balls with defects

[Newbie Ball]

I find balls pythons with defects cool, especially ones with different morps.

Ie pastel with a normal patch on him. Im just wondering if anyone speciallize in breeding. Them?

Also is there a website were i can buy them?

[Pythonfriend]

these are called paradoxes, not defects.


defects would be something like a spine deformation, or eyes that abnormally stick out, or head deformities, or missing eyes.


search breeders for paradox, if a snake has a paradox the breeders list it and they tend to be more expensive. so an albino with a dark area where normal colors come through would be called a paradox albino.

some genes/morphs produce paradoxes more often than others, but its fundamentally random, you cannot really intentionally breed for it, or only to increase the chances.

[SlitherinSisters]

Yep, the normal patch is called paradox. Right now I don't believe it has been proven genetic (meaning you can't breed for it) in any ball python morph.

[interloc]

*not my pic, or my snake!!!*

So...you like paradoxes do you........?

[DeathByDabs]

*not my pic, or my snake!!!*

So...you like paradoxes do you........?

Omg pied paradox???

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[Pythonfriend]

now THATS what I would call a dinker

[SaintTawny]

D: I'd trade my left kidney for that snake. Wowza!

[meowmeowkazoo]

Omg pied paradox???

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Looks like an ivory paradox.