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The Snow was the first white Ball I heard of, but you really do not hear anyone really praising the look of the Snow anymore. The Ivory Ball is a white snake to me, but acutally, probably more yellow than white. Then there are the Leucistics, Mojave x Mojave, Lesser x Lesser, Russo's Het Lucy x Het Lucy, all producing Blue Eyed white snakes. Now the Fire x Fire produces the Black Eyed Lucy. Is there one Leucistic that looks superior to the others? Is there a cross between two Het Lucies that are not the same Morph, that produces a superior white snake? How does the Fire's Super rate among white snakes?
My favorite, without really seeing all of them in person, side by side, is probably the Ivory. This could change if I produce a Lucy one day, but for now, I think I like the Ivory.

Dave

If I remember correctly Vin Russo X Vin Russo = Pure white snake with blue eyes. To me that is the prettiest.
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I think that part of the appeal of a white snake is what can be done with them when bred to other morphs or normals. I like the look of the mojave and lesser as individual morphs and in combination with other morphs. Vin Russo's het lucy and the fire look rather "normal" to me. A mojave x lesser would be worth more to me because breeding to a normal could produce a white snake (not proven yet), and breeding to a spider, bumblebee, etc. would produce some amazing combination babies. By the time my mojave females are big enough to breed, I plan to get a lesser male. For this reason, I think that the price of mojaves makes them one of the best deals available.

a threeway tie between the Ivory and Super Mojave and Vin Russo Blue-eyeds. lol

I like the Ivories for their dorsal stripe, the Super Mojos for their off-coloured head and slight patterns, and Vin's Leucies because they appear (to me atleast) to be the most 'crisp' white of the various 'Leucistics', as well as their 'expressive' blue eyes.

Black-eyed Leucies? They do nothing for me, sorry.

Mind you, it will be years and years before I can afford any of the various white balls. For now I'm more than content with Leucistic (Expothalmia* free) Texas Rats in my collection.

BB

*Expothalmia = bug-eyed

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i gree that the ivory is not pure white, but if you have ever seen and adult ivory they are 98% pure whit. i have 2 adult female's that started out with the yellowish markings like my smaller female. (take a look at the pic's) and even her with age and size is loosing her yellow. and the eyes of ivory (at least my 3) are the same asthe black eye lucy with the red pupils.

thanks
josh baer
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