Buying a ball python

hey guys i really need your help, i found someone selling a ball python. He says it is female but isnt sure because the only way he knows is from the people at the pet store that sold it to him said so. I just wanted to know what morph you guys thought this was because it def isnt a normal. Please give me as much information as you can from these pictures.

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I'm no expert but that doesn't look like a ball at all - I think it's a red tail boa

That is a Boa :)

That is most definately not a ball python :P

As others have said, it is a Boa.

most certainly a boa.

That isn't any morph of ball python.

It's not even a python.

That is a Red Tail Boa.

Either that guy is trying to pull a fast one on you, or is a total moron who bought a snake from even bigger morons, and now that he knows what it is, he wants rid of it.

Gale

The ironic thing is that a red tail is worth quite a lot more than a normal ball, at least on this side of the Atlantic.

Its guna get a bit bigger than a ball python so make sure you can house it before you buy it

definitely boa

how can you be so sure? the pattern of it im guessing, because i have never seen a python with a pattern like that thats why i wanted to ask...I also just realized/notice the shape of its head is what a boa's head looks like, lol sorry for asking a stupid question

kinda looks like a Hogg Island to me, or at least has some HI in her. If so than it should stay on the smaller side for boas, even still my girl is just over 6 feet, and my adult ball is around the 4.5'-5' mark.

I don't think it's a Hogg Island, there's no speckling on the body. I'm thinking it's a sunglow boa. Hard to tell. Lighting can make a sunglow look entirely diiferent, but I'd put my money on a sunglow boa.

How much is the seller wanting for this "Ball Python"? Could be worth buying it to resell.

Jim Smith

Yea def. not a ball.....its a boa...but I don't think it is a red tail....not grey enough. But then again I do not know the different kinds of boa's but you can tell my the shape of the head and the type of pattern on him.

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how can you be so sure? the pattern of it im guessing, because i have never seen a python with a pattern like that thats why i wanted to ask...I also just realized/notice the shape of its head is what a boa's head looks like, lol sorry for asking a stupid question

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Well first of all, it looks nothing like a ball python.

Just google "red tail boa" and it will pop up with something that look just like what you have pictured.

seller is selling it with the enclosure for $125, after learning that it is a boa im no longer interested lol

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seller is selling it with the enclosure for $125, after learning that it is a boa im no longer interested lol

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buy it, and take good care of it, and sell it for more than you paid lol.

if it is a red tail boa, it is worth over $100 alone without the enclosure.

I'd buy it. It is definitely a boa and while I'm no expert on boa morphs, that one looks to be a morph, not a normal. As one mentioned, it might be a sunglow boa or I would also throw out a salmon.

Yeah i'd say a red tail or columbian boa. Hard to tell if its a true red tail from those pics.

Jim

boa not a ball:(

Not a stupid question at all. It's better to ask and know than to get it home and go "whoa, this isn't what I thought I was buying!". I'd buy it, too.

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how can you be so sure? the pattern of it im guessing, because i have never seen a python with a pattern like that thats why i wanted to ask...I also just realized/notice the shape of its head is what a boa's head looks like, lol sorry for asking a stupid question

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Big Gunns thinks you better stick with spinning records DJ if you can't tell that's not a Ball Python.:P:D

Sorry this is a late post just looking through the endless BP information. Yeah that is so a red tailed boa, and by the way I would see if you can sucker someone of your own because that things going to get 8/9 feet, if your lucky it may only get to about 7 feet that is my best guess from what I know about them. Sorry but someone had to give you the bad news:( If you ever read this try not to cry, your now the proud owner of a big snake. Sorry.

Ps Cool snake through, worth a couple hundred. Best luck.


Travis