Our first ball python

My 3 year old has been begging for a snake for months, after we took him to a pet and reptile expo, it got even worse so, my husband and I did some research and bought a ball python. We bought him from a reptile store, that breeds their own ball pythons and has been doing it for several decades. He is quite knowledgeable and has been really good for answering any all of questions. The only thing he hasn't been able to answer is what (if any) morph our snake has. He looks nothing like the other regular or albino snakes they had and when we bought him, we were told that he may have a morph. A younger breeder had mentioned it to the owner but, he's kind of old school and isn't an expert on all the different morphs. Any ideas?
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I can't figure out how to edit this. I meant pastels not albinos. Obviously he doesn't look like an albino. Had a pregnant brain moment there.

He dont look like a normal to me
He dont have them alien heads on his sides. Im not a morph expert. But if i had to guess i would say mojave... maybe a darker pastel?

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Originally Posted by sneakysnake611

He dont look like a normal to me
He dont have them alien heads on his sides. Im not a morph expert. But if i had to guess i would say mojave... maybe a darker pastel?

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Yeah, I agree with sneakysnake611, he definitely has pastel, but I can't tell if it has mojave. Notice his eyes though, a bluish line above the whole eye ball, might be a BEL Complex + Pastel.

Beautiful snake :)

I'm no expert but looks like a mojave to me.


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Possibly pastave. I don't see how they can be such experienced, knowledgeable breeders but don't even know what animals they're breeding together. Either way, I'm sure it'll be a great pet. My 3 and 4 year olds love our snakes.

He doesnt usually deal woth morphs. He has normals and pastels and on a rare occasion has an albino or pied. This guy was labeled as a pastel but, didn't really fit with either pastel or normal. We let my son pick his snake. We don't really care what he is to be honest. He's calm and relaxed so my boy can handle him and that's what matters the most to us.
I should also add that this is the only snake from that breeding that looked like this. The rest were normal or pastel.

Beautiful snake, I say. Good luck with her. Your son has the best parents. :D <3

Congrats!

Looks like a pewter of some sort. Pastel combined with either cinnamon or black pastel.

If we're voting, I'd guess it may be a pastel het red axanthic (or pastel green pastel, or the like) :)

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Originally Posted by Bonn Cabrera

Beautiful snake, I say. Good luck with her. Your son has the best parents. :D <3

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Thank you. We just looked at a rescue ball python today that looks very similar to your picture! Our local reptile store has partnered with the SPCA and cares for and adopts out the reptiles. Despite being a rescue, and a little on the skinny side, he's very relaxed and was quite happy to sit on my husbands arm. If we do decide to adopt him, I'll post a picture for comparison!

Yeah, I'm gonna second the pewter. Some people can't tell cinnamons from normals, so it wouldn't be too surprising if somoene unfamiliar with the morph accidentally produced one. Pastaves are usually more yellowish brown while pewters are brownish gray. There's a good amount of gray in this animal.

This is my 3.5 year old son. Obviously in absolute heaven chilling with Millow! It's a terrible picture and you can't see his head but, sitting beside him, I could see the snake was definitely relaxed and content. He shed last week and we switched him from mice to small rats and he has been quite happy with coming out the past few days! My son is very excited about it!https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...g=eyJpIjoidCJ9