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Ball Pythons

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The Ball Python Python regius is the smallest of the African pythons and is a popular pet available in many color mutations. Adults generally do not grow to more than 3.0-4.0 ft in length, although some specimens have reached 5-6 feet, but this is very rare. Found in Africa from Senegal, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Niger and Nigeria through Cameroon, Chad and the Central African Republic to Sudan and Uganda, in the wild they prefer grasslands, savannahs and sparsely wooded areas. The name ball python refers to the animal's tendency to curl into a ball when stressed or frightened. Here you may post messages or questions pertaining to all aspects and issues regarding the keeping, breeding, health, and conservation of ball pythons. If you are a new user to this forum, please take the time to review the rules first before posting: Terms of Service.

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Pastel Questions
by electricbluescat - Oct 27, 2006 01:08 PM
1 Nov 14, 2006 04:05 PM
by darkbloodwyvern
Just a small question please...
by eyeswideopen - Oct 27, 2006 12:12 PM
18 Oct 29, 2006 06:11 PM
by j3nnay
HELP!!! Ball Incubators
by amoeba14 - Oct 27, 2006 10:35 AM
5 Oct 28, 2006 08:17 AM
by mikebell
Punnett Square help!!!
by magicalmorphs - Oct 26, 2006 11:25 PM
2 Oct 27, 2006 12:56 PM
by mistysprouse
whats the best rack for growing balls???
by bquest123 - Oct 26, 2006 08:09 PM
6 Oct 27, 2006 06:33 PM
by RobertIIII
Dumb Question
by skfu - Oct 26, 2006 07:54 PM
2 Oct 26, 2006 10:24 PM
by magicalmorphs
New addition Albino male
by dnreptiles - Oct 26, 2006 06:37 PM
2 Oct 27, 2006 11:56 PM
by morphevolutions
Whatcha Think?
by jmartin104 - Oct 26, 2006 05:51 PM
9 Oct 27, 2006 11:55 PM
by morphevolutions
Tribal Caramel??
by earths exotics - Oct 26, 2006 03:53 PM
10 Oct 28, 2006 07:26 AM
by EVILMORPHGOD
Co-Dom/Dom Breed to a Simple Recessive
by DZBReptiles - Oct 26, 2006 02:30 PM
6 Nov 05, 2006 08:48 AM
by Eric21
Breeding Question...
by nextland - Oct 26, 2006 01:24 PM
2 Oct 26, 2006 03:14 PM
by magicalmorphs
Low White
by mikebell - Oct 26, 2006 12:30 PM
5 Oct 26, 2006 07:44 PM
by mikebell
Double-Homo recessives produced?
by medusah - Oct 26, 2006 11:03 AM
3 Oct 27, 2006 08:54 AM
by reptilemadn
RBI Plastics Racks
by northamexotics - Oct 26, 2006 08:59 AM
6 Oct 31, 2006 12:05 AM
by coldthumb
breeding female????
by panui22 - Oct 26, 2006 12:22 AM
1 Oct 26, 2006 09:07 AM
by zefdin
Twins....
by coldbloodaddict - Oct 26, 2006 12:11 AM
3 Oct 27, 2006 01:24 PM
by eyeswideopen
Ringer...?
by MrSmith - Oct 25, 2006 10:36 PM
1 Oct 26, 2006 02:30 AM
by LadyOhh
Keeping snakes
by pichereptiles - Oct 25, 2006 10:00 PM
0 No replies
Insulated Tank?
by kwnbee - Oct 25, 2006 08:56 PM
6 Oct 28, 2006 09:47 PM
by coldthumb
What size rubbermaid for a adult ball
by robertIIII - Oct 25, 2006 06:49 PM
0 No replies
weird behavior
by inthedeep2 - Oct 25, 2006 06:24 PM
4 Oct 27, 2006 11:51 PM
by rwoodyer
question on breeding to get albinos??
