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I would like to know your opinions of my new yellow belly....This is Captive bred and comes from a very reputable breeder...
It just looks different...What does everyone think?

Thanks Andy

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belly shot?
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Here are some belly shots.....If they did not come out good enough...I can try and take a few more.

Thanks Andy

This is with flash

This is without flash

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sorry dude, sweet snake but based on the part of the belly that you got in the shot... not a yellowbelly.

I think you may have missed the part that said they are captive bred yellow bellies....they were not in question as to if they were yellow bellies...Because they are yellow bellies...I have 5 of them....I was wondering if anyone thought the nose spot meant anything.
The spot nose balls I have seen have a different head pattern...but I wondered if being a yellow belly could change that?

Thanks Andy
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you got the 5 of them from, cause there's no way that's a yellow belly. The top looks possible but judging from the belly pics, there's just no way. That belly is completely average.

I hatched het albinos with the 2 nose spots.......means nothing........

and the belly on yellowbellies I have all look like yellow bellies....and they are from wild stuff......

........you got normals.......and normally ripped........

reputable.........?????????
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.some people are some aren't....and all make mistakes.........
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......wild balls suck ! BUY AMERICAN DAMNIT

Ok here are more belly shots of some animals...
Let's just say lighting and camera skills are very important...
I know what I am looking at here ...it is just hard to show it on the camera end...

Here are some bellies...

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Lookin at your snakes vs. the snakes pictured in the other posts, I'd have to agree with them that it's not a yb. Maybe try taking the pictures with better lighting? If you've got heatlamps, stick regular lightbulbs in a couple of them and then shine them on a white sheet. If you use 100 watts, you shouldn't need a flash on the camera and you'll be able to capture the colors better.

My "spotnose" I actually used a pillowcase, not a sheet, but you get the idea. Simple point-and-click camera.

Enjoy your weekend!

~jenny
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"The python has, and I fib no fibs,
318 pairs of ribs.
In stating this I place reliance
On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
~Ogden Nash

jenny.thegreenes.org

"If you're happy and you know it,
Bomb Iraq!
If you cannot find Osama,
Bomb Iraq!
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky,
Bomb Iraq!

Thanks Jenny,
That looks like a cool snake...

Now what is a spot nose...and what is its purpose? I have heard of it making a powerball but I don't know what that is either...lol..
I need some education in Ball pythons...

Does anyone have any pics of a powerball?

What does the powerball make?

Thanks Andy
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She's not a real "spotnose", she's just a pretty normal.
Powerballs are pretty awesome looking, looks like a spider on steroids. Dave and Tracy Barker made 'em in 05, if they have a website that'd be the place to check for pics.

~jenny
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"The python has, and I fib no fibs,
318 pairs of ribs.
In stating this I place reliance
On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
~Ogden Nash

jenny.thegreenes.org

"If you're happy and you know it,
Bomb Iraq!
If you cannot find Osama,
Bomb Iraq!
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky,
Bomb Iraq!

That one looks about as much as a YB as this one (and he isn't).

Are you SURE you got the right snake?

he has 5 of them..one in a pic looks close but I still wouldn't buy it.......

.......yellowbellies .......the new swampland......emu?.......wait....emus are like $8 ........yellowbellies are still 20 times that much......

.........we all think you got ripped and lighting has nothing to do with it....

spotnosed and spots on a nose are not the same.......

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......wild balls suck ! BUY AMERICAN DAMNIT

why the snakes in the pics are not yellowbellies? Is it because there are not many flames that start at the belly? Thanks, Melisa

I didn't read it before I posted it.

Have you posted pics of all 5? Too me, I do not see the big time blushing and flames and the odd dorsal color that I associate with a YB. I am no expert though.

Dave

Sure doesn't look like one to me.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

Just to give you an idea of a good example of a yellow belly this is my founding male from my own line of yellow bellys. He was a pet for 12 years before I stumbled upon him. Paul at Steel City Exotics

notice the odd color on top and belly

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......wild balls suck ! BUY AMERICAN DAMNIT

I know I would not have bought it.....It looks normal to me......

.....as cheap as yellowbellies actually have become ................................................

.....anyways
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......wild balls suck ! BUY AMERICAN DAMNIT

It dosent look like one to me either,but prove them out to see it it is.Here is a pic of one of mine.
Kevin
www.KMSReptiles.com

Yes I think you were ripped off as well. I dont care how reputable the breeder was those are not yellow bellies. Even with my poor photography skills you can see mine is a het ivory.

As was stated by others I would bring it up to the reputable breeder about getting my money back.
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Damian Macioce
www.strongholdreptiles.com

Breed it anyway. Does not look like a Yb to me. But they said that about my male YB as well. This is one that was hatched last year.

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Thanks and Take Care
Thomas Jones

It would seem from all of the different yellow bellies I have just been looking through that there are very many looks but they follow a general pattern to the belly. I will breed mine and see what happens....
I have males and females so maybe some Ivorys....
Andy
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Your using a hook for a ball python?

np

Hahaha!!! Yeah, I was terrified about getting nailed!!! LOL!!!

Honestly it just made getting the picture a little bit easier...

Andy
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