I think he did more than just that. He was VERY careful to imply that the snakes in question were his, while at the same time leaving plenty of wiggle room to say, "No, I never said they were mine." I've seen him pull similar stunts many times.
And when confronted about that, he says he was just pointing out how misleading to the general public the breeder (actual owner of the pictures) was being for daring to believe the appearance might be genetic. BESIDES the fact that such a critique is entirely uncalled for...it's ALSO entirely FALSE in this case. Those pictures belong to Diana (Rapture)....and we here have followed her breeding projects with this snake and never once has she claimed to have anything other than a very beautiful dinker that she's enjoying working with.
Snowball's story about WHY he used those pictures simply does not match up with the reality of who he stole them from.