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Heres a chance to show off your best looking normal. That way everyone can join in!!!....who will have the prettiest???

I just got her yesterday from Northern Virginia Reptile Rescue at boxturtle.org It took almost two months for them to check out my references and go through the adoption process but it was worth it. I only had to pay for shipping.
I have a newbie question although I have a couple of Ball Pythons I don't have any adults other than this one and she is pretty big. I have not weighed her yet but she is over 4 ft long.
I have her in a big glass tank with a screened top lid and some weights on top but she is really strong.
My question is how big or heavy do the weights on top have to be to keep her contained? Can she push as hard as she can constrict? Do the weights have to be as heavy as cinder blocks? regular bricks? A large book? I don't want her to be able to push open her lid and escape.

Kahotep.

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0.1 Normal
0.2 Het Piebald
1.0 Reduced Pattern
0.1 Banded
0.1 Screaming Child

Well, here he is again....just a great looking normal.

I think you should just give him to me so you don't even have to look at him. LOL
Just kidding, That is the best looking normal I have ever seen.
Much nicer than some pastels I have seen.

...and to think i just found him in regular pet store going cheap as a 'hatchling non feeder'...he pounds em down now!

Same snake, less flattering shot.

I thought the one on the bottom looks pretty cool.

George Knaack
GLK HERP

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0.0.1 Chrysemys picta picta (Eastern Painted Turtle)
0.0.1 Teliqua gigas (Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink)
0.2.0 Eublepharis macularius (Leopard Geckos)
0.0.1 Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake)
0.0.2 Rhacodactylus ciliatus (Crested Geckos)
0.0.1 Python regius (Ball Python)
?.?.? Assorted goldfish, minnows and guppies
1.0.0 Ferret
1.1.0 Cats
1.0.0 Aussie Cattle Dog/ Border Collie Mix

n/p

Here is a nice looking little girl I produced this past season. She's actually a 50% pos-het axanthic.

Here she is again.

here's my 4/04 female...

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--0.0.1 ball python
--0.1 orange cat
--2.0 dogs
--0.0.3 frogs
--3.0 beta fish
--0.0.1 green anole
--and some cockroaches

Bela!

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2.1 Ball pythons
1.0 Boa Constrictor Imperator
0.1 albino Cranwell's horned frog
1.0 bearded dragon
1.0 Tiger salamander
1.1 breeding Clawed frogs
1.0 black kittycat
3.1 Oscar cichlids