Please help me identify these 9 ball pythons

[Stormedhornet]

I was just given these ball pythons and I'm trying to figure out the exact morphs, any help is appreciated

[Chkadii]

My best, under-educated guesses:

#9 - pewter
#8 - pastel enchi
#7 - firefly, maybe het hypo
#6 - firefly enchi
#4 - super enchi something
#3 - fire orange dream
#2 - spider fire
#1 - Bumble belly
#5 - enchi lemon blast

Don't take my word for it though, wait for someone with more experience to chime in.

Also, what's a girl gotta do to be given nine awesome snakes? No matter what they end up being, I'd be proud to have any of them in my collection. You should have tons of fun proving these out!

[Megg]

Chkadii did better than me! I was thinking 8 and 7 probably had pastel, 2 had spider, and 5 had pinstripe. Don't even get me started trying to guess the combos lol!

[Tsanford]

#9 Pewter

[wolfy-hound]

All of these are my best guess, honestly...
9 Pewter
8 pastel
7 super pastel OR enchi pastel
6 fire pastel??
3 could be a desert(so if it's female no breeding) or fire?
2 pastel spider OR pastel enchi spider
1 I haven't even a guess but it's cool
5 pin enchi or pin enchi pastel

I second the "How do I get snakes like these given to me?" because all I ever get offered is unwanted burmese or retics at best!

[Stormedhornet]

Thanks for the help, your answers look spot on. Btw they were all donated to the pet store I work at by a breeder. Thanks again.

[Stormedhornet]

My best, under-educated guesses:

#9 - pewter
#8 - pastel enchi
#7 - firefly, maybe het hypo
#6 - firefly enchi
#4 - super enchi something
#3 - fire orange dream
#2 - spider fire
#1 - Bumble belly
#5 - enchi lemon blast

Don't take my word for it though, wait for someone with more experience to chime in.

Also, what's a girl gotta do to be given nine awesome snakes? No matter what they end up being, I'd be proud to have any of them in my collection. You should have tons of fun proving these out!

Thanks for the help, your answers look spot on. Btw they were all donated to the pet store I work at by a breeder. Thanks again.

[FranklinMorphs]

My best guesses:
#9 Pewter

#8 Fire
#7 FireFly
#6 FireFly Enchi
#4 Super Enchi Fire (looks just a little dark to be Super Enchi FireFly)
#3 FireFly or Fire OD (actually leaning towards Fire OD on this one because of the blushing being more just on the sides than across the spine like the FireFlys)
#2 Really nice Bee or EnchiBee
#1 FireBee or BumbleBelly (given the others I would have leaned towards Firebee, except for the speckling which is typical of a BumbleBelly)
#5 Enchi Pin

[Kibbleswhites]

9-pewter
8-pastel
7 super pastel
6- pastel enchi
4-super enchi
3 fire/vanilla
2 stinger bee
1 bee
5 lemon blast

[Chkadii]

Thanks for the help, your answers look spot on. Btw they were all donated to the pet store I work at by a breeder. Thanks again.

So I guess the answer to my question is essentially "you pay for them like everyone else!" Haha!

What is the stores plans for these guys? To sell them or to breed them? If you're planning to sell, I strongly recommend getting in touch with the breeder to confirm what they are, since you don't want to risk mislabeling them. As someone above pointed out, if the possible fire/OD snake is really a desert female, trying to breed her could get her killed. Unless the reason why they were donated is genetic uncertainty to begin with? Even finding out the genes of their parents would be helpful because we'd be able to make educated guesses at least.

If you plan on breeding, you will have more chances of proving them out correctly. It might not be a bad idea to pair them with the genes we suspect they have, to confirm by producing supers. So for example, pairing a possible firefly with a fire/super fire and getting a super fire hatchling. And if they're all pastels as well, you'd see if it was a super fly, etc.

No matter which way your store decides to go, keep in touch! I'm sure I can speak for all of us when I say we'd love to know what they turn out to be (and whether or not your store ships because those guys are hooot! )