I was given some very malnourished ball pythons a little over a year ago. I was told that they were supposed to be 66% possible het for albino from Ben Siegle Reptiles. I managed to get them back on track health wise. This was a 2.2 group. I bred them and got 5 perfect eggs from one pair and 7 perfect eggs from the other pair. Last week when the eggs hatched, I quickly took a peak inside each egg to see if there were any albinos. There were none. I was contemplating whether or not to sell the adults and their babies in a group sale or what. The babies started to leave the eggs and when the fourth baby came out, I noticed several white sections and spots on the snake. When I reached in and took it out, I was amazed. It has somewhat normal body coloration except for the white sections on the body and the white spots on its back and the head is lighter with one side of the face showing some of the white. There is bright yellow around the white that resembles albino pattern. I have seen albino paradoxs where the snake is albino with bands of color, but this snake seems to be the opposite. And it is also tiger stripped down the sides as are a couple of the siblings. I think I might need to hold on to this little prize and the sibs and producing adults for a while! Has anyone else ever seen anything that sounds like this?

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