Ghost?...help ID?

Hey all..just wondering if you could help me ID this guy since I dunno Crap about IDing BPs as this is my first one..I was told this is a Ghost..I'm just curious if it is or if its something else..
Thanks for the help

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Looks like a ghost/hypo to me. Very skinny too.

Looks like a ghost to me, but I'm on my phone so the pictures are tiny lol!

yeah i think he's skinny too..he's 2 1/2 months about 11-13in give or take and 61g.. the guy i bought him from was doing a mouse crawler every 7-10 days...I personally dont think thats enough given he does look skinny so I've bumping it up to an appropriate sized mouse every 5 days...I've only fed him once so far... that should be ok..??

I feed all my smaller ones every 5 days, so that schedule sounds fine.

okay cool...at what size would you suggest changing to 7 days?

Definitely a ghost

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Originally Posted by BigWeezy

okay cool...at what size would you suggest changing to 7 days?

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My babies are on a 4-5 day schedule. Once they reach 500 grams, they're put on a 7 day schedule.

ok great! thanks everyone for the help!

ok so i get that a ghost is a type of morph...? But whats hypo mean? im having trouble finding that out in simple newbie terms lol

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Originally Posted by BigWeezy

ok so i get that a ghost is a type of morph...? But whats hypo mean? im having trouble finding that out in simple newbie terms lol

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Ghost/Hypo is the same thing, and yes it's a morph.

Here ya go:

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...613-Hypo-Ghost

:)

Ghost is hypo, hypo is ghost. Hypo is short for hypomelanistic.

Hypo being the proper name.

Hypo as said above is hypomelanistic. Essentially a lack of dark pigment. Thus why it tends to glow and be lighter. Ghost was deemed to create a metaphor if you will to help visualize this definition

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Now hypomelanistic and amelanistic are similar in definition but you have to know what happens to the melanin. Amelanistic is albino and there is melanin, but it was not produced correctly by certain enzymes in the developmental stages. It is genetic but it's basically an abnormality.

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Originally Posted by LGray23

Ghost is hypo, hypo is ghost. Hypo is short for hypomelanistic.

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I love it when u talk all scientific reptile lingo lol ;)



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