BP morph? Found him at petco :)

hey guys check this :snake: out, he was on sale at Petco :) I can't tell for sure if he is just a light normal or if it is a morph! He had some white speckling along his bottom scales that reminded me of a sugar morph almost and the coloring was somewhat like a spider with deep deep blacks and a lightish yellow coloring overall.
I'm sorry the pics are so crappy I just had my cell phone camera to take pictures with. If you want I could just text them to you just lemme know :)
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Yeah I couldn't get him to unball for the life of me and when the girl there tried to he almost bit her so its a pretty skittish snake, understandable given the amount of people that must be poking and prodding it every day :(
thanks y'all!
Adam

Looks like a nice normal to me.

He is a very pretty normal! I love it when they ball up, because that means I can get pictures of them!

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He is a very pretty normal! I love it when they ball up, because that means I can get pictures of them!

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Yeah :) he is quite a looker, I'm so tempted to bring him home but my girl would flip a #($@! lol I just spent almost $200 for a RHP, new Helix thermostat and an infrared thermometer for my one BP. I wonder if they would be all right together maybe? It's a 20g long tank with plenty of hides and they're both fairly small. But I know that that's like mucho mucho frowned upon :( thanks guys! I'll learn my morphs in a while

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Originally Posted by anendeloflorien

Yeah :) he is quite a looker, I'm so tempted to bring him home but my girl would flip a #($@! lol I just spent almost $200 for a RHP, new Helix thermostat and an infrared thermometer for my one BP. I wonder if they would be all right together maybe? It's a 20g long tank with plenty of hides and they're both fairly small. But I know that that's like mucho mucho frowned upon :( thanks guys! I'll learn my morphs in a while

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Yeah, housing them together is a huge no no. I only bring home reptiles once I have everything setup, no matter how much I want what ever it is!

yeah I guess I'll just have to be patient :) I'm getting a new apartment soon so I will definitely be adding to my herp collection then when we have more room to spread out ;) my girl wants some cresties really bad, I think I gave her the herp bug too :D

My petco has a BP with a really nice black-back but its probably not genetic. The back 2/3 of its back is a solid deep black stripe :P It is eating f/t every week too but its still not worth the price petco wants.

Sometimes I think mine is a morph:oops:

Its normal, but a very pretty snake! Im sure you can get a nice captive bred snake from a reputable breeder for the same price or better, with records and everything. Or even better, a nice morph for a little more. I just dont think its a good idea making a purchase of an animal from a corporation like petco! But thats just me.

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Its normal, but a very pretty snake! Im sure you can get a nice captive bred snake from a reputable breeder for the same price or better, with records and everything. Or even better, a nice morph for a little more. I just dont think its a good idea making a purchase of an animal from a corporation like petco! But thats just me.

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I agree 100%, normally I wouldn't even look at the animals they sell there but this one just caught my eye. I plan to buy my next snake from NERD since they are only 1/2 hour away from where I live and they have some absolutely beautiful BPs. I want a spider so freakin bad! I'm already picking out the cage and everything that I want to get for him/her, I'm thinkin a vision cage from Reptile Basics with one of their RHPs and a couple other extras would be freakin sweet :)

Sounds fun, just make sure that where ever/ who ever you get the spider from does not have spinners/ wobblers!

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Yeah :) he is quite a looker, I'm so tempted to bring him home but my girl would flip a #($@! lol I just spent almost $200 for a RHP, new Helix thermostat and an infrared thermometer for my one BP. I wonder if they would be all right together maybe? It's a 20g long tank with plenty of hides and they're both fairly small. But I know that that's like mucho mucho frowned upon :( thanks guys! I'll learn my morphs in a while

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The hugest wrong thing in this picture is the lack of QT'ing. Especially with a snake from a pet store, you MUST quarantine.

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I agree 100%, normally I wouldn't even look at the animals they sell there but this one just caught my eye. I plan to buy my next snake from NERD since they are only 1/2 hour away from where I live and they have some absolutely beautiful BPs. I want a spider so freakin bad! I'm already picking out the cage and everything that I want to get for him/her, I'm thinkin a vision cage from Reptile Basics with one of their RHPs and a couple other extras would be freakin sweet :)

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Rich doesn't make Vision Cages- he makes better cages!! ;)
I can tell you all about his RHP's in another week when I have my 3 cages and RHP's set up!!! :banana:

I highly doubt you'd find a visual morph at a PetCo. So many times those snakes change hands before they even make it to the store, there's little likelyhood it would make it to the floor of any retail store before being noticed. Now there's probably a chance that a few of them are carriers for some recessive traits, but goodluck proving them out without the most amazing pair of lucky rabbit feet, and a gaze into the magic 8ball. (Lucky Adam).

But that does not mean that the snakes are any less appealing. I love when we recieve a fresh batch of balls and getting to look every snake over and realizing just how unique every individual ball is. There really is nothing "normal" about any of them. They are all cool. Even with my small collection of morphs back at home, I keep finding myself wanting to take half the snakes home because I fall in love with something about most every one of them. And if my feeding bill wasn't already rediculous... I would.

...funny thing is... whichever associate handed you that snake could get in serious trouble for letting you take pictures of the animals inside the store... silly rules... lol

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Rich doesn't make Vision Cages- he makes better cages!! ;)
I can tell you all about his RHP's in another week when I have my 3 cages and RHP's set up!!! :banana:

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Yeah I actually just purchased an RHP and Helix from Rich. They should be here on monday He made the whole thing so easy! I'll definitely be checking him first for all my herp supplies from now on! :gj:

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...funny thing is... whichever associate handed you that snake could get in serious trouble for letting you take pictures of the animals inside the store... silly rules... lol

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lol really? There were like 3 associates around me when I was taking pictures of him :colbert: I do agree with you though every BP that I see is absolutely beautiful in its own special way. I'm still fascinated by watching the patterns and movement of my normal BP and can't wait to build my collection :)

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Originally Posted by Beardedragon

Sounds fun, just make sure that where ever/ who ever you get the spider from does not have spinners/ wobblers!

