AHHHHHHHHHHH, wow! It's gorgeous!

I'm looking to buy a ball soon ;) Got any reccomendations?

Well, I've got two pastel boys for sale right now - I would certainly recommend them! :) Otherwise, drop me a note with where you are at and I may know someone in the area if you are just looking for a normal colored one.

Morphs are so expensive, and all I'm looking for is a cute ol' housepet. xD

Cute, and so small too.

R.

dawwwwww

AWWW

I love pastels! Didn't know you sold balls. :3

Thank you! A pastel male was my first BP morph and he's really a fantastic snake. :)
I do sell them, albeit rarely - I've been keeping them for many years but just started breeding, so I'm holding back a lot. Should have many more next year, though!

Gorgeous! Congratulations on your clutch. Were you breeding two hets? If so 4 out of 4 is an ace result! }:>

Thank you!!
Pastels are a co-dominant trait, so it's 50/50 on each baby (and there's no het pastels, but there is a 'super' form)- I bred a pastel male to a nice dark female and hit the luck with odds. :)

Argh, genetics! It confuses me so! So you bred a normal to a het, giving you a 50:50 chance of getting a pastel with each? That's one in sixteen to get all four then!

Yes. :) The recessive traits are the ones where there are hets (who carry the gene but don't show it). It gets even more confusing when there are genes that cause 'visible hets' who aren't always visually different... and possible hets and ungh!
I definitely hit the odds on this one, though. :) After a kind of frustrating breeding season it was a welcome surprise.

Kawaii! :D Snakes! ^_^

how 'mellow' are they as adults?

Ball pythons are amazingly calm snakes (captive bred ones, anyways - though most of the wild caught ones I've worked with have been amazingly well mannered, too). Their defensive mechanism is to curl into a ball and hide their head, instead of defensively striking - which makes them ideal for a new snake owner or for use as an educational animal. :) (Hence the name, ball python). With regular handling they become less shy, but they are in general a very slow and inoffensive species when it comes to interacting with them.

gorgeous pastel! my husband is just dying for a bumble bee, although i have a fondness for the hybrids :P you have some lovely pets, too, by the way :)

Buy a pastel and make a bumble bee yourself! ^.^ That's what I did, it will be another year or two before my female is large enough to breed, though.
The hybrids are amazing - I have a pair of womas and they were purchased with the idea of eventually making another 'Wall'. Such a spectacular snake! It's crazy they can hybridize at all.
And thank you! It's a zoo here, but I wouldn't have it any other way. :)

have you seen the ball/blood hybrid? now that is a gorgeous red snake. but you know, we don't have a lot of pastel breeders in CO anymore, but i like how low the prices on them are, i might have to get him a couple pastels for christmas, thanks for the idea :D

I have seen them! They are really fantastic. With the new morphs in blood pythons, I can imagine some incredible possibilities with the hybrids there, too. I got to see a few of them in person at NERD's various show displays and the photos just don't do them justice.
Snakey christmas gifts are the best kind. :)

i really want to start on my own blood/ball hybrids at some point, down here the bloods are fairly cheap, but i would want to have a morph ball python and see just what i could get i was hoping for my first project to be a het for orange ghost/sumatran cross, but i had to let my blood go as i had no time to keep happy, so he became quite the littlebiter, although he had an excellant appetite and gorgeous colors

Yeah, the bloods can definitely be fiesty! Given their size, they can pack a punch if they become an angry adult.
Orange ghosts are one of my favorite morphs - I hope to hatch out some next year. Along with caramel albinos... the caramel glow is just stunning!
I wish there was more interest in the hybrids - the negative reception they have with many herp people has kept me away from them for the most part. But I think it's pretty silly - messing with the genetics as we are already, these aren't snakes that are going to be released back into the wild. If no one experimented, we'd have no german shepherds or golden retrievers. :>

those caramel albinos are high dollar, i wish you luck with that. http://roussisreptiles.com/htmlindex3.html
that's about the only breeder i've seen to be real enthuasiastic with the hybrids. and you're absolutlely right, i see no reason for the big fuss over a hybrid, it's just another gorgeous animal that should be readilly embraced by fellower herpers.

The problem is most breeders HATE hybrids because you don't know genetically how it will effect the snake amoung other key factors. Even some breeders who feed live reject hybrids as a bad idea. I personally think the hybrid is really ugly looking and pulls some of the worst traits from both snakes especially temperament wise.

i disagree with that about the temperment, i've heard from quite a few owners that, while they are a little more nippy out of the egg, with proper handling and care, they becaom great pets, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion

Oooh. So pretty. <33

I love snakes. X3

I used to have a ball python; unfortunately, the fellow who sold it to me went back on his word, gave me a refund, and made me return "his" snake. I miss the little guy. D:

SQUEEEEE

OMFG he's so cute! He looks so shiny and soft! I want to play with babies now.... <3 <3 <3

oh death by cuteness ^^

I would love to have one but CURSE COLLEGE DORM RULES!

but seriously, absolutly beautiful and adorable, congratulations on a successful hatching...

