Meet Freyja

[Nutriaitch]

That's good, since that sort of guessing leads to a fair number of mislabeled animals (of other species; I couldn't say how bad this is in ball pythons specifically) on the market. Even a "looks like a..." hypothesis can easily turn into "some knowledgable sounding breeder told me it is a ....". Given that the odds of any given ball python not finding its way back into the market at some point are slim, that label can stick.

Unless a person is willing to test breed it to confirm, it is probably best not to know.

I'm that guy that just doesn't know.
pretty sure Ragnar (my other BP) is just a "normal". and I knew Freyja was different than him, but without the label from the breeder, would have never known what.

and other than general curiosity, don't really need to know either.

[Lord Sorril]

That's good, since that sort of guessing leads to a fair number of mislabeled animals (of other species; I couldn't say how bad this is in ball pythons specifically) on the market. Even a "looks like a..." hypothesis can easily turn into "some knowledgable sounding breeder told me it is a ....". Given that the odds of any given ball python not finding its way back into the market at some point are slim, that label can stick.

Unless a person is willing to test breed it to confirm, it is probably best not to know.

Right.

[Nutriaitch]

Freyja finally ate!!

breeder said she was already on F/T.
first 2 attempted feedings she acted scared of it.
3rd one she acted somewhat interested, but never ate it.

today i was getting frozens from Ragnar and talking to my supplier.
he spotted me a love fuzzy to try.

She attacked and swallowed that one!
soni may have to work on swapping her to F/T.

[Bogertophis]

Great news!

[Nutriaitch]

got a pretty cool shot of her while feeding today
(By the way, I'm really loving my rat breeder these days. let him know the snakes' weights when ordering and he chooses the rats for them specifically)

[Nutriaitch]

and just so Ragnar doesn't feel left out, got a good one of him too

[Bogertophis]

You can tell that spring & summer is just around the corner...

[Homebody]

(By the way, I'm really loving my rat breeder these days. let him know the snakes' weights when ordering and he chooses the rats for them specifically)

There's nothing like the personal touch.