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I was a actually under the impression that the spinning/wobbling is not necessarily a bad thing for the snake, they just have like a nervous tick type thing that they do. Does it actually affect them health-wise?

yea... it's to keep people from taking pictures of dirty cages and then turning the pics over to PETA or some other humane society. Which should never be an issue in the first place, because the cages should never get bad in the first place... Assuming policy/procedures are followed, the cages should look immaculate all the time. but lazyness/indifference does seem to happen from time to time. So... the "no picture" policy is set just in case.

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I was a actually under the impression that the spinning/wobbling is not necessarily a bad thing for the snake, they just have like a nervous tick type thing that they do. Does it actually affect them health-wise?

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There are plenty available without the wobbles. Certainly better to avoid it. A must if there will every be breeding in the future.

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There are plenty available without the wobbles. Certainly better to avoid it. A must if there will every be breeding in the future.

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Some believe that all spiders spin - some to a barely detectible degree and some more obvious. Some will hold their heads to the side like a puppy catching an interesting noise, some will get excited at feeding and wobble, and some will be obvious wobblers.

people and there "i think this is a morph" posts

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people and there "i think this is a morph" posts

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Hey I'm sorry I'm new to this stuff and I'm still learning what really makes a morph a morph. However, just went to NERD yesterday for their tour and I learned so much from just talking with Kevin one-on-one for a few minutes and looking at some of the bloodlines that he has going. I'll try and keep the noob posts to a minimum though so I don't offend anyone else like you. (BTW I'm the first to admit that I'm a post-first search-later type of person but I'm getting better at using the search feature so I'll try and not do that as much)
Later!

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people and there "i think this is a morph" posts

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Probably have way more animals then you!

that is one of my favorite questions, "what morph is it" when people get them from petshops...

normally pet shops would know if they got a morph, unless they got an unopened bag of imports... but its highly doubtable...

my normal male has hints of looking like a granite... but hes just a normal =]

those questions just always make me giggle... no hard feelings to =]

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Probably have way more animals then you!

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oooooooo my dad can beat up your dad
it was a joke alpowerful snake god

nothing:gj:

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nothing:gj:

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Why would I post after this?

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all powerful snake god

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Your a smart person, What can I say?? LOL....

cool bro insult my intelegence by commenting on my spelling your the man snake god :gj:

im not folowing any of this, uhh and yeah, this is deff off topic...

its ok, people just need to remember this site is to educate and share information to others about the animal we all love, you can also speak your mind thats what makes forums fun, but its not a competition some people must of been pick on in high school and they feel like talking smack to someone they cant see makes them feel better

seriously, it needs to chill lol,
continue to pick on eachother through PM...

because your not doing much by saying that some one must have been picked on during highschool, your doing the same thing...

ding ding ding im done, thanks that was fun no hard feelings jasballs aka lord of the python ;) j/k

You can't shutup can you? lol

lol wow I didn't realize that a little post like this could get people so fired up :O Again sorry for the noob post didn't realize some people take things so seriously! :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

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lol wow I didn't realize that a little post like this could get people so fired up :O Again sorry for the noob post didn't realize some people take things so seriously! :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

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its not you at all, its just stupid people that hijack threads...
blehh... i giggle when i see these questions, not get fired up ;)

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lol wow I didn't realize that a little post like this could get people so fired up :O Again sorry for the noob post didn't realize some people take things so seriously! :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

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Its definitely not you! Supers comment was out of line and un-needed, even if it was a so called joke:rolleyes:

you guys are ganging up on me jezz, just words typed on a computer, you say its uncalled for yet your all still commenting on mean old superballs, "relax dont do it when you want to go through it" :colbert:

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Its definitely not you! Supers comment was out of line and un-needed, even if it was a so called joke:rolleyes:

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oh but jasballs comment was needed, all i said was how i feel not trying to out do anyone grow some thicker skin its not like i was joking about the middle east

please lets end this thread and move on to a less hyper sensitive topic

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you guys are ganging up on me jezz, just words typed on a computer, you say its uncalled for yet your all still commenting on mean old superballs, "relax dont do it when you want to go through it" :colbert:

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Relax Man! No one is hating you. If they were you'd have neg points by now..:oops: Its all good man.. I can take it lol!:gj:

ahh the battle is over "till we meet again snake god":D

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ahh the battle is over "till we meet again snake god":D

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I could really get used to this LOL!:P

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I could really get used to this LOL!:P

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You need a t-shirt like that Jas.... :)

welcome jasballs, to the DARKSIDE muhahahahahahah:rage:

sometimes i wonder if my female is a morph. she's really really light green with some interesting white markings on her sides. but, i try not to get my hopes up, lol.

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welcome jasballs, to the DARKSIDE muhahahahahahah:rage:

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I should be the one welcoming you! LMAO!!:rolleyes:

Lol I just read the five pages on this post and realized that it was sort of a waste of my life. hahah!

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Lol I just read the five pages on this post and realized that it was sort of a waste of my life. hahah!

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Atleast it kept you from going out and being hit by a car!:P

AHhh very true! you win :)

hahahah that is true....

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Atleast it kept you from going out and being hit by a car!:P

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:rofl: good one!