My new baby - Parker

This is my new baby bp named Parker. My 3 1/2 year old step son named him Parker, short for Peter Parker Python. (He is a HUGE spider man fan)

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I love that pattern.

Congrats. Im a total noob, so, i dont have alot of experience, but Parker there looks alot like mine. is he a granite? looked like there might have been some speckling on his sides but couldnt really tell.

thanks. i think he, or she, don't know yet, has such a beautiful pattern!

and i actually don't know what kind of ball python it is though. i was actually going to post and ask if anyone could tell me. i am a noob as well lol. this is my first snake ever

well, i wish i could be of more help. You can check out the hunters guide to morphs. maybe that could help. otherwise, im sure someone with plenty of experience will be through shortly and can tell you.

Anyways, Congrats, and he/she is beautiful

Or Worldofballpythons.com

if i had to guess i would say yellowbelly but i could be wrong i havent seen his belly just his sides look really nice so im not sure

i asked the pet store that i bought it from, and they said, "i dunno, its just a ball python, there's only one kind" and when i told them there were different morphs the guy says "just a normal one i guess." i asked another person too, and they had no idea either.

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Originally Posted by ahunt037

if i had to guess i would say yellowbelly but i could be wrong i havent seen his belly just his sides look really nice so im not sure

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its belly is white

Congrats, parker is a cutie :)

Parker looks great. im not sure what type he is but my 1st thought was enchi with eyes not reduced pattern. Congrats.

Parker looks like a nice normal BP to me. If you bought it from a pet store, it is most likely a normal. The breeders who supply pet stores know well enough not to sell a morph for normal prices, so if you bought it for a normal price, you can be pretty sure it's a normal...

Too cute!

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its belly is white

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yes yellowbelly doesnt actually mean the belly is yellow its just the name of the morph the yellowbellies normally have that nice coloring on the sides and then their belly will have like almost a pixelated looking pattern going down both sides of a white belly still not sure y its called a yellowbelly.

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/yellow-belly/

He looks like a normal to me. I would recommend giving him a couple smaller hides that are enclosed on all three sides. Those logs are usually too open for BPs and he would be more comfortable in a hide where he can feel the sides touching his body. Super cute little guy! :D

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Originally Posted by darkbloodwyvern

He looks like a normal to me. I would recommend giving him a couple smaller hides that are enclosed on all three sides. Those logs are usually too open for BPs and he would be more comfortable in a hide where he can feel the sides touching his body. Super cute little guy! :D

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thanks. i bought 2 smaller, tighter fitting hides yesterday. the woman at the pet store apparently had NO idea what she was talking about. she told me to get the biggest one (and only one) so that he could grow into it. plus she told me the lamp was fine and didn't even mention and under tank heater. she told me nothing about having a cool side and warm side. i've been trying to make sure i get all the right things. wish i hadn't bought all the things i don't need first though, plus i threw out all the things they came in so i cant return any of it. he seems much more comfortable and has gone in both new hides. he only comes out at night which i hear is a good sign.

You are at the right place now! Very helpful and knowledgable people here on the board. He is a cutie!

Looks like a normal to me :gj: Sure is pretty!

i'm not exactly handy when it comes to modifying electronics. i'd probably just break the thing. would it maybe be ok to just use the zilla with 1 probe to put under the hide on the warm side (over the uth under the substrate) and use the other probe for humidity? Either that or get the accu-rite since it does indoor/outdoor temp plus humidity and then just use the temp gun for ambient and cool hide temps, etc? and just use it frequently? i was planning to use it on my f/t mice too to make sure they are thawed and at the right temperature.

right now my analogs are making me worried about the ambient temp and i want to get more accurate readings. do i just put the digital part of the device on the glass where the analogs are inside the enclosure? the package for the uth and thermostat said to put it on the high side (90-95) for ball pythons, but the analog thermometer keeps reading at 70/75. the substrate is warm though.

again sorry for the millions of questions, im such a newbie and i fell in love with my bp the moment i brought him home. i feel like a new mom that just brought her baby home and wants to overdo all the protection and make him safe and secure and happy all the time lol.

oops i was so tired last night i posted that in the wrong thread lol. disregard that last post