Help: My spider turn...gray

No that is not a light trick that really is her color..Very cool stuff shocked the hell out of me when I opened her tub and there was a gray snake looking up at me.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...0/bluegray.jpg

Keep us posted I would love to compaire notes

she was nice looking before but WOW. I LOVE the way she looks now. Hey if any of the babies comeout like that put me down for one ;D

Can some one please talk some sense..
If you are worried, take her to a vet for crying out loud.
Take her to the vet just in case.

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Originally Posted by Montessa Python

Can some one please talk some sense..
If you are worried, take her to a vet for crying out loud.
Take her to the vet just in case.

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Huh?:confused:

No offense, but the people he has talked to( RDR and others) I would be much more inclined to believe one of them over a vet anyday. RDR and a select few have even seen this strange occurrence, much less a vet. Vets have enough trouble diagnosing a RI....

SShe looks amazing.

Shes pretty awesome!
Hows the Super Ball doing? Did you end up keeping him?
Jon

I would have brought her to vet, if I didn't get any information on her. However, many breeders told me that this thing happens and it is not harmful to my snakes. Those people are (in order of whom I get information from first) Tim, Ralph, Amir, Brian, and Chun. They all told me exact same thing. So I guess it's pretty safe for me to sit on my butt and enjoy her new look while it last.

More new pics soon :D

I end up keeping him Jon. I've realized that super ball is hard to find, so I better keep one for myself since I have a chance to get one. He's one mean dude though, so many people here got tagged by him lol

Also bought one adult male Angolan x Ball couple months ago as well...can't wait to see him. I'm starting a ball hybrid collection. :) Next one I'll get Ball x corn hybrid lol

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Originally Posted by AzureN1ght

Does the temporary color loss seem to coincide with the females being gravid (and is the color loss only with females)? Perhaps when a female's body is short on resources and she's building up eggs, the eggs are priority over the pigmentation process during her shed?

Anyway, it's a very interesting phenomenon :) Pictures, pictures while it lasts!

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In most of the animals I have read about or heard about, I don't recall it occuring near breeding. In fact most of the occurances that I can recall, it happened in sub-adults.

T, I am glad you got plenty of advice that allowed your mind to be at ease.

Sincerely,

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Originally Posted by Montessa Python

Can some one please talk some sense..
If you are worried, take her to a vet for crying out loud.
Take her to the vet just in case.

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Some sense? There's no need to take her to the vet, this is a phenomena that happens to some snakes - nothing vet worthy.