by RobertIIII - Oct 25, 2006 06:13 PM
1 Oct 26, 2006 06:59 PM
by Paul Hollander
If you cross a G-stripe with a Pinstripe
by SRX - Oct 25, 2006 05:48 PM
2 Oct 26, 2006 06:39 PM
by TBurns
Help upper resp. infection.
by mikesciuto - Oct 25, 2006 04:08 PM
1 Oct 25, 2006 06:33 PM
by zefdin
HELP WITH MY NEW PYTHON
by hazze - Oct 25, 2006 02:27 PM
6 Oct 28, 2006 12:00 AM
by rwoodyer
Show off your DINKING projects
by swich - Oct 25, 2006 02:16 PM
42 Oct 31, 2006 02:19 PM
by bristen
Pin,Bumble Bee,and Pastel
by TerryHeuring - Oct 25, 2006 01:40 PM
5 Oct 26, 2006 03:47 PM
by TerryHeuring
? About Compatible Ghost Lines
by fgs - Oct 25, 2006 01:29 PM
9 Oct 26, 2006 02:14 PM
by RoyalVariations
my new grazi pastel
by jcaustralia - Oct 25, 2006 07:53 AM
1 Oct 25, 2006 12:24 PM
by sSadie
UTH side mounting
by moparfan - Oct 25, 2006 07:22 AM
1 Oct 27, 2006 07:24 AM
by moparfan
More pic's of my Pastel
by havic - Oct 24, 2006 11:47 PM
4 Oct 25, 2006 07:07 PM
by havic
Pink belly ?
by stevebp - Oct 24, 2006 11:44 PM
1 Oct 25, 2006 02:21 AM
by hoot
POST SHED BEAUTY
by tampabaymorphs20 - Oct 24, 2006 10:17 PM
3 Oct 25, 2006 01:19 PM
by albinosunlimited
Eyeballs
by miasmix - Oct 24, 2006 08:26 PM
5 Oct 28, 2006 02:39 AM
by coldthumb
My Little Ball
by AmberNichole1983 - Oct 24, 2006 08:11 PM
1 Oct 24, 2006 10:24 PM
by j3nnay
saw this article... hehe
by apeilia - Oct 24, 2006 08:06 PM
4 Oct 25, 2006 10:26 AM
by PFAN151
Clown or Stripe?
by EmberBall - Oct 24, 2006 06:19 PM
15 Oct 26, 2006 02:09 PM
by nita
some fun pictures
by j3nnay - Oct 24, 2006 10:48 AM
3 Oct 24, 2006 12:01 PM
by j3nnay
how do you like your vision rack systems
by ballfreak - Oct 24, 2006 10:16 AM
11 Oct 27, 2006 12:51 AM
by jfmoore
moving, heating
by jimhellwig19 - Oct 24, 2006 02:09 AM
0 No replies
ball breeding
by jndspendolini - Oct 24, 2006 12:00 AM
4 Oct 24, 2006 08:57 AM
by joshhutto
Question for Satan
by salemserpent - Oct 23, 2006 11:56 PM
2 Oct 24, 2006 07:12 PM
by salemserpent
One from the archives...
by nerd_inc - Oct 23, 2006 10:25 PM
10 Oct 25, 2006 04:37 PM
by reptileray
Black Acrylic
by pichereptiles - Oct 23, 2006 07:49 PM
4 Oct 24, 2006 12:41 AM
by sgilbert
A few new additions
by EmberBall - Oct 23, 2006 07:21 PM
3 Oct 24, 2006 07:50 PM
by EmberBall
ohh my another question
by inthedeep2 - Oct 23, 2006 07:17 PM
4 Oct 24, 2006 08:09 AM
by morphed
ball found outside in va?
by joeiecrack - Oct 23, 2006 06:06 PM
8 Oct 24, 2006 03:50 PM
by joeiecrack
dumb breeding ?
