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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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i wanting to make Blue Eyed Leucistic???
by romeotranz - Oct 29, 2010 06:14 PM
11 Nov 02, 2010 01:54 PM
by zippy00_99
Normal Pastel? or a diamond in the rough
by killerBPs91 - Oct 29, 2010 09:58 AM
3 Oct 29, 2010 10:51 AM
by huff747
? for Robin and Chad at Pro Exotics...
by theoddsgod - Oct 29, 2010 08:14 AM
4 Oct 29, 2010 02:09 PM
by chad_proexotics
How many genes can we cros in one snake?
by tnbreptiles - Oct 29, 2010 06:35 AM
10 Nov 05, 2010 11:22 AM
by zippy00_99
Another first for the GHI combos
by Ghireptiles - Oct 29, 2010 06:33 AM
4 Oct 29, 2010 03:37 PM
by paulbuckley
Genetic stripe/pied ?
by Holloway - Oct 28, 2010 09:01 PM
5 Oct 29, 2010 06:18 PM
by Watever
Does anyone know?...
by old_school - Oct 28, 2010 06:50 PM
6 Oct 29, 2010 06:30 AM
by medusah
shipping ball pythons
by 200sxguy - Oct 28, 2010 06:39 PM
4 Oct 29, 2010 07:29 AM
by MikeRusso
Albino X ??? = something cool
by jnbran - Oct 28, 2010 05:34 PM
1 Nov 24, 2010 12:38 PM
by kellysballs
Super Pastel Novas
by dwherp - Oct 28, 2010 05:29 PM
3 Oct 30, 2010 05:09 PM
by EmberBall
Rare & Elusive Happy Halloween Ball!
by dwherp - Oct 28, 2010 05:12 PM
7 Oct 30, 2010 05:48 PM
by ohernz
ultramel x caramel = ???
by JYohe - Oct 28, 2010 04:56 PM
9 Oct 29, 2010 01:23 PM
by JYohe
Something Marvelicious!!!
by Markus Jayne - Oct 28, 2010 03:48 PM
16 Oct 29, 2010 04:30 PM
by Markus Jayne
Newly hatched Fireflies
by Kevin_Arbogast - Oct 27, 2010 10:45 PM
10 Oct 28, 2010 06:17 PM
by hross
Desert Super Thoughts? Need Input
by KBuckler - Oct 27, 2010 08:31 PM
9 Oct 29, 2010 08:12 AM
by theoddsgod
New Mojave and Lesser
by MikeMurphy - Oct 27, 2010 08:22 PM
0 No replies
Super Enchi and Enchi Pied?
by CEBallPythons - Oct 27, 2010 03:43 PM
0 No replies
2010 Baby Enchi GHIs
by Ghireptiles - Oct 27, 2010 12:11 PM
5 Oct 27, 2010 08:58 PM
by KBuckler
breeding... age or weight
by dtejeda_arias - Oct 27, 2010 07:01 AM
4 Oct 27, 2010 12:56 PM
by Pitoon
HiddenGene Woma question.
by Earthworks - Oct 27, 2010 12:06 AM
5 Oct 28, 2010 07:21 AM
by Earthworks
Will or could a 500 g male..
by 586adan2002 - Oct 26, 2010 10:56 PM
1 Oct 26, 2010 11:10 PM
by adamjeffery
Super Pastel Axanthic
by Holloway - Oct 26, 2010 09:54 PM
2 Oct 28, 2010 02:29 PM
by Holloway
Possible Het Red Axanthic?
by ohernz - Oct 26, 2010 05:34 PM
9 Oct 27, 2010 08:28 PM
by ohernz
Combo or No Combo???
by Pitoon - Oct 26, 2010 04:57 PM
16 Oct 27, 2010 07:46 PM
by EmberBall
Looking...no success!
by demonsnakes84 - Oct 26, 2010 03:57 PM
1 Oct 26, 2010 09:38 PM
by demonsnakes84
Axanthic Stripe and Hypo Clown
by dragonherp - Oct 26, 2010 03:46 PM
22 Oct 30, 2010 04:50 PM
by Amp
CaraBlast Update =)
by zactell - Oct 26, 2010 02:36 PM
3 Oct 28, 2010 04:17 PM
by zactell
dumb question about heat cable
by adamjeffery - Oct 25, 2010 11:47 PM
5 Oct 26, 2010 10:58 PM
by adamjeffery
bee
by MikeRusso - Oct 25, 2010 11:20 PM
7 Oct 26, 2010 05:45 PM
by MikeRusso
First Pied!
by lbrat - Oct 25, 2010 07:51 PM
8 Oct 27, 2010 11:16 AM
by lbrat
Het Red Axanthic, Red Axanthic,
by ohernz - Oct 25, 2010 06:28 PM
6 Oct 25, 2010 09:23 PM
by ohernz
PE "Tri" Stripe?
by robyn@ProExotics - Oct 25, 2010 06:13 PM
4 Oct 27, 2010 03:38 AM
by AnthonyCaponetto
Hooked!
by byron.d - Oct 25, 2010 03:58 PM
7 Oct 26, 2010 05:00 PM
by paulbuckley
The government, animal planet, hollywood
by jason - Oct 25, 2010 03:50 PM
7 Oct 29, 2010 05:23 AM
by kingofspades
Breeding info - Advice
by Paige69 - Oct 25, 2010 03:41 PM
2 Oct 26, 2010 02:52 PM
by Paige69
spiny mice?
by squidlyjoe - Oct 25, 2010 03:19 PM
7 Oct 26, 2010 06:01 PM
by squidlyjoe
Can you tell what morph this is?
