Yes I did go off the deep end a little bit, but I am also sick and tired of it. Day in and day out and day in and day out and day in and day out, "This doesn't look like a normal so it has to be a morph, right?"

If you want a BP morph, have the sense enough to know what morph you want and what it looks like. If you don't care what color it is as long as it is a ball python, then don't come here asking what morph it is. Unless the breeder told you it is a specific morph and you have looked at pictures and live examples of said morph and you are concerned because the snake you bought online and had shipped to you and you've never seen it in person before and now you think the breeder may have pulled the wool over your eyes and sent you something you did not want, there is no need to ask what morph it is. You should know before you buy it, and if you don't have sense enough to do that, well that's your problem.

A true breeder or even a very conscientious pet owner will ALWAYS know what their snake is before selling it or giving it away. If a prospective seller can't give you anything more specific than, "It's a morph" then you should run like hell in the other direction. Plain and simple. Unless of course, you just want a pet ball python and don't really care what color it is. In which case your post should be along the lines of, "See the cool BP I got for a pet?" And if several people tell you hey that's a nice _____! Then that is a bonus for you.

Everyone laughs at the Craigslist ads that have a normal listed as a het spider or something else ridiculous, but if someone is foolish enough to buy that ball python believing it might actually be het for spider, it isn't funny. Anyone who wants to keep a BP as a pet should know there is no such thing, and if you don't, you aren't in any position to own one. No one would go out and get a dog without knowing what kind it is. Can you imagine someone saying, "I just got a dog. I don't know what kind it is, it's a dog. It's black and brown and white, with a white patch over it's eye and white feet." That just described at least 3 dozen different breeds of dog. The idea is silly at best. So why would anyone buy a BP and then say, "I don't know what kind it is. It's a ball python morph. It's brown and black with a white belly and flames on it's side and a light colored head." Guess what ? That also just described 3 dozen different BP morphs as well as 99.9999% of all normals. And that is just as silly.

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