the true ghost pictured in "Exotics By Nature's New Calendar for 2009!" post.

does anyone know who breeds these "true ghosts" and the availability and price range on these. i would love to have one of these amazing ball pythons any info would be of help.

Thanks,
Drew Lewis

A true ghost is an axanthic hypo...I couldn't give you an accurate price range, but it would be $1000+.

ahhh i see it now. should have guessed that. wow what a combo :bow::bow:
anyone breeding the axanthic ghost combo?? i could work with a $1000-$1500

currently, only the Snakekeeper (dan and colette sutherland) have produced one and i think it is a female but i could be wrong. It had a NSF on it when i saw it but most things are available for the right price. I would imagine they would want 25k for a male. thats what they are asking for the clown pied male.......another Double recessive project that just got produced this year.

for a 1.3 group of PossDblHets TSK was asking $2000...honestly, you might be better off trying to make your own. It'll take some years, but would be more gratifying and probably somewhat cheaper.

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for a 1.3 group of PossDblHets TSK was asking $2000...honestly, you might be better off trying to make your own. It'll take some years, but would be more gratifying and probably somewhat cheaper.

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How old was the 1.3? Considering that a Nice Hypo runs about $400 for a male (again a NICE Hypo) and a nice Axanthic girl runs about $600-800, depending on the line, and when you factor in cost of ownership, care, potential vet bills, and overall time, it isn't any cheaper.

hrmm thanks to all for the input.

what kind of ghost would go best with a vpi axanthic????

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How old was the 1.3? Considering that a Nice Hypo runs about $400 for a male (again a NICE Hypo) and a nice Axanthic girl runs about $600-800, depending on the line, and when you factor in cost of ownership, care, potential vet bills, and overall time, it isn't any cheaper.

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They looked like juvies...just checked and on 1/06 one of them was 148 g. You gotta think though...these are possible dbl hets. they might not even prove. I think I would, even in the long run if it cost a little bit more, make my own and be sure. I know you're all against people breeding their own snakes to make the combo morphs that they want to, but most people like that idea.

i like the idea of breeding my own combos. i have a few projects that need tied up and im going to throw a fem ghost into the picture so i can eventually make the axanthic ghost combo.

anyhow whats the opinions on what ghost would mix best with a vpi axanthic.

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They looked like juvies...just checked and on 1/06 one of them was 148 g. You gotta think though...these are possible dbl hets. they might not even prove. I think I would, even in the long run if it cost a little bit more, make my own and be sure. I know you're all against people breeding their own snakes to make the combo morphs that they want to, but most people like that idea.

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I'm not against it, I just encourage people to put serious thought into it before doing it. People tend to over simplify the entire process.

As far as best axanthic goes, in my opinion I think the VPI Axanthic would make some really nice ones.

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People tend to over simplify the entire process.

As far as best axanthic goes, in my opinion I think the VPI Axanthic would make some really nice ones.

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I can agree with that.

OP - I really don't know what kind of hypo would look the best. NERD's desert ghost(Recessive line) probably would look the best, but I have no idea about their availibility. But I'm sure an OG would look great as well. Definitely go VPI Axanthic for that part of the equation.

so a orange ghost would do the job! great. correct me if i am wrong but in the first breeding of the axanthic and orange ghost would be all dbl hets correct?

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so a orange ghost would do the job! great. correct me if i am wrong but in the first breeding of the axanthic and orange ghost would be all dbl hets correct?

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Yes they would all be double het for True Ghost.