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What's Your Favorite Ball Python Myth?

CJBianco Jul 28, 2005 01:44 PM

Golly! There are so many to choose from. How about...

"Your odds are best when buying PHs if they all come from the same clutch."

Chris
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mean people suck

Replies (23)

herphobbyist Jul 28, 2005 02:00 PM

hahahaha, I don't know if buying PH's from the same clutch provides the best odds. I just think its the cheapest way to go. My favorite myth is....... ummmmm don't have one, lol. Ron
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goregrind Jul 28, 2005 05:33 PM

what does it stand for?

Ballboutique Jul 28, 2005 05:56 PM

possible het for the morph.....
50% het x normal breeding
66% siblings of het x het breeding
100% is a het
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bps516 Jul 28, 2005 02:06 PM

How about the old... my friend's uncle was killed by one of them there poisonous ball pythons... It struck him with its fangs and then swallowed him whole! It was 50 feet long.
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Bryan, Atlanta GA

1-0-0 Ball Python - Apep
0-1-0 Mountain Horned Dragon - Ki
1-1-0 Rats... no wait... ROTTEN Little Cats - Ra, Bastet
0-1-0 Little Angelic Kitten - Isis
1-0-0 Horse... whoops... BIG Golden Retriever - Jake
0-1-0 Wife
2-0-0 Kids

CJBianco Jul 28, 2005 02:16 PM

Dude! That is NOT a myth! I know a guy who knows a guy who...

Chris
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mean people suck

bps516 Jul 28, 2005 02:24 PM

Those types of myths are so prevalent, lets all be honest here... how many people have used that just once on someone that irritated you in some fashion.

I'll admit it, when my parents asked how I could bring a constrictor into the house with my children and think they were safe. I answered their question on "how big will it get?" with a emailed picture of Bob Clark's Fluffy (yes I left the copyright information on it). I eventually admitted the truth, somewhat later.
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Bryan, Atlanta GA

1-0-0 Ball Python - Apep
0-1-0 Mountain Horned Dragon - Ki
1-1-0 Rats... no wait... ROTTEN Little Cats - Ra, Bastet
0-1-0 Little Angelic Kitten - Isis
1-0-0 Horse... whoops... BIG Golden Retriever - Jake
0-1-0 Wife
2-0-0 Kids

mandora Jul 28, 2005 02:50 PM

I worked in a pet store for years... you have no idea how many times I've heard that phrase....

CJBianco Jul 28, 2005 02:14 PM

I'm guessing his favorite is:

"Ball Pythons grow faster on rats only!"

Chris
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mean people suck

playball Jul 28, 2005 02:32 PM

The whole Het-Pied genetic marker! what a crok of....

Produced in my facility, LMAO, now, how many really have a facility, not many....

woodage Jul 28, 2005 02:57 PM

I have a facility!.................its about 20cubic foot.......its my spare room!!!
I keep my motorcycle in my warehouse(garage)!

ginebig Jul 28, 2005 11:43 PM

The bike get's a bigger room than the snakes??????

Quig

Finnigan Jul 28, 2005 03:04 PM

np
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0.1 Ball Python
0.1 Okeetee Corn Snake
1.0 Leopard Gecko

viridisnakes Jul 28, 2005 03:19 PM

My favorite ball python myth is:

"as long as we don't sell our hatchling morphs for less then the price we are asking, then the market will never crash or correct to realistic prices!"

Just a little lurking humor!!!!! As an observer I just get a kick out of the big guys fighting over what some else is selling THEIR animals for. A true market exsists when people pay actually money( or trade ( real trade not a traded my 50K morph for their 50K morph)).

That being said I hope albinos and clowns hold thier prices because those are the het's I own.

Chris

Matt...Hennek Jul 28, 2005 03:40 PM

Anyone heard anything new about it?

gant77 Jul 28, 2005 05:06 PM

np
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goregrind Jul 28, 2005 06:03 PM

mine are they will eat gerbils, white mice, black mice, prekilled, frozen then thawed, live or stunned the only time one of my snakes refused a meal was during a shed

mmmthasgood1 Jul 28, 2005 06:33 PM

i post stuff and its there then ill check later and its gone... and i havent abused it....ahhh ferget it
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CKA

bps516 Jul 28, 2005 07:06 PM

np
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Bryan, Atlanta GA

1-0-0 Ball Python - Apep
0-1-0 Mountain Horned Dragon - Ki
1-1-0 Rats... no wait... ROTTEN Little Cats - Ra, Bastet
0-1-0 Little Angelic Kitten - Isis
1-0-0 Horse... whoops... BIG Golden Retriever - Jake
0-1-0 Wife
2-0-0 Kids

CJBianco Jul 28, 2005 08:25 PM

Yep! And I was temporarily punished today. Oh, well. I deserve a good disciplining every now and then.

Chris
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mean people suck

gant77 Jul 28, 2005 07:02 PM

thats not always the case. I didn't think I would have to clarify, I was refering to non-educated pet shops and the like that will say anything to get a animal sold.
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In Loving Memory of the best Brother God gave me
Sgt. Arnold DuPlantier II
(Army National Guard, Charlie Rock Co.)
06/01/1979-06/22/2005
Support Our Troops

bps516 Jul 28, 2005 07:04 PM

np
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Bryan, Atlanta GA

1-0-0 Ball Python - Apep
0-1-0 Mountain Horned Dragon - Ki
1-1-0 Rats... no wait... ROTTEN Little Cats - Ra, Bastet
0-1-0 Little Angelic Kitten - Isis
1-0-0 Horse... whoops... BIG Golden Retriever - Jake
0-1-0 Wife
2-0-0 Kids

wshihdapinstripe Jul 28, 2005 07:27 PM

THATS THE BEST ONE I THINK AND THAT THE BLACK EYED LUCY IS THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER BALL PYTHON MUTATION....THATS THE BEST MYTH

crazyreptilelady Jul 29, 2005 10:12 AM

My mom trying to talk me out of getting a ball python because she thinks it "so dangerous" and that it could kill me in my sleep. Like a ball python is more dangerous than my dog (shar-pei mix) in all reality. But the dog she is totally ok with. Funny how some people are about snakes!
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Jessica

0.1.0 Sharpei-Husky mix...all attitude
0.0.1 Ball Python
2.2.0 Corn Snakes
1.1.0 Leopard Gecko
1.0.0 Blotched Tiger Salamander
...and a saltwater tank!

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