first, a random thought- anyone think about the fact that one of the super expensive morphs is basically basically a normal ball python with a defect, genetically speaking?

seriously, though, i love the morphs - something even more beautiful and special than a normal BP is. i wanted to breed my normals this season (my ladies were still a bit underweight, though), and i'm sure that eventually i'll want to buy a morph or two to make it even more exciting. since it'll be a little while before i'm working with morphs, i want to learn as much i can about them now. and i viewed a thread a few days ago that concerned me (that i can't find now). a few messages in the thread discussed some of the problems encountered with breeding the different morphs. the example i remember was the spider- the trait was expressed in the het state, being a dominant gene, but in the homozygous state it was possibly lethal to the snake. i was wondering if some breeders would share some information on this and any other problems they might have encountered in their work with the various morphs. i figure that since so many (if not all) of the different types have been inbred at sometime, there might be common problems associated with some of them.

thanks, and props to all for such an informative site.