DOES all normals have.....

:confused:My sons BP was purchased at Petco. I thoughtthat he was just a normal. But from what i have seen normals have black eyes. Well his eyes are black, but they have the gold stripe from his head going threw the top of his eye. Here is the best picture that I could get of him. Thanks for your time and thanks for your answers.
http://members.cox.net/tsy72001/Snak...20-%20Head.jpg

We need pics of his whole body and belly to be sure.

Ok I could not get many good pics, Beaux was not wanting to take pics. Also the good camera would not work. The belly pics are blurry. I am sorry about that.

http://members.cox.net/tsy72001/Snake/Beaux.jpg
http://members.cox.net/tsy72001/Snake/Beaux11.jpg
http://members.cox.net/tsy72001/Snake/Beaux14.jpg
http://members.cox.net/tsy72001/Snake/Beaux13.jpg

Perfectly normal. It's common for the coloration of the facial markings to carry into the eye color. :)

Ok thanks, just wondering. I have not seen any pics of some with that ype of color. He is just the sweetest snake ever. And I am not a snake person, I am a horse girl.

Good looking normal! Also, get that guy some food!

Just a normal.

He's a normal, with cool eyes :gj: I'll second the food, he's a little on the thin side. He's not too bad at all, just a little svelte for a ball python. :P

Pretty little guy:)

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Mine has this too.

Thanks everyone. He eats like a horse. We have had him now for 2 full weeks and he has eaten 2 hoopers and 3 fuzzies. They ran out of hoppers so we got fuzzies and eat eat them on a 2 day span. He also pooped 2 times, once on my youngest son, he is still a little fearful of hom so that pushed it over the top.

he eats at a 2 day span??

Put him on a 4-5 day schedule. He should be at least eating a small mouse to possibly even an adult mouse. Most of my babies are on adult mice within the first month.
I'd get him on a longer schedule. He needs time to digest but I also don't think your giving him large enough prey. My neonate hatchlings start on mouse hoppers and quickly move up. Even still 2 days is a little quick to feed again.

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I say adult mouse and/or rat pups.

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he eats at a 2 day span??

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He did with the fuzzies. On hoppers he eats evry Wednesday.

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Originally Posted by Homegrownscales

Put him on a 4-5 day schedule. He should be at least eating a small mouse to possibly even an adult mouse. Most of my babies are on adult mice within the first month.
I'd get him on a longer schedule. He needs time to digest but I also don't think your giving him large enough prey. My neonate hatchlings start on mouse hoppers and quickly move up. Even still 2 days is a little quick to feed again.

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As I said, he eats HOPPERS. The store did not have any when it was time to fee so I had to give him fuzzies. That is why I feed him so soon.

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I say adult mouse and/or rat pups.

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Those would be way too big, he is tiny. His neck is smaller than my pinkie.

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Those would be way too big, he is tiny. His neck is smaller than my pinkie.

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You don't go by the width of the neck. You should be feeding your bp one prey item about as big around as the girth of the thickest part of his body. Snakes unhinge their jaws and stretch around the prey. I think you should be fine to up the prey size to adult mice, at least small adult mice...

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You don't go by the width of the neck. You should be feeding your bp one prey item about as big around as the girth of the thickest part of his body. Snakes unhinge their jaws and stretch around the prey. I think you should be fine to up the prey size to adult mice, at least small adult mice...

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Yes I that. My husband, who worked with snakes for many years, said that hoppers are the size he needs. It is a bit hard for him to swallow the hoppers.

How old is the snake and about how many grams? Pretty much straight out of the egg in many cases they can handle adult mice... shortly there after rat pups.

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How old is the snake and about how many grams? Pretty much straight out of the egg in many cases they can handle adult mice... shortly there after rat pups.

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My husband said he is about 6 months old. Not sure of the grams, I am ordering a scale.

6 months? Def can handle small adult mice.