VPI Axanthic meaning

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Originally Posted by ALee

So 100% VPI Axanthic Male Ball Python
$125.00 would be a GREAT deal?

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Sounds like that's describing a 100% het VPI axanthic male. Make sure you check their background and ensure they are a reputable breeder before you buy anything "het" it's not at all unheard of for people to misrepresent a normal ball python as het when it is nothing of the sort.

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Originally Posted by ALee

So 100% VPI Axanthic Male Ball Python
$125.00 would be a GREAT deal?

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Do you mean Het? Visuals are expensive.

Well its not listed as HET and all other HETS are listed as below
100% Het Yellow Ghost Female Ball Python
$250.00

100% Het Snake Keeper Line Axanthic Ball Python
$100.00

100% VPI Axanthic Male Ball Python
$125.00 ( actually a 1 Y/O)

We are not looking to breed just looking at another Ball morph - something thats a different look to our normal

If you see 100% in the description they are talking about being HET for Axanthic. Visual Axanthics are generally over $700. If you are looking for a different look from your normal this will not fit the bill. If you want to be in that lower price range for a visual morph I would say look at Pastels. They will be brighter and more yellow vs. your normal. For more exciting morph to look at you will spend quite a bit more.

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Originally Posted by waltah!

If you see 100% in the description they are talking about being HET for Axanthic. Visual Axanthics are generally over $700. If you are looking for a different look from your normal this will not fit the bill. If you want to be in that lower price range for a visual morph I would say look at Pastels. They will be brighter and more yellow vs. your normal. For more exciting morph to look at you will spend quite a bit more.

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Also prices on some spiders (not necessarily the best looking ones lol but that's besides the point) and some morphs like pins and cinnamons have come down quite a bit. Any homozygous (visible) recessive morphs like axanthics, albinos, pieds etc... are always going to be in the higher price range just due to the fact that your clutch ratios are almost always going to be lower than a co-dom or dominant gene (except in a homozygous X homozygous type breeding). But I digress lol. Pastels are beautiful and prices on them have never been lower, they're also a great morph to have if you ever plan on breeding. Good luck with whatever you may choose!

Ok great and thanks for all the info! maybe a lemon pastel then or my preference is a black pastel

As for Spiders.. Although I really LOVE the look Im afraid of this morph from all the stories that I have read here and elsewhere re. genetic defects such as the spinning/ wobbling and gazing and such.