by venomkissed - Oct 25, 2010 01:29 PM
5 Oct 26, 2010 12:01 PM
by venomkissed
What are the odds
by HOLLOWAY - Oct 25, 2010 09:25 AM
3 Oct 25, 2010 06:19 PM
by JoshMolone
temp question - thx
by robeyeshua221 - Oct 25, 2010 09:02 AM
2 Oct 25, 2010 12:59 PM
by DiamondFlame10
Our first chance
by Bolitochrome - Oct 25, 2010 07:28 AM
3 Oct 25, 2010 09:01 AM
by Bolitochrome
What will become of caramels, axanthic..
by tevie84 - Oct 25, 2010 03:32 AM
15 Oct 30, 2010 07:28 PM
by jtbott
Cooling Time For Breeding
by kevinvs - Oct 24, 2010 07:55 PM
3 Oct 26, 2010 03:03 PM
by stryder13
Anyone tell me the morph..?
by venomkissed - Oct 24, 2010 07:42 PM
0 No replies
Axanthic Lessers update
by prestigepythons - Oct 24, 2010 07:14 PM
3 Oct 26, 2010 11:03 AM
by prestigepythons
Nerd line vs Bell line Caramels?
by SlytherLyn - Oct 24, 2010 01:25 PM
11 Oct 25, 2010 11:24 PM
by RandyRemington
Cool Pastel Enchi just out of egg.
by HerpHatchery - Oct 24, 2010 10:45 AM
12 Oct 25, 2010 09:17 PM
by HerpHatchery
Markers?
by evansciver - Oct 24, 2010 12:53 AM
0 No replies
No More Lesnar as Champ!!!
by tevie84 - Oct 24, 2010 12:15 AM
8 Oct 25, 2010 12:59 PM
by MaddseasonMorphs
my first python
by robeyeshua221 - Oct 23, 2010 11:52 PM
4 Oct 25, 2010 04:42 PM
by demonsnakes84
Albino x Pied Breeding
by lairofdragons - Oct 23, 2010 07:20 PM
3 Oct 24, 2010 05:04 PM
by FireStorm
OMG new insane combo from RDR
by Quality_Snakes - Oct 23, 2010 08:03 AM
17 Oct 28, 2010 01:10 PM
by cid143ti
pewter with something else maybe.....
by Quality_Snakes - Oct 23, 2010 05:28 AM
2 Oct 23, 2010 02:58 PM
by LucaDG
Weeee... (update)
by insangelic - Oct 23, 2010 04:10 AM
0 No replies
Curiosity Question
by jenniferm25 - Oct 23, 2010 01:16 AM
11 Oct 25, 2010 07:52 PM
by ed1
I'm Very Excited About This Project
by FGS - Oct 22, 2010 09:24 PM
2 Oct 23, 2010 03:21 AM
by FGS
Requested Powerball and more
by huff747 - Oct 22, 2010 08:58 PM
1 Oct 25, 2010 05:53 PM
by demonsnakes84
Getting off to a good start!
by SlytherLyn - Oct 22, 2010 07:03 PM
3 Oct 23, 2010 12:10 PM
by snakemansnakes
Mystic Cinnamon
by anthony james mc - Oct 22, 2010 09:37 AM
7 Oct 23, 2010 12:50 AM
by FGS
Axanthic Lessers
by prestigepythons - Oct 21, 2010 11:37 PM
8 Oct 22, 2010 03:09 PM
by prestigepythons
Killer KingPins! A first?
by JCarr1 - Oct 21, 2010 09:37 PM
11 Oct 23, 2010 07:21 AM
by bboa
anybody doing anything new with spectors
by dallan - Oct 21, 2010 06:01 PM
7 Oct 23, 2010 11:05 AM
by dallan
Power Ball made by HUFF747
by demonsnakes84 - Oct 21, 2010 04:22 PM
2 Oct 21, 2010 09:40 PM
by demonsnakes84
WEEEE... that's how I feel...
by insangelic - Oct 20, 2010 10:29 PM
3 Oct 21, 2010 10:50 AM
by DiamondFlame10
A little Black Calico update
by S_FlConstrictors - Oct 20, 2010 10:07 PM
3 Oct 21, 2010 10:57 AM
by dwherp
Cooling...
by 586adan2002 - Oct 20, 2010 01:21 PM
2 Oct 20, 2010 06:15 PM
by 586adan2002
New Acid Rock Band!
by dwherp - Oct 20, 2010 09:05 AM
8 Oct 22, 2010 04:44 AM
by alicecobb
Pinstripe Champagne......??
by BackBeat - Oct 19, 2010 11:10 PM
7 Oct 21, 2010 09:01 AM
by JohnBerry
First Copulation of the new season...
by thunderpaws - Oct 19, 2010 09:22 PM
3 Oct 20, 2010 04:25 AM
by DiamondFlame10
Silver Bullet (poss Pinstripe)
by JCarr1 - Oct 19, 2010 09:16 PM
5 Oct 20, 2010 10:38 PM
by JCarr1
Dead?
by demonsnakes84 - Oct 19, 2010 09:16 PM
3 Oct 22, 2010 01:32 PM
by DiamondFlame10
right before i got bit
by paulbuckley - Oct 18, 2010 10:42 AM
14 Nov 02, 2010 01:49 PM
by Melinda666
dbs 1000 night drop question?
by ballfreak - Oct 17, 2010 10:32 AM
3 Oct 18, 2010 12:24 PM
by mikebell
RAW
by steelersdiehard - Oct 17, 2010 10:03 AM
5 Oct 17, 2010 06:30 PM
by Watever
Interesting calico clutch
by ArjanW - Oct 17, 2010 03:22 AM
3 Oct 18, 2010 11:12 AM
by SpaidsReptiles
update moving with eggs
by brennonemison - Oct 16, 2010 09:08 PM
1 Oct 18, 2010 07:24 PM
by JoshMolone
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