Also, when I did the google image search for "pastave ball python" this was one of the pics. Doesn't it look a lot like ours? http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...6Iffk41WOMkcKL
That was one of the reasons why I didn't question the lack of yellow coloration. I would definitely appreciate any and all opinions before I call up to talk about this issue.