Het. orange ghost

[gator8811]

Is there a way to tell if a snake is het. orange ghost? I don't think so but wondering if there may be signs. supposedly a guy on CL has a female almost breeding size for $60.

[Daybreaker]

I've read that some people can pick them out easily, but personally I don't know of any legit signs. I've heard that some het hypos will shed clear like regular hypos but my 100% het girl has a patterned shed. She does appear lighter than other normals though. Do you have pics of the CL female?

[gator8811]

I should be getting pics in the morning. I will be posting them as soon as I get them. thanks for the reply

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Yes there is and it's by buying from a REPUTABLE breeder

The last place I would be shopping for hets is CL.

[gator8811]

thanks Deborah I know the guy actually. He has worked at the reptile shop down the road from me and I talk to him all the time for the past 10 years. Knows me knows all the snakes I have. I'd hope he wouldn't do that to me.

[BHReptiles]

I would not trust that snake to be het ghost. However, if the snake is actually female, $60 for a near breeding size normal is not a bad price at all. You can always throw a visual ghost to her and see if you get ghost babies. If not, you've made yourself some het ghosts.

[gator8811]

Ya the only reason I'm considering is because he said female for $60. So what's the quickest way I can tell if she's female? I have popped small snakes but not sure about bigger snakes. A guy at another pet shop down the road said you cant pop a big snake but I've read you can.

[Inarikins]

You can pop them, but it's not as reliable. Males especially are good at holding themselves in. You're better off probing an adult snake. If you know somebody who can probe for you, then great if not, there's a great video on here about probing and you can buy probe kits for not a ton of money on places like reptilebasics.com

[BHReptiles]

Ya the only reason I'm considering is because he said female for $60. So what's the quickest way I can tell if she's female? I have popped small snakes but not sure about bigger snakes. A guy at another pet shop down the road said you cant pop a big snake but I've read you can.

I would probe an adult. I can pop babies pretty easily, but not adults.

[gator8811]

Ya that's what I figured. I've never really done it on adults and kinda afraid to hurt them because I read you have to push harder and I already feel like I'm hurting the smaller ones.