BP Identification

Good evening guys, i have just joined the forum.

About 8 months ago i rescued a Ball Python which was in an horrendous state.

1) Non feeder
2) Retained eyecaps
3) Unable to fully shed properly
4) Several wounds
5) Very underweight

Now 8 months on and he is doing amazingly well, is now gaining weight, eating on his own (i had done 6 months of assist feeding), much more relaxed snake and comes out of his hide much more during the wee small hours :)

Now my question is, could anyone identify what Morph he is please, i no he is a Dinker, but thats it. Thanks in advance.. Oh and i have called him Murphy :)

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...MG_3612.th.jpghttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...MG_2934.th.jpg

Looks like a normal.

Looks kinda like a spider

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Originally Posted by MJ_Bosley

Looks kinda like a spider

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Ummmmm... No, absolutely not.

look like a normal with a very clean pattern. good looking guy! he's lucky to have found you. next shed make sure to bump the humidity to ~70% to get those eye caps off! :gj:

also, welcome to the forum!!!
:welcome:

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Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan

Ummmmm... No, absolutely not.

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I didnt say he was, i was saying kinda, because his pattern looks similar to mine. You don't need to be rude, sir, or miss. I was simply stating that the pattern look similar, never said it was. The pattern looks similar, not same. That's why it says "kinda". I never said "I think its a spider."

Edited to conform to TOS

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/spider/

Not intentionally being rude. I am sure it is not a spider. I do not want the OP to be confused. I am at work and do not have time to filter my posts for anything but accuracy.

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Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan

Not intentionally being rude. I am sure it is not a spider. I do not want the OP to be confused. I am at work and do not have time to filter my posts for anything but accuracy.

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I am sure to, as it isn't even the right color, but haven't you ever heard of being friendly? People making links between common interests and joys (me comparing mine to theirs in a friendly matter) is how people interact and make connections to build bonds and friendship

I am not here to make friends. I am sure there are those on here that are, I am just not one of them. I am here to provide accurate information to people with less experience and to get information from those who have more. I am 50 years old and have been keeping reptiles most of my adult life so it is not likely that you are going to change my mannerisms. Feel free to ignore my posts.

Thanks for the response guys, So its possible he is either a normal or spider ?

These are some early pictures of Murphy before i started the feeding and nurse back to health program. And the last 2 are where i am at now with him.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...MG_2729.th.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...MG_2726.th.jpg



https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...MG_3811.th.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...MG_3804.th.jpg

100% normal in my eyes

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So its possible he is either a normal or spider ?

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It's not a Spider it's a normal

Glad he found a good home. He is not a spider.

Cheers guy, much appreciated with quick repsonses :)

That would be a normal no morph involved at all and not even close to anything spider related.

Well, from the get-go, a dinker is an animal that -might- be a morph. And only if it's color/pattern prove genetic. Usually when people look for dinkers they look for something that's different from a normal and try to prove it that it can be inherited by breeding the snake and producing offspring that share the same qualities.

Nothing really stands out about this one. Looks normal to me. Definitely not a spider.

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Originally Posted by Saphira

Thanks for the response guys, So its possible he is either a normal or spider ?

These are some early pictures of Murphy before i started the feeding and nurse back to health program. And the last 2 are where i am at now with him.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...MG_2729.th.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...MG_2726.th.jpg



https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...MG_3811.th.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...MG_3804.th.jpg

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He is a normal. Not spider. But still a very nice animal

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I thought it looked like a spider too. Most normals have that ghost faces down the sides.

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Slightly reduced/banded normal, not reduced enough to be spider plus there's no sugaring up the side or striking headstamp. Not all normals have the stereotypical "alien head" pattern down the sides-- some can be very busy, some can be very reduced like this guy. I can see how some of the thinner black markings on the dorsal are remiescent of some spider patterning though.

Congrats on rescuing this little guy by the way :) It's awesome that you've been able to turn him around like you have, with the situation he came to you from. He's looking a lot better in the current photos than the older ones.