to anyone who thinks they have a morph

[Ranegyr]

Sometimes getting a bit of distance (and some blood in your alcohol system) is a good thing.
Bruce

Thanks to all of you who have provided myself and my workplace with some outstanding comedy this morning. i am so glad you guys are all extremely silly. (i hope i can say that)

beware the dangers of drunk-dialing, drunk-emailing, and drunk driving, drunk just about everything.

[wolfy-hound]

Sorry so harsh AFTER you explained Butters. I must have missed the last page of posts somehow.
It's been a day here too, I try not to post when I'm miffed over things. HUGS!

[771subliminal]

unless you pay the price you are getting a NORMAL BALL PYTHON!!!!!!!jeez,i have seen a billion threads latley about is this a morph?wat is he?hes so different than the others,is he some kind of morph?sometimes these snakes are so normal i kinda throw up in my mouth.there are web sites that give plenty of info on morphed ball pythons.its almost a comedy seeing people just waiting to hear yea you got a heck of a deal on that baby!guess wat,you didnt get a deal,you got a normal ball python.

if its tru that the price you pay will tell what you have then my female albino that i paid $300 for must be painted yellow and white then right???

sometimes you get a hell of a deal just gotta be in the right place at the right time.

someone correct me if im wrong but didnt meme get her "normal" from petsmart or something that turned out to be het albino and produced a albino by surprise last yr?

[EmberBall]

REALLY?


I guess I am mistaken, because obviously you know it all, but I could have SWORN that I paid $125 for my Sulfur female, purchased as a normal, that HAS proven out to be genetic. My bad...

Dave

[Hardwikk]

It does seem obvious to us, but beginners aren't expected to know that. Unlike a lot species (such as WHSs), some Ball Python morphs have the original coloring of normals (I still can't tell the difference between cinnie and a normal, since they look very similar).
Now of course if you get a BP for an average price it's probably just a standard normal, but beginners usually don't think like that. They usually think with a lot more optimism and excitement and that's why they ask those things.

[cktansys]

Oh yeah, mine's a morph. He's a visual form of the good looking royal.

I think he/she is a ~

[marvint]

great thread. its nice to know that there are lots of people here willing to help out newbies like me

[Muze]

I think it's great that new BP keepers are finding the time to register on this site to ask ANY questions. It may start with 'is this a morph?', but may follow with 'are these the right temps?', etc. I think we are supposed to be a friendly community here so members should feel free to ask any questions at all about their animals.

So, newbies (& oldies too if that's the case), keep your questions-all of them-coming!!!

[MeMe]

someone correct me if im wrong but didnt meme get her "normal" from petsmart or something that turned out to be het albino and produced a albino by surprise last yr?

It has been a while since I was on here but I just saw this and wanted to reply.

My story was this...

I purchased Lucielle years ago from a friend who bought her at a local pet shop as a normal ball python. I later purchased a poss het albino male from a friend on here...Brad aka elevatethis, who bought it from a pet shop he worked at.

I decided to try and breed the two...I was totally just expecting to get normals...obviously.

I lost my first clutch from Lucielle in 07. So I tried again in 08 and she threw 7 eggs. Out of the 7 I had 1 albino...which proved that Lucielle was not a normal but a 100% het albino.

It really was luck that I placed her with another bp that was het for the same thing she was.

[Kysenia]

To become upset with someone asking about their ball python being a morph or a normal is understandable but to get that frustrated is not a good thing.

Since I am new to bp's and I would not want to feel that posting any question on this site would be brought back to me as the dumbest thing someone has ever seen. At one time we are all beginners, each thing we learn takes time and reinforcement. This site will always have the newest of new and the oldest of old. That is what makes it what it is. A group of individuals sharing their knowledge and experience with others just getting into it. That with all that is going on with possible bans etc is what will allow the passion of herps to survive. Not chastising someone for a question that you consider stupid or trivial.

On a simple level, it would be sorta like or parents yelling at us for taking our first steps wrong......you idiot! there a billion people in this world that have this mastered! did you not watch your buddy at daycare?!!! unbelievable!!! now go crawl to your room!

Support is what you give, skip the post if it annoys Just my thoughts