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If you're fishing to have someone say "Oh I'd breed an eyeless bp because it's rare and totally worth a ton of money", you're probably not going to get that kind of response from most breeders, because no one wants to pay a high price for a deformed snake with no eyes. Or with kinks. Or whatever deformity you pick. Other than scaleless and wobble, there's not a lot of traits that are acceptable or desirable that could also be considered a deformity. And Wobble is not desirable or sought after as a trait, so it doesn't apply either. In fact, people often tout their animals as having "no" or at least very little wobble to help sell them. So pretty much, you're stuck with scaleless, and that's a divided issue. Some people say it is desirable and doesn't hurt the snake... some say it's a deformity and undesirable"
no i'm not fishing at all...sorry if you believe that and no i was honestly just curious what was considered quality for ball python owners. because i DO hear it a lot and i don't believe it means the same thing as it would in say dogs. dogs i use because i have the most experience in that area..
such as another thread on the genetics section where many said don't just throw random multi gene animals together think of quality rather than the money side of things
i asked about mutations because while i don't think many are used for obvious ethical reasons i think we have noted that certain mutations do have higher risks so do we consider that breeding to be less worthy of an option even if the snakes come out being non culls.
i see from the answers that typically no such things as duck billing and small or bulging eyes are non issues but something along the lines of no eyes or kinks would be a no go for many.
so what determines quality other than individual desire for a specific paint job?
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