Please help me with my new Albino BP :)

Can you please help me out guys and gals? I just got a new baby albino ball python, this is my 2nd one ever- my first was a regular BP. I would love for you to take a few educated guesses as to whether its male or female, also to give me an idea on whether you think its more of a "high contrast" or "low contrast". Also it has a little orange on it, just looking to get some friendly opinions from you all.. thank you!

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I would love for you to take a few educated guesses as to whether its male or female

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I will guess that you have a 50/50 chance for either sex :gj:

More seriously it's not something that can be guessed, the animal need to be sexed, ideally by someone that can teach you are to do it. Sexing is done either by popping or probing.

As for the rest pictures would help.

Okay, I'm uploading some now. 50-50 is a good guess lol. It's tail seems to be thinner, I'm guessing/ hoping its a female.

Having a hard time uploading the pictures, is there anyway I can email them to you?

http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/tx...tml?sort=3&o=0

This is the how to guide for pictures. Check it out :)

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...-Post-Pictures

I've tried, not having much luck. Every time i try to use the BP Gallery I get a server error.

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Here you go

and you will only know the sex by popping or probing. Looking at it, its an albino for sure.

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From what I've been told. tail thickness has nothing to do with BPs sex. That rule only applies to colubrids. Also I was told that "popping" a snake older than a baby is risky as they have much better muscle tone and control the older they get so the best method is probing but either way, you want someone who knows what they're doing to do it and show you. You can hurt your snake trying to "experiment" it yourself. If you are set on breeding, my best advice is have a vet you trust do it or if you know a breeder buddy who can do it. I don't breed so many someone who has more experience will chime in. This is just what I have been told/read.

I wouldnt want to try that and hurt the little guy, I don't want to breed either. I want to know for curiosity’s sake. I am hoping to get some input regarding the coloring, and what peoples thoughts are regarding the contrats of color on mine, and the little bit or orange he's got going on.

I'd say that he was a High Contrast Albino .

Any other feedback would be appreciated. Any idea why it has hints of orange, and and orange dot or two?

Its an albino.
White, orange and yellow.

Here's what I'd call a basic albino ....

http://photos.imageevent.com/livinga...0NERD%2011.jpg

So compared to that one, mines more of a high contrast right?

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Originally Posted by thomasx

So compared to that one, mines more of a high contrast right?

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Well the last one I bought looked like yours and it was sold as a HC .... the guy also had a standard Albino that looked kinda faded or washed - out in comparison .... rather like the photo I posted above ..

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Originally Posted by thomasx

Can you please help me out guys and gals? I just got a new baby albino ball python, this is my 2nd one ever- my first was a regular BP. I would love for you to take a few educated guesses as to whether its male or female, also to give me an idea on whether you think its more of a "high contrast" or "low contrast". Also it has a little orange on it, just looking to get some friendly opinions from you all.. thank you!

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Definitely not a high contrast because they are normally a almost deep orangey color and very identifiable. Male or female absolutely requires either a pop or probe. Tail length or width has no real bearing on true sexual identification. There are a lot of videos on you tube so you can observe and learn the technique. Justin Kobylka does one or two, Ralph Davis also has a series devoted to sexing ball pythons. It's pretty easy to do now that your bp is still young but you should have someone experienced in the procedure do it for you now. Stay in peace and not pieces. Good luck. :gj:

If you want to see what a high contrast albino looks like go to the website www.worldofballpythons.com and click on the morphs icon. There is a picture of high contrast albino bp along with mostly all of the thousands of morphs. Good luck. Stay in peace and not pieces. :gj:

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Originally Posted by Albert Clark

Definitely not a high contrast because they are normally a almost deep orangey color and very identifiable. Male or female absolutely requires either a pop or probe. Tail length or width has no real bearing on true sexual identification. There are a lot of videos on you tube so you can observe and learn the technique. Justin Kobylka does one or two, Ralph Davis also has a series devoted to sexing ball pythons. It's pretty easy to do now that your bp is still young but you should have someone experienced in the procedure do it for you now. Stay in peace and not pieces. Good luck. :gj:

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It's interesting that you mention the orangey Albinos part as I've seen those advertised as Lavender Albinos or Caramel Albinos ...

This actually reminds me of another current thread . What Morph is this ??
Where everyone disagrees over a Pastel morph .... or is it a Fire ?
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True, however the hc albino has more deep orange borders that surround the yellow blotches. The lavenders tend to be somewhat more blushed. Especially on the top of the head. Overall lavenders are lighter than a high contrast albino. When you look at the www.worldofballpythons.com photos you will appreciate the difference. Peace.

Interesting.. I wasn't sure if it was something else either since it has some orange spots on its body and the to of its head is more orange. Overall I got it for $75 and I got extremely lucky. :)

I can see the differences, now just time to grow the little one, since I believe its around 9 months old now and didn't eat well since it was stressed where it was originally, now it's 4/4 eating while i have it in it's new setup, that's every 5th day too!

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

It's interesting that you mention the orangey Albinos part as I've seen those advertised as Lavender Albinos or Caramel Albinos ...

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Lavender Albinos and Caramel Albinos are different morphs than the "regular albino".

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Originally Posted by thomasx

Interesting.. I wasn't sure if it was something else either since it has some orange spots on its body and the to of its head is more orange. Overall I got it for $75 and I got extremely lucky. :)

I can see the differences, now just time to grow the little one, since I believe its around 9 months old now and didn't eat well since it was stressed where it was originally, now it's 4/4 eating while i have it in it's new setup, that's every 5th day too!

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You might have a lavender albino looking more closely at the pics! Did you have the pleasure of visiting www.worldofballpythons.com ? There are so many albino morphs its a crazy long list. However, I think you do have something special but I don't believe it's a hc. I certainly could be wrong! You definitely got a good deal either way with that low price. Ask the person you purchased him from to please show you the pics of the parents! Good luck! :gj:

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Originally Posted by Dave Green

Lavender Albinos and Caramel Albinos are different morphs than the "regular albino".

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I never said they were the same :)

I said they all look rather similar and nobody seems to know what the hell they all are :)

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

I never said they were the same :)

I said they all look rather similar and nobody seems to know what the hell they all are :)

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If you look at some pictures, or better yet some live examples, you should be able to tell them apart. They really aren't that similar, maybe baby albinos and baby lav albinos but with a little experience you shouldn't have an issue.

Really pretty Albino! :D

Thanks!

Wow that's exciting! I did check out the site, and I can definitely see where the lavender could come into play, that's what made me speculate originally. I can try to add some more photos too. I got him at a pet store that had him in a tank that barely anyone could see since it was so low to the ground, and he was 87% off or something ridiculous like that. I literally walked out paying $76 bucks with tax, but I cant see/ know who the parents are unfortunately, nor do I know if it's a male or female. It's eyes are different than the other albino's I've seen, and top of of it's head it very orange too with several orange patches on it's body.

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