Some ball pythons actually like to come out and play. This is junior, who hatched from an egg from parents that have been our companions for decades:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/517825/

awwww <3 What a cutie!!!
It is my goal in life to own a ball python.

Beautiful. The one with the skull markings is really cool too!

I think for my next snake I want to go with a boa. I hear too much about ball's poor eating habits. Have you run into picky eaters much?

I think most of the reputation for poor eating habits comes from the wild caught ball pythons that have poured into this country by the millions. Those tend to be difficult to acclimate, shy, in poor health, and very difficult to get feeding.
If you buy a baby BP that is captive bred and feeding, there's really no problem getting them to eat. :) Some of mine are just as voracious as my boas. They do go off feed as adults during breeding season (usually) but they are so slow metabolism ambush hunters that it is normal (and keeps them from getting obese) and just means one less mouth to feed over the winter! :)

Good to know. :) It'll be a couple years before I'm in the market again so I've got time to look at my options. I'll probably talk to you again before then. I really admire what you do.

Aww he's gorgeous!, beautiful markings

Aww so tiny :D Nice colors.

He's like a perfect little gem. So lovely!

Beautiful! Looks like a blonde. Is it?

He's a lemon, actually, from the original Graziani line. :) They pick up a little more of the yellowish as they get older.
And thank you!

A lemon. D: Jeeze. They're just beautiful, I went and looked at your clutch. Congrats! I'm working on getting a 100% het butterscotch ghost female myself. I've got my male!

Ooh, neat! I have a pair of het orange ghosts, but I love those butterscotches. And the desert ghosts - those are amazing, too. I have a het caramel albino pair as well, so I'm hoping to eventually make a caramel glow. To die for!

We just may be doing business in the future! Hahaha, I’m wanting a pair of carmel hets for myself. And OMFG, I want clown hets. Clowns = <3

I have an adult het clown male from NERD, was hoping for poss. hets this year but didn't get them. Next year I should have some poss.het caramels which would be super reasonable (close to normal BP prices) since they would just be poss. hets. I have a 100% het pair, but the female isn't ready to breed yet (the male is 6 years old though). Just poke me if you're ever looking for something, I've got a lot of different boas and BPs I'm working with. :)

Oh, you bet. I will if I have any questions too, probably. XD When I get my female het butterscotch ghost, that'll be my first year breeding BPs.

Right now, I do the gecko thing. Sticket feets. X3

Yeaah, geckos! I have a pair of cresteds, I just love them. So full of ridiculous cuteness. :)

That's what I have! Cresties, gargoyles, an oedura, and some mournings! 16 in all. X3 What color are your cresties??

That's awesome. :) I have a cream/white harlequin female and a yellow male. I've boggled at the colors at the herp shows, though, I'd love a fire red one someday. :)

Hahah, me too. It was hard to narrow it down to just six projects! Next year I'm getting some patternless reds for my solid red project. :3 This year was the olives, creamsicle project, and the pinks.

My friend is doing the yellows too. ^^

That's really neat. I'd love to get a pair of the Grand Terre giant geckos someday. Amazing, amazing amazing!

I want the Isle E! And the Saras!

Cool

Omg!! OMG!!!! OHMYGOD!!!!!! Pastel baby ball python!!!!! ~has a spazz attack~ I have a ball python. Fireball morph. She's so beautiful. I have to put a new picture of her up. She's shed recently so she's much more beautiful than before. ^^

Wow, neat! I'd love to get a pair of Fires eventually. :)

Oh they're awesome. The little spots on the back are so pretty. And on very VERY rare occasion they give birth to the Black Eyed Luecistic Ball Python. Omg... They're so beautiful I hope to be able to breed mine some day. And get that one. They are pure white but not albino. It's amazing. And they're pupils are red.. I want one so badly..

Yeah, those black-eyed leucies are gorgeous. I have a pair of mojaves, so I hope to get some blue-eyes, but I don't have the fires, yet. :)

dude, post more snake pics. I've raided what you have so far, I need more drama pictures to paint. If you have a cool photo, I'll probably doodle it. I'm itching to paint more snakes. Frogs and lizards have been dominating my recent speed sketches. I had a thorny devil sketch that didn't come out at all to my liking, I have a feeling it's time to switch to the no legged variety

I usually don't post many snake pics here (since most people watch my FA account for art) but I've got some more up on my website http://foxexotics.com and will be posting many more there in the future. My website at http://foxloft.com/exotics has some for now as well. :)