My new "Female" pastel

[jben]

Like I mentioned on your other thread, it's a nice looking normal. Is it me or are the pics somewhat blurry because everytime I look at the pics it bothers my eyes.

[jmugleston]

Like I mentioned on your other thread, it's a nice looking normal. Is it me or are the pics somewhat blurry because everytime I look at the pics it bothers my eyes.

That may be an ocular issue. These pictures are definitely not my best work, the indoor lighting and flash aren't the best on this camera, and compressing the files for posting on the forums take their toll. That said, it shouldn't be causing physical discomfort .

I just spoke with the pet store that I purchased him from. The Utah owner was a second owner. The original owner lived in Texas and purchased him at a local expo. The 2nd owner supposedly purchased him as a pastave (possibly a ploy to get more from the store). The pet store took it with a few others on trade assuming it was a pastel and threw this one in their general BP cage. They are trying to get me in contact with the original purchaser so that I can trace its history a bit better. I'll try to get some pics with natural lighting if I get home in time tonight. Hopefully they won't be such an eyesore and they'll show the color a bit better. I doubt he's a normal, but I'll throw him with a girl this year and see what happens. Worse case scenario he's a normal and I have a nice looking ball python to take around to my local presentations. Either way I'm not too worried.

Since I've managed to keep reptiles for over 2 decades without keeping ball pythons I'm quite a bit behind on all the morphs. I've seen a few that I like and that I plan on acquiring, but is there a reference page that mentions the different morphs and the markers used to discriminate some of the similar looking phenotypes? I remember from the imports I've seen that these guys can be hyper variable in color and pattern, but I'm sure for most morphs there is some standard used that is better than he said she said.