Are Female ball pythons lighter then males?

Well i got my new BP check by a vet and its a girl. She has no major parasites and no mites, no ticks. The scar on her back is from a bite of somekind and she gave me some antibiotic cream to make sure it does not get infected but she said it will heal with no problem just to keep the temp up a little. She has good weight 390 grams 26" long. But i did notice that she is lighter in color then Jojo my male BP. Has anyone else noticed this to be true?

Glad to hear you got her checked out and everything is fine! As for the colors..."normal" bp's come in a wide range of colors and patterns. I think they're like fingerprints or snowflakes...no two are exactly identical. I've never heard that the sex of the snake makes any difference in color or pattern.

So...do you plan to try breeding them when they are mature?

I do plan on breeding them. I want to find a couple of adult BP's so i can already get some babies. In my opinion i think its every ball pythons owners duty to breed them to help save these beautiful animals in the wild.

Now that you mention it.... Females in general do tend to be lighter colored. Then again this is based on the females I've owned, 2, possibly three :)

My male is lighter than my female. Here's a pic to show it. The male is the big one, the female is the small one.

http://www.home.zonnet.nl/deKwant/Fo...nCheetah12.jpg

my female is very very dark
my male is a real high gold i don't think sex has ne thing to do with color

Both of our males are lighter than our female, but Hanover is the lightest of the three.

I know that females are much larger then the males but do females tend to have larger heads even when they are juveniles? Is it also true that males have larger spurs then females?

I don't know about head size being related to sex, but yes, males are supposed to generally have larger spurs.

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Originally Posted by gozetec02

In my opinion i think its every ball pythons owners duty to breed them to help save these beautiful animals in the wild.

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what's wrong with the wild bp population?

I have 3 bp's. I agree that it does not seem that color and sex run along the same lines. But, out of my 3, 2 of which I know for sure are male, the other is suppose to be male, but I dont think is... I have noticed larger spurs on the 2 I know are males, the one I have come to think is female does have a bigger head, and the tail is much different, and on the males I have- not sure if it is gender related, but they got little like spikey ends of thier tails that turn up sort of...

I supposedly have two females and a male. The definite female is higher in gold, better scale softness and shine, better personality, and is cute as can be. She's my lil' honnie, and she's massive. Females are the better of the bp species :)