Things went bad then turned great!

Alright so the pastel we were suppose to buy today ended up not going good. The guy never answered his phone today. So upset I got on Craigslist and the second posting down was for a 3 month old Ball python. I clicked the link and looked at the picture. The bp looks nothing color wise to a normal bp imo. The woman was asking $50 OBO. I told her I had to drive about 90 miles round trip and threw out a crazy lo ball offer of $25. She said yes!!!! We went and picked him up and on the way home my fiance held him the whole way home and he was all over exploring and ended up around her neck where he stayed the rest of the way home. I did stop and get him a hopper because saturday is his day to eat and she didnt feed him last week because she forgot! LOL. Got home put him in a feeder tank dropped the hopper in and he struck instantly! Wish I would have gotten 2 but he will just have to wait until next week. Anyway he is now in his new home and already drank water and is all over the tank checking stuff out. My question is what kind of bp do I have??? He has orange in him and a little yellow.
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The one on the right (new one?) totally looks like pastel, check his eyes - if they're green he's most likely a pastel...awesome deal btw!

That's without a doubt a Pastel. Nice one too. Cross your fingers it's a female. But excellent deal, either way.

The left is normal, the right looks pastel

If anything special, probably a pastel, but keep in mind that it could also just be a fresh shed off a normal BP.

If it has green eyes, a clear belly, it's a pastel :gj:

Looks like a pastel to me. I can only see a little bit of its belly, but it looks clear. Can you post belly and head shots?

Make sure and keep it away from your snake. Quarentine is your friend!

In the picture, left looks like normal, right looks pastel. It would take some more pictures and check it's eyes against the normals to see if they look green or brown? Make sure of the sex too.

Nice find.

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Make sure and keep it away from your snake. Quarentine is your friend!

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Especially for something you got off craigslist! Congrats on the find...

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

Make sure and keep it away from your snake. Quarentine is your friend!

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If that snake on the left is yours, you've already blown quarentine. Watch them both veerrry carefully as well as any others in your collection.

But that really is a super snake! Certainly looks pastel to me, so $25 was an awesome steal. :gj:

Alright as far as quarentine he is in his own home. 10 gallon, UTH, 2 hides, heat lamp and water dish. Took some pictures belly is clear eyes are a very dark greenish marble color. Im not sure from the pic if you can tell but here you go. Also called woman I got him from and now she breeds them! She has over 14 breeding pairs of bp's. She did say he was sexed and is a male. She seamed like she knew what she was talking about but im still learning so it could have all been BS. For now though we are going to give him a boy name. Is that ok keeping a boy girl in the same house if we arent breeding? thanks!
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Never keep two ball pythons in the same enclosure, regardless of whether they are boy/girl or not. It's just bad husbandry. I'm surprised a breeder let a snake like him go for $50, but I got my leopard for a crazy price too. Congrats! :gj:

Yes they can be in the same house.
QT really needs to be enforced but as stated earlier, you screwed that pooch already.
you never want to cross contaminate any new to old snakes for at least 90 days.

Im sorry when I said in the same home I ment our house. The 2 snakes have only been close together in that first photo I took. Since they have been in their 2 own tanks about 10 feet away from each other.


P.S Only spent $25 for him not $50.

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Im sorry when I said in the same home I ment our house. The 2 snakes have only been close together in that first photo I took. Since they have been in their 2 own tanks about 10 feet away from each other.


P.S Only spent $25 for him not $50.

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This is not adequate quarantine. Same house is fine, but seperate rooms and disinfection MUST be strictly adhered to. Even taking that first photo of them together is all it took to blow quarantine. BUT its water under the bridge now. You need to watch both snakes carefully for the next 60 days at least. And keep in mind that your old snake could contract something from the new one and the new one may never show any symptoms at all. Just watch them both.

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Also called woman I got him from and now she breeds them! She has over 14 breeding pairs of bp's. She did say he was sexed and is a male. She seamed like she knew what she was talking about but im still learning so it could have all been BS.

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So she breeds all these balls yet she can't tell that this one is a pastel (as in taking the $25 lowball offer when I would assume she would know that she could have gotten at least $60-$75 for him somewhere)? Hmmm...

Regardless, he is a nice little guy and IMO defiantly a pastel. Great find for $25!

Congrats on your find. He is a nice one.