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Ball Pythons

Archive (read-only): Viewing posts from 2007.
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Gallery Photo: ronald_durst

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.

Topic Replies Last Post
Will my baby pastel get more blushing?
by kirokiro - Oct 23, 2007 10:58 PM
4 Oct 24, 2007 05:53 PM
by ballzy
Reverse Paradox Pastel (help)
by snakeguy46 - Oct 23, 2007 09:19 PM
4 Oct 24, 2007 07:50 PM
by snakeguy46
Secret of Ball pythons....
by KMS - Oct 23, 2007 08:32 PM
13 Oct 24, 2007 05:19 PM
by boadave1313
One of my last clutches for '07
by John Q - Oct 23, 2007 07:56 PM
5 Oct 24, 2007 01:16 AM
by kylescott
Question about gravid female
by j3nnay - Oct 23, 2007 07:19 PM
7 Oct 24, 2007 01:15 PM
by j3nnay
Supers...
by EmberBall - Oct 23, 2007 04:59 PM
10 Nov 03, 2007 12:18 AM
by tweedaldumb
sparks fly! go get 'em ktr and brad boa
by i95east - Oct 23, 2007 04:58 PM
49 Oct 25, 2007 12:43 AM
by JenHarrison
Yellow Belly?
by phantompoo - Oct 23, 2007 04:38 PM
11 Oct 24, 2007 09:55 PM
by zefdin
Folds of skin
by mannyrottie - Oct 23, 2007 03:11 PM
1 Oct 23, 2007 04:49 PM
by melindaste
A few pics
by bboa - Oct 23, 2007 02:05 PM
16 Oct 24, 2007 01:49 PM
by pfan151
Anyone have experiance with......
by JoshMolone - Oct 23, 2007 12:58 PM
0 No replies
Ugly pastel?
by Mannyrottie - Oct 23, 2007 10:09 AM
10 Oct 24, 2007 12:19 AM
by xXVanXx
Help!! Heat cable stopped working
by tmh7 - Oct 22, 2007 11:18 PM
6 Dec 31, 2007 03:18 PM
by hyporainbowboas
Black Pewter x Black Pastel - ??????
by VDR - Oct 22, 2007 11:15 PM
10 Nov 01, 2007 10:38 AM
by jnjreptiles
How I look for sperm plugs.
by snakeman23 - Oct 22, 2007 07:59 PM
0 No replies
Hey Brad Boa
by TheCrimsonGhost - Oct 22, 2007 07:27 PM
80 Oct 26, 2007 02:14 PM
by AnthonyB
Different Pastel Lines......
by Wallbanger26 - Oct 22, 2007 05:47 PM
3 Oct 22, 2007 07:11 PM
by dbherp
San Diegans!
by j3nnay - Oct 22, 2007 04:01 PM
5 Oct 22, 2007 11:55 PM
by EmberBall
Just got back into ball pythons....
by killr_silhouette - Oct 22, 2007 02:42 PM
5 Oct 23, 2007 08:23 PM
by HandInTheFlame
Hamburg Reptile Show Photos round 3
by carl3 - Oct 22, 2007 12:45 PM
6 Oct 23, 2007 04:49 PM
by jyohe
FT ASF Rats?
by jmartin104 - Oct 22, 2007 12:22 PM
8 Oct 24, 2007 02:11 PM
by illbeyoursoldier
Love is in the air DUW
by dave763 - Oct 22, 2007 11:13 AM
5 Oct 22, 2007 02:39 PM
by JenHarrison
CAN SOMEONE....
by willzy - Oct 22, 2007 10:48 AM
10 Oct 23, 2007 03:19 AM
by willzy
duh
by winnipeguy - Oct 22, 2007 10:32 AM
15 Oct 23, 2007 08:55 PM
by winnipeguy
BlackPastel/Cinny combos - help w/ list
by VDR - Oct 22, 2007 10:19 AM
0 No replies
Albino Spider Prices??
by JRJReptiles - Oct 22, 2007 08:59 AM
1 Oct 22, 2007 11:11 AM
by royalkreationz
Introducing male... your opinion
by python2000 - Oct 22, 2007 04:34 AM
26 Oct 23, 2007 08:20 AM
by python2000
Do you think shes gravid ?
by balls4all - Oct 21, 2007 11:58 PM
6 Oct 22, 2007 02:40 PM
by Coldthumb
bad shed
by winnipeguy - Oct 21, 2007 10:54 PM
3 Oct 22, 2007 10:18 AM
by winnipeguy
Sometimes STERLING is a Girl's...
by wetceal - Oct 21, 2007 10:10 PM
17 Oct 25, 2007 03:56 PM
by ShawnGilbert
Rack size for adults...newbie?
by jime - Oct 21, 2007 08:25 PM
4 Oct 23, 2007 02:56 AM
by JenHarrison
what determines year of snake?
by pheonix - Oct 21, 2007 08:06 PM
2 Oct 21, 2007 08:17 PM
by levi987
new hatchling what do you think
by spider916 - Oct 21, 2007 06:52 PM
11 Oct 22, 2007 05:30 PM
by spider916
Found something weird...
by RBurns - Oct 21, 2007 02:13 PM
16 Oct 22, 2007 04:41 PM
by RBurns
simple recessive PROBABILIT
by yeahyeah - Oct 21, 2007 11:12 AM
10 Oct 23, 2007 09:24 PM
by yeahyeah
My new baby ball ate 2 mice at 1 go...
by kirokiro - Oct 21, 2007 09:56 AM
16 Oct 23, 2007 10:26 PM
