Green eyes in a normal?

Hey all!

I just got back into ball pythons after a lapse after I was given one by a co-worker who was about to dump her in the woods. Seems he just didn't want her anymore. But I digress...

She's 3 years old and I thought she was a normal. She's a very pretty bronze-yellow along her spine that fades down to pale yellow and into a clean white belly. What really caught my attention is that she has amazing green eyes, probably some of the prettiest I've seen in a snake.

So my question, can you have green eyes in a normal? I know it's a marker for a few morphs, but I've never seen a green-eyed normal. (I wish I had pics, but all I have are bad cell phone pics.)

No matter what she is, she's lovely and I suspect I'll be posting here more often since I'm already planning to add another ball soon. :D

Cheers!

I've seen normals with some neat colored eyes but never green

Sounds like a spider. Look anything like this?

http://www.newenglandreptile.com/ner...ns/spider.html

sounds like an awfully lucky snag if its any kind of morph lol.. why couldnt i get that lucky?

Pastel? Post your cell phone pics and maybe we can identify whether it is indeed a morph.

Steve

Here are my pictures, sorry for the terrible quality. The head shot is a better picture of her color, the body shot is too dark but it shows her markings. She can look dark at times, but under natural light, she looks much more yellow. My guess was maybe a pastel who browned out? Her previous owner said she's gotten darker as she got older (one of the reasons he no longer wanted her.) Thanks for the help all!

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pigeon/Stella/

Looks like an older Pastel but I can't be 100% sure

wow well whatever she may be she's a very pretty snake! Good job rescuing her too! :gj::gj:

My normal Kharma has greenish eyes. You can sorta tell in this picture. When I have her outside in the sun you can really see the color then.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1.../100_17442.jpg

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Originally Posted by Spaniard

My normal Kharma has greenish eyes. You can sorta tell in this picture. When I have her outside in the sun you can really see the color then.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1.../100_17442.jpg

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i would call that more golden. which is what a few of our normals eye color is....the pastel we have has bright green eyes

Kinda looks like a pastel, from what I can tell by the pic.. Rather she is or not (especialy if she is, lol), congrats!

Mine has greenish eyes (:

Well, more of a golden-green (pictures never do justice, do they?)

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...kzzi/maya4.jpg

I don't think it's a pastel -- I think it's got a common eye stripe. Do you have a belly pic?

Looks like pastel eyes, but a belly shot would help out a lot and if possible some clearer pictures.

She does resemble a REALY browned out pastel, maybe?:confuzd:

I say breed her and find out for sure:D

Thanks for all the replies. I was all set to take a few better pictures now that my digital camera is fixed, only to find her eyes going blue this morning! I'll post a few after her shed.

I think its a real browned out pastel, look at the white lips too. Green eyes, white lipped and you can barely see some yellow at the bottom of pattern. Some brown out 50% way down the side, that one looks like it went down 95%. Thats my take on it.

Well, I finally have better pictures up of my rescue. I got a surprise when I took him to the vet. His previous owner thought he was a female, but the vet probed him and found he's a male! So Stella is now Seamus. These pictures are right off his shed too, and he lightened up alot! Whatever he is, he's a pretty boy!

http://s320.photobucket.com/albums/n...all%20Pythons/

As a bonus, I have a picture up of my new normal too! I'd have more if she wasn't such a squirmer!

In my opinion that is a browned out pastel. The belly is clear and the eyes look very distinct. Grats on the lucky pickup.

It could be a pastel but its hard to tell. But anyhow, nice snake! :gj: