Quote Originally Posted by Bill Buchman View Post
Justin,

This subject is something I have been struggling with on a number of different levels.

I have a new dominant morph I have proven(last fall) that is still under wraps. I am making 2-3 combos with him from known morphs this season. I also may hatch a new combo morph or two as well -- depending on hatch dates. What do I name them? Do I stick with the Pastel-Yellowbelly format or come up with a new cute, witty, insightful, original, etc...name. It is a little stressful trying to find a name in the color/food genres -- many are taken.

I have been thinking way outside the box in naming concept!!!! Nothing to do with colors, foods, insects, gemstones, or any other earth science. Something so out there that whether you thought loved the name, or thought absurd -- you would know "I" named it.

The "naming thing" should be discussed considering the number of new morphs coming in the next few years coupled with the many new people coming into the hobby/business. I would like to hear the opinions from new folks to veterans. Insights from those of you who have been around more than my 16 months in the hobby would certainly be of great value to me and maybe others?

Justin, you would be one of those people along with many others on this forum. As with many things ball python, there seems to be no clear answer to this one. It seems that whichever way you go someone will take issue or just plain will make the other valid choice. I guess a poll would give us some raw numbers, but would not allow for discourse. Ideas EVERYONE!!
I appreciate that you're taking the whole naming thing so responsibly. I also have the chance at a new combo this year so

I'm just going to call it what it is. (if I hit the LONG odds it would be the super pastel pied.) The only problem I have with that is that the next guy to produce one might go ahead and name it...

I like the fact that all the base morphs have cool names. I think that's awesome. The name should have some clue as so the look of the animal IMO. Most base morph names really do fit the animal they belong to. After the base morphs I've resolved to call things by their ingredients.

It would be really interesting to have a set naming system kind of like chemical compounds in chemistry or latin naming of medical stuff... but i don't want to ppl to have to take a college course in order to understand bp combos!!!!!

Justin