by JenHarrison
Stopped Eating
by RicRat - Oct 20, 2007 11:26 PM
1 Oct 21, 2007 02:50 PM
by melindaste
Pied feeding/breeding question.
by wh00h0069 - Oct 20, 2007 07:28 PM
7 Oct 21, 2007 05:58 PM
by wh00h0069
Best Combos??
by Lamiellm - Oct 20, 2007 05:34 PM
21 Oct 22, 2007 02:07 PM
by dave763
Putting them together??
by ajfreptiles - Oct 20, 2007 04:56 PM
8 Oct 21, 2007 07:37 AM
by ajfreptiles
Reduced Pattern Addition
by balls4all - Oct 20, 2007 04:12 PM
3 Oct 22, 2007 11:29 PM
by balls4all
Pastel Clown
by gapnda7 - Oct 20, 2007 12:20 PM
1 Oct 20, 2007 02:34 PM
by Shane Kinney
Axanthic Spider
by gapnda7 - Oct 20, 2007 12:17 PM
2 Oct 20, 2007 08:05 PM
by Randall_Turner
update on topic you all helped with
by spider916 - Oct 20, 2007 11:50 AM
3 Oct 21, 2007 03:15 PM
by spider916
new painting
by aera - Oct 20, 2007 10:28 AM
6 Oct 20, 2007 06:06 PM
by jmartin104
Kylescott racks..
by zefdin - Oct 20, 2007 08:23 AM
2 Oct 21, 2007 12:31 AM
by jos
My last clutch of the season,
by kylescott - Oct 20, 2007 02:07 AM
7 Oct 20, 2007 01:25 PM
by kylescott
Off topic - X2
by zefdin - Oct 19, 2007 10:50 PM
28 Oct 21, 2007 10:53 PM
by WALL2WALLREPTILE
Off Topic: Need Opinions
by fhayden1 - Oct 19, 2007 08:27 PM
15 Oct 21, 2007 10:07 AM
by snakebstr
dark morphs
by boxienuts - Oct 19, 2007 05:45 PM
3 Oct 22, 2007 12:55 PM
by boxienuts
celia chens website
by westcoastchondro - Oct 19, 2007 04:44 PM
2 Oct 19, 2007 08:17 PM
by westcoastchondro
pastel vs superpastel
by spider916 - Oct 19, 2007 04:19 PM
6 Oct 20, 2007 11:53 AM
by spider916
Dominant Gene Question
by Marcial - Oct 19, 2007 02:58 PM
5 Oct 19, 2007 06:13 PM
by RandyRemington
Playing with Photoshop....
by AaronMJones - Oct 19, 2007 01:50 PM
6 Oct 20, 2007 10:21 AM
by muddoc
Cinny pic and question
by TimS - Oct 19, 2007 12:46 PM
5 Oct 20, 2007 03:09 PM
by EmberBall
New baby is here
by kirokiro - Oct 19, 2007 09:26 AM
5 Oct 19, 2007 08:25 PM
by mikev
Tinley Park purchase......
by Brandon Osborne - Oct 19, 2007 07:51 AM
1 Oct 19, 2007 09:18 AM
by TSKinc
Assist Feeding Question.
by kennny - Oct 19, 2007 04:00 AM
9 Oct 19, 2007 02:16 PM
by i95east
ball problems
by blade - Oct 19, 2007 01:51 AM
0 No replies
Amir Line Yellow Belly Pic
by wh00h0069 - Oct 18, 2007 11:57 PM
0 No replies
What really grinds your gears?
by JoshMolone - Oct 18, 2007 11:23 PM
26 Oct 26, 2007 02:24 PM
by AnthonyB
question about heat tape.
by kylescott - Oct 18, 2007 10:53 PM
17 Oct 21, 2007 12:08 PM
by robyn@ProExotics
Best morph ever...thanks Kevin & Kara.
by AnthonyCaponetto - Oct 18, 2007 08:53 PM
5 Oct 19, 2007 06:51 PM
by apeilia
So where do you buy...
by EmberBall - Oct 18, 2007 08:00 PM
12 Oct 21, 2007 10:17 AM
by snakebstr
My new additions
by rsherman79 - Oct 18, 2007 07:43 PM
3 Oct 19, 2007 09:54 AM
by rsherman79
Excited
by zefdin - Oct 18, 2007 07:38 PM
4 Oct 19, 2007 01:28 PM
by zefdin
Here's Mine!
by reptilicus81 - Oct 18, 2007 07:18 PM
2 Oct 20, 2007 11:00 AM
by j3nnay
chicks
by boxienuts - Oct 18, 2007 05:27 PM
3 Oct 19, 2007 01:38 PM
by JenHarrison
Is this a vanilla or just a light color
by boxienuts - Oct 18, 2007 04:43 PM
4 Oct 19, 2007 01:34 PM
by boxienuts
Ghosts
by bigwill0630 - Oct 18, 2007 03:54 PM
2 Oct 18, 2007 07:17 PM
by BRC
what do you breed to get a..............
by ajfreptiles - Oct 18, 2007 03:42 PM
2 Oct 18, 2007 05:45 PM
by levi987
Getting baby pastel tmw..feed ques
by kirokiro - Oct 18, 2007 09:58 AM
5 Oct 18, 2007 10:52 PM
by BuzzardBall
MySpace???
by illbeyoursoldier - Oct 18, 2007 09:03 AM
21 Oct 20, 2007 10:39 AM
by toshamc
Reduced Pattern
by Tracy Barker - Oct 18, 2007 07:07 AM
13 Oct 20, 2007 09:19 AM
by pheonix
VPI Black Axanthics
by Tracy Barker - Oct 18, 2007 06:59 AM
10 Oct 18, 2007 10:28 PM
by RandyRemington
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