Nuances (dialup WARNING!)

Main Entry: nu·ance
Pronunciation: 'nü-"än(t)s, 'nyü-, -"äns; nü-', nyü-'
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Middle French, shade of color, from nuer to make shades of color, from nue cloud, from Latin nubes; perhaps akin to Welsh nudd mist
1 : a subtle distinction or variation

Ivory ball pythons aren't white their entire lives. They actually color up after a couple of months, and some have awesome lavender, gray & bluish pigmentation in addition to the yellow dorsal stripe, although these colors do fade over time. They maintain their midnight-blue eyes w/red pupils into adulthood. Personally I wish they'd retain their juvenile coloration...but it's hard to knock this morph regardless of subtle pigmentation! :D

http://newenglandreptile.com/forumpics/ivory6.jpg

http://newenglandreptile.com/forumpics/ivory4.jpg

http://newenglandreptile.com/forumpics/ivory2.jpg

http://newenglandreptile.com/forumpics/ivory3.jpg

http://newenglandreptile.com/forumpics/ivory5.jpg

http://newenglandreptile.com/forumpics/ivory1.jpg

Enjoy!

K~

Are you sure you didn't just run a highlighter down that little ones back?;) Stunning! I need to see Ivories in person...

Thanks Kara!

-Jason

Beautiful! I'd never seen a larger ivory before.. looks like a black eyed leucy to me.. just a little gray and yellow here and there. :)

Beautiful!! LOVE the contrast between baby and adult!!

Love that 3rd pic. ! Looks like the lil one is thinking, ***Soooo, THATS what I'm gonna look like one day**** :P

GREAT pix as always!!!!

question how are they produced

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

question how are they produced

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The Ivory is the homozygous ("super") form of the Yellowbelly ball python. They can be produced by breeding Yellowbelly x Yellowbelly, Yellowbelly x Ivory, or Ivory x Ivory.

Those are some really amazing pics :eek:


That really shows the awesome colors the Ivory has..wow!!

K...do you see much difference in the babies or do they usually look the same??

Ok so I now need two yellow bellies >:D

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Originally Posted by cueball

K...do you see much difference in the babies or do they usually look the same??

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Hatchlings tend to...some have more head pigmentation after the first shed, but they really start to bling out to some extent after a few meals & 2-3 sheds. :)

I love to see the differences between the babies and adults. I'm still gawking at the head pattern. Thanks for the dreams I'll be having K! :colbert2:

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

Thanks for the dreams I'll be having K! :colbert2:

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My work here is done. ;)

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Originally Posted by KLG

but they really start to bling out

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:8:

Thanks Lurvs :gj:

Do you ever get tired of watching white ball pythons hatch??

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Originally Posted by cueball

:8:

Thanks Lurvs :gj:

Do you ever get tired of watching white ball pythons hatch??

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You know what? Doesn't matter what species or what color...I love hatching baby snakes, period. I love that earthy smell & little heat pit faces blowing bubbles out of leather-shelled eggs...

It's the best part of my job, and I'm thankful for it...normal or Ivory or Leucy or all of the above! :oops:

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Originally Posted by KLG

You know what? Doesn't matter what species or what color...I love hatching baby snakes, period. I love that earthy smell & little heat pit faces blowing bubbles out of leather-shelled eggs...

It's the best part of my job, and I'm thankful for it...normal or Ivory or Leucy or all of the above! :oops:

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Now that's a true love for what you do! Bravo Kara! I'd love to see all of those beauties you have pipping!

NERDs keep up the grand work!

-Jason

Im curious on the price of an ivory?

Such beautiful snakes Kara! It's heartwarming for Mike and I to see Riordan's potential so beautifully expressed in these photo's of your gorgeous Ivories. Makes all the waiting and planning so very worthwhile. :)

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Originally Posted by Vomitore

Im curious on the price of an ivory?

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http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ighlight=ivory

Kara amazing ivory's you got their!!!! Wasn't the sub adult on display in daytona? I remember seeing one just like that one in your display area. Whether in pic's or in person those ivory's got it going on!!!

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

Thanks for the dreams I'll be having K! :colbert2:

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I've been pushed aside by a snake! Imagine that....

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Originally Posted by jglass38

I've been pushed aside by a snake! Imagine that....

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Who says I can't have both? :wuv:

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

Who says I can't have both? :wuv:

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:blowkiss:

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Originally Posted by SnakeySnakeSnake

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ighlight=ivory

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Lemme sell my car and the dog and I'll get back to ya :O Hehe cool looking those. Too bad you can't fill in the dots, or scales and make em your own design! :D

That sub adult ivory is amazing , Kara did he lighten up? ........When he hatched did he look like the baby next to him?

vomitore, you can buy a yellow belly there not to high in price they go for 500 or so ;)