might be a dumb question

[magicmed]

hey all this might be a really dumb question but I was just curious,are any of these crazy color morphs known to have personalities that differ from the normal ball python. I figured that they would be exactly the same but I have only ever had normals and was curious. I know all ball pythons are not the same but I mean do they generally have the same docile temperament. like I said probably a dumb question but had to ask.

[stealthclown]

No question is a dumb question i dont have a deff answerr to that question however as im new to the bp world but i think its all based on the snakes personality not the color or pattern of what it looks like.

[anicatgirl]

No such thing as a dumb question. They are almost all fairly chill. I still like to meet mine before I buy them to get a good look at temperament though.

[magicmed]

Thank you! I appreciate the info. I figured they would be pretty much the same. If anyone has had a lot of experience with morphs and has noticed the majority of specimen from a certain morph shows higher aggression than normal I would like to hear about it. some day I may get a morph, wanted to know if there are any to avoid. Thanks again

[Daigga]

In terms of aggression I don't think there are more or less aggressive morphs to avoid. If you're talking about overall behavior I would caution you about the few wobble genes (spiders mostly, but also woma and champagne and possibly some others I'm forgetting). My lesser bee has a pretty bad wobble and you can definitely tell by looking at him that he's a little "special". He does not sit still while being handled and moves oddly, twisting back on himself and sometimes corkscrewing (it's not uncommon to find him with his head and neck twisted back in a "c" shape even while he's just alone in his tub). It doesn't effect his quality of life and he's still able to eat and breed perfectly fine, but if I wasn't aware of the spider wobble when I got him I would have been very unpleasantly surprised by what I received.

[Albert Clark]

Thank you! I appreciate the info. I figured they would be pretty much the same. If anyone has had a lot of experience with morphs and has noticed the majority of specimen from a certain morph shows higher aggression than normal I would like to hear about it. some day I may get a morph, wanted to know if there are any to avoid. Thanks again

The only dumb question is the question that you have and you don't ask it! IMO, a ch (captive hatched) bp as opposed to a cb (captive bred) bp would have a tendency to have a higher aggressive disposition. And aggressive disposition doesn't necessarily mean hissing or biting. By aggressive I mean the bp may be more fidgety and flighty or maybe it shows up in a type of feeding response. Normally though all bps have a docile disposition.

[gameonpython]

The only thing I've ever heard of is spiders having a head wobble, and I've also heard that pieds are prone to going on hunger strikes. Don't take my word for it, but I sure do see a lot of threads about pieds not eating!


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