 hasn't responded to my messages for three days, and Tim (#1) has been responding regularly so that sort of swung it for me.

Super excited though!

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Originally Posted by hollowlaughter

#5 from the 1st based on your circumstances. But I prefer reduced clown so breeder #2's is the one I'd pick.

Edit: Yeah, figured it'd end up being 5.

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There was a beautiful sub-adult blade clown available when I first started looking. Great price too. I would have loved him, but Bryan hated him -sigh-

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If you are judging solely by appearance, then it is all a matter of preference... some people LOVE banana pythons, and coral glows...I personally think they look ugly. Just me. I'm sure that some of the snakes that I think look awesome some other people will think they look boring.

Its not about "quality:, beauty is purely subjective and resides in the eye of the beholder.

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Originally Posted by Godzilla78

If you are judging solely by appearance, then it is all a matter of preference... some people LOVE banana pythons, and coral glows...I personally think they look ugly. Just me. I'm sure that some of the snakes that I think look awesome some other people will think they look boring.

Its not about "quality:, beauty is purely subjective and resides in the eye of the beholder.

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The matter of quality comes in when you are judging how they'll maintain their vibrancy as they age though - at least that's my understanding :)

I think they're all absolutely beautiful. But since I have a handful to chose from, just makes sense to me to get the opinions of those who have experience with the morph.

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