Quote Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan View Post
Correct, however how about if the animal is not kinked and you don't know that the line has a kinking problem? I don't want to derail my own thread, but in this case an animal that is flawed at the foundation is being covered up by some pretty paint.

I fire people for this type of stuff in my business.
First are there lines that are prone to kinking? Assuming there are, if the seller wants to mislead you, no amount of standards are going to stop that. An outwardly perfect animal could come from one of these said lines. Yes I agree there should be standards about breeding some things that negatively effect the snake, but that is pretty common sense. When you start talking about "standards" I think most people go to color and pattern place, especially when you bring up morphs. Are you talking about a standard for all ball pythons like head/body shape, size, disposition, and feeding response? If so this is probably a standard for all ball pythons not by morph.