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There are so many people trying to find out if they have a new morph I thought I would reveal my yellow ball. Is this a new morph?

It came in with a group of balls that look exactly like it...some were green, some blue, and some red, and all had clear undersides and a faint pinstripe down the back. Unfortunately this was the only one that made it as my puppies got a hold of the entire bag of balls and...well...you can figure out the rest!

Please let me know if you feel this genetic...dominant maybe? If you cross it with a normal ball you might get? Am I rich yet?

Anyway...thanks for your input and sorry about putting my logo across it but people have been using pictures of my balls without my permission and I don't want anyone trying to scam others by trying to sell this one as their own!

And please...serious replies only...no jokesters!

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Matt Lerer
'Ghi Reptiles'
ghireptiles.com

LOL

From what I know about solid balls, they are very difficult to sex, tend to escape very easily. Kids and animals such as dogs have a bad habit of either throwing them around, or chewing them. To keep them safe, you need a very secure cage, kept high enough off the ground kids or dogs can't get to. But, they are very easy to keep otherwise. They are happy at low temperatures (or just whatever temp your house it) but very high temps and they could melt (don't leave in the car in direct sunlight). Sexing them is near impossible, there just isn't any way to tell if one ball is male or female. If you are lucky to have a sexed pair, you should see 1-12 smaller balls within a year or so.

Color doesn't apear to be genetic at all, babies can be red, blue, white, yellow, orange, or multi-colored. Occaisonally you will find the clear or crystal balls come out in the babies, or the crystal glitter or rarer yet, the crystal thing in the middle ball. The rainbow balls are quite spectacular as well.

Good luck with them

Oh for food, offer crushed or grounded up black rubber, they really like that.
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PHLdyPayne

last year at the daytona expo, unfortunently the irresponsible breeder neglected to tell me about the genetic weakness (prone to melt in hot cars) and im still trying to get my refund

HAHA! I was just talking to my boyfriend today over the big deal everyone makes about 'is this a new morph??'. Am I the only one that just likes ball pythons for what they are? It seems everyone's trying to come up with new colors and patterns and whatnot. I hate to be cliche, but I like them for their personality, not their looks.

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