Morph Personalities?

[wendy]

Is this just coincadince (where's that spell checker button?) or just me?

I have noticed my albino (when she was home :cry: ) and my pastel are more active and even feed better than most of my normals.

And the spider....he is the most rambuctious of all.....awesome feeding responce, highly active at night.

All in all, from what I've observed, the higher end morphs seem more outgoing.

Did anyone else notice this?

Maybe, my normals are just tooo laid back. 8)

[hhw]

My pastel is by far my most outgoing snake... my normals are usually only out for a few hours each night but my pastel is out ALL night long, starting the night he got here except for while he was in shed.

I'm sure part of it is that your high end morph is sure to be several generations captive bred, and will just have naturally been selectively bred for feeding, and for faring well in captivity. After all, picky feeders won't grow as fast and will therefore take longer before producing their first clutch if ever, resulting in lines with better feeders overall.

Also, you'd probably tend to pay much more attention to your high end morphs and notice them be active moreso than your normals. So, you'd be less likely to notice your normals being active. My original normal male is the only other one I observe on a daily basis, as it and the pastel are the only two kept in my room.

[BallPythonBabe448]

dang, I want a morph. My normal is active almost alll of the time. What morph would you recommend as a first morph? (like pricewise too)?? I really want a BP morph as my 2nd BP and 3rd snake....

[Ginevive]

Maybe they're more active and erratic because they're inbred? Sorry, I have to be sarcastic about everything. My reduced female is actually pretty weird; she rearranges all her tank furnishings at night, and she has the best feeding response. Maybe morphs are just weird because their beauty goes to their little heads.

[bait4snake]

My Spider siblings (psycho looking normals) are evil! I love 'em. I've heard the spider line produces great feeders. I'd have to agree.

[BallPythonBabe448]

no one answered me.... what is a good beginner morph? (good in price too) im not a beginner but ive never had a morph...whats a good 1st one?

[Jeanne]

Ballpythonbabe:

There is really no good answer for your question. And I dont think anyone can really answer that for you, only you can. First, morphs are nice, but no matter what you will pay a heavy price for most morphs. It is all up to you,what you want it to look like, what you are willing to pay, or what you can afford, etc. Best thing to do, is do your research on them and decide what you want.

[BallPythonBabe448]

ill check constrictors unlimited but do you know of any other good breeders?

[hhw]

BallPythonBabe:
a) Make sure it's a morph you personally enjoy. It's important to keep things fun
b) Make sure that you can afford it, in the event that you don't have any breeding success.

With that said, dominant and codominant (more appropriately called incomplete dominant) morphs will have much quicker results. Pastels are a good start for a lot of people, and are probably the least expensive visual morph. You can get hets for recessive traits cheaper but you will have to breed them out in order to get any actual morphs. Either way, ball python morphs aren't like corn snake morphs; a lot of their price has to do with investment value so unless you have a lot of money to spend or plan to breed, you're probably better off waiting a few more years for prices to come down.

[wendy]

ill check constrictors unlimited but do you know of any other good breeders?

try the classifieds on www.kingsnake.com .........lots of morphs