Hi I'm kind of new to ball pythons and have seen this statement ' I hope it is a male' and was wondering why people seem to want males. And congrats to you on this great snake.
You can bread a male sooner then a female. So if you got a amazing male you could usualy bread it to find out what you actualy have or produce more in a year. Where if you got a amazing female you have to wait 2-3 till she is ready.
1.0 Bumble Bee
1.0 Cinny het Albino
0.1 Albino
0.3 Pastel
0.1 BEL (Lesser x Mojave)
0.1 Pinstripe
0.2 Normal