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Summary: Learn how to keep morph ball pythons in this free video.
Nichole Bragg is the reptile expert at the Pet Kingdom in Cottonwood, Arizona. Call them at 928-639-4283.read more
" On behalf of Expert Village I'm Nicole and I'm here to tell you about ball pythons. This particular morph is called a jungle morph. A good indicator of your snake being a jungle morph is the eyes of the snakes will actually have the yellow iris. As where most regular ball pythons have black eyes or maybe a dark brown. Morphs are caused by hereditary genes from either parent. They can be resistive genes the parents do not have to be a visible morph they can carry the resistive gene and still can produce off spring that have morphs. Nobody really knows how the morphs come along they just know ever now and then a snake will come along with one gene that is a little bit off and can cause some major variations. These snakes tend to go for a lot of money in the pet store; these are things that captive breeders look for in their snakes. It's actually turned into a huge hobby across the US a lot of people are breeding trying to bring out these morphs. So they can try to make a little extra money off of what they are already selling. This variation here is called a pie ball python it's where most of the skin is lacking pigment at all. Where it does it has little spots here and these go for probably five or six times as much as you would pay for a regular ball python. This here is an albino ball python this snake is probably the most expensive ball python you can possibly purchase. They are beautiful yellow and white color and they come in many different skews of yellow. You can get bright as the sun to very pale yellow."
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jay36 said
on 8/2/2008 One more time. On behalf of Pet Kingdom none of these videos or their scripts were reviewed by the ownership. We are sorry for any misleading information these videos may contain. Nicole is no longer employed with this company. Once again sorry for any misleading information
ballpythonlover said
on 8/2/2008 I think it's funny that on the same open page as the albino, is pictured a clown ball python that's 3-4 times more than albinos. Albinos are currently one of the more affordable morphs. Nicole, you really don't know as much as you think that you do about ball pythons. I think the Village has found its idiot.
sugarmagnolia02 said
on 8/2/2008 They probably wouldn't let her hold any morphs for being so ignorant. "5 to 6 times more than a normal" give me a break! If you don't know what you are talking about, don't pretend you do.
wingedwolfpsion said
on 8/2/2008 That...is...a normal...ball python. lol. I can only think she must believe she was holding a 'pastel jungle' ball python. They do have greenish eyes...but they also have a lot of other unique traits, which the snake she is holding does not possess. Do a quick search for 'pastel jungle' ball python and see what I mean. Jungle, by the way, refers to an aberrant (odd, unusual) pattern of markings over the body. As you can see, that ball python's markings are normal.
bpguy said
on 8/2/2008 Ha ha "albinos are the most expensive morph" Albinos are on the lower end of morphs. Also piebalds cost waaaay more than 5 to 6 times what a normal would cost. I wouldnt pay more than $100 for an adult normal ball python, an albino I would pay $750 for a hatchling up to $1500 for an adult.. A piebald baby sells for around $2500 and $5000 for an adult.... There are morphs out there that cost way more than thease, how about the dreamcicle's, mimosa, champin, or any combo morph for that matter...