by jndspendolini - Oct 23, 2006 04:42 PM
1 Oct 23, 2006 06:29 PM
by joshhutto
Genetic Stripe Question
by kitten6500 - Oct 23, 2006 04:16 PM
9 Oct 24, 2006 05:06 PM
by coldthumb
pied markers
by magicalmorphs - Oct 23, 2006 02:12 PM
8 Oct 26, 2006 04:44 PM
by philllll
ball v/s jackrussell
by joeiecrack - Oct 23, 2006 02:02 PM
9 Oct 24, 2006 02:05 PM
by PHLdyPayne
release of fluid?
by joeiecrack - Oct 23, 2006 01:59 PM
3 Oct 23, 2006 08:36 PM
by j3nnay
Substrate Question
by pichereptiles - Oct 23, 2006 09:48 AM
10 Oct 25, 2006 08:35 PM
by reptileinnovations
Those of you who also keep boas...
by johnavilla - Oct 23, 2006 09:41 AM
6 Oct 26, 2006 07:53 AM
by wisema2297
My new 1.1 pair of Ghosts
by dmasio13 - Oct 22, 2006 11:45 PM
3 Oct 23, 2006 12:20 PM
by bpconnection
Lighting
by BrandonR - Oct 22, 2006 10:27 PM
3 Oct 22, 2006 11:05 PM
by reptilemadn
Another question about tanks
by miasmix - Oct 22, 2006 08:55 PM
2 Oct 25, 2006 10:01 AM
by worcesters
'05 Graziani male pics
by ginevive - Oct 22, 2006 08:36 PM
0 No replies
Plants
by miasmix - Oct 22, 2006 08:31 PM
5 Oct 23, 2006 09:47 AM
by johnavilla
bigd2832
by bigd2832 - Oct 22, 2006 08:14 PM
4 Oct 23, 2006 10:35 AM
by ChrisGilbert
New rack! Q. for rack users..
by ginevive - Oct 22, 2006 08:06 PM
6 Oct 23, 2006 04:23 AM
by goregrind
Test Pic
by pichereptiles - Oct 22, 2006 05:17 PM
4 Oct 23, 2006 08:31 AM
by pichereptiles
het pied male
by boobubba - Oct 22, 2006 05:02 PM
0 No replies
Random Pics
by AandBReptiles - Oct 22, 2006 02:37 PM
2 Oct 22, 2006 05:08 PM
by kms
whos got the biggest ball python?
by mark_andersen - Oct 22, 2006 02:11 PM
4 Oct 22, 2006 10:15 PM
by dsreptiel
Back to the Parodox for a sec...
by jasballs - Oct 22, 2006 01:53 PM
3 Oct 23, 2006 06:22 PM
by rkreptiles
African Furred Rats?
by djsreptiles05 - Oct 22, 2006 01:00 PM
1 Oct 22, 2006 10:08 PM
by Fourquet
Found after 6 months and won't eat
by scherzo953 - Oct 22, 2006 12:37 PM
0 No replies
some pics
by dnreptiles - Oct 22, 2006 12:10 PM
0 No replies
normal balls vs morphs???
by ballfreak - Oct 22, 2006 09:53 AM
2 Oct 22, 2006 04:24 PM
by LibertyReptiles
My New Pastel
by havic - Oct 22, 2006 03:23 AM
4 Oct 22, 2006 10:44 PM
by havic
HELP with a belly mark that appeared!!
by phoerner - Oct 22, 2006 12:23 AM
3 Oct 24, 2006 05:04 PM
by coldthumb
Extreme Surfing?
by EVILMORPHGOD - Oct 21, 2006 09:56 PM
13 Oct 23, 2006 03:13 PM
by BrianPotter
snake not eating!
by nikimae31 - Oct 21, 2006 08:44 PM
3 Oct 22, 2006 12:02 AM
by dsreptiel
Woma Tiger confusion....
by EVILMORPHGOD - Oct 21, 2006 08:37 PM
11 Oct 22, 2006 06:59 PM
by EVILMORPHGOD
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