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Ball Pythons

Archive (read-only): Viewing posts from 2007.
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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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Ball python making slight whistling...
by karbon_kopy - Mar 05, 2007 08:41 PM
2 Apr 05, 2007 05:15 PM
by jumpinallday
Pictures of My Female Ball!!!
by latin1956 - Mar 05, 2007 08:38 PM
2 Mar 06, 2007 07:25 AM
by latin1956
How many?????????
by magicalmorphs - Mar 05, 2007 08:24 PM
4 Mar 06, 2007 07:48 AM
by RyanT
Axanthic & snow ball pythons
by ball_morphs2007 - Mar 05, 2007 06:31 PM
14 Mar 06, 2007 02:36 PM
by BackBeat
HUGE CLUTCH!
by daveypythons - Mar 05, 2007 05:41 PM
1 Mar 05, 2007 08:22 PM
by magicalmorphs
ok ok
by BallBoutique - Mar 05, 2007 05:18 PM
4 Mar 05, 2007 08:29 PM
by magicalmorphs
microchipping balls
by dougle - Mar 05, 2007 04:42 PM
7 Mar 06, 2007 08:52 PM
by dsreptiel
Axanthic & snow ball pythons
by ball_morphs2007 - Mar 05, 2007 04:25 PM
2 May 06, 2007 07:53 AM
by dmasio13
two different ways to get 30gallons?
by badevilcow - Mar 05, 2007 03:58 PM
6 Mar 08, 2007 07:32 PM
by jdillow
I love the ovulation fairy!
by reptilicus81 - Mar 05, 2007 11:23 AM
9 Mar 08, 2007 09:25 AM
by jdillow
Ball getting snippy
by ShannonLynn - Mar 04, 2007 10:04 PM
12 Mar 06, 2007 02:41 PM
by dsreptiel
Ghost x Spider
by snakeball - Mar 04, 2007 04:32 PM
3 Mar 04, 2007 05:07 PM
by rkreptiles
My albino...
by toverstr - Mar 04, 2007 04:01 PM
6 Mar 08, 2007 01:29 PM
by toverstr
pastal ball
by pilonfarms - Mar 04, 2007 02:05 PM
1 Mar 04, 2007 03:52 PM
by Amelia
Rack cleaning for dwarves Q...
by johnavilla - Mar 04, 2007 11:29 AM
9 Mar 05, 2007 11:23 PM
by AllStarMorphs
Is there a transcript of the ball chat
by Crotalus - Mar 04, 2007 10:25 AM
2 Mar 04, 2007 12:29 PM
by Crotalus
this made my day
by rosaleesmommy - Mar 04, 2007 09:39 AM
1 Mar 04, 2007 12:22 PM
by toshamc
Hatchling Problems!
by reptilicus81 - Mar 04, 2007 09:31 AM
16 Mar 08, 2007 04:43 PM
by dsreptiel
My 2006 BOA ALLSTARS! Check 'em out...
by creptilia - Mar 04, 2007 01:45 AM
10 Mar 05, 2007 09:35 AM
by blowitch
The Enchi Ball Python
by dsreptiel - Mar 04, 2007 12:18 AM
14 Mar 07, 2007 09:20 PM
by nita
Killerbee
by bboa - Mar 03, 2007 11:33 PM
5 Mar 07, 2007 05:12 PM
by samantha227
Any pictures of Mojave Yellow Bellies??
by steelersdiehard - Mar 03, 2007 07:46 PM
1 Mar 03, 2007 08:27 PM
by nuthnbutbalz
Lump found
by caine53 - Mar 03, 2007 07:27 PM
9 Mar 04, 2007 04:09 PM
by caine53
Vision baby racks
by methistina - Mar 03, 2007 03:16 PM
0 No replies
Prince the Piebald
by Claudeballs - Mar 03, 2007 01:32 PM
13 Mar 04, 2007 10:21 PM
by mlpetros
New Vision rack
by dougle - Mar 03, 2007 10:28 AM
10 Mar 03, 2007 06:43 PM
by Claudeballs
Best substrate?
by cfresh79 - Mar 02, 2007 05:09 PM
5 Mar 04, 2007 10:02 PM
by cfresh79
Kids and snakes
by boredfoot - Mar 02, 2007 02:28 PM
8 Mar 03, 2007 11:52 AM
by 2lapnutz
Website design
by alicecobb - Mar 02, 2007 10:32 AM
14 Mar 08, 2007 09:41 AM
by erikm
Removing eggs...
by johnavilla - Mar 02, 2007 09:16 AM
4 Mar 03, 2007 10:31 PM
by Melinda666
Was watching Showtime last night...
by RyanT - Mar 02, 2007 08:09 AM
7 Mar 03, 2007 12:37 PM
by Bighaze
Copulations after ovulation?
by ronin1360 - Mar 02, 2007 01:21 AM
4 Mar 02, 2007 05:24 PM
by SteelCityExotics
My big ball (pics for j3nnay)
by BSleeper - Mar 02, 2007 12:03 AM
2 Mar 02, 2007 10:40 AM
by reptilicus81
really confused.....rack heating help
by mark_andersen - Mar 01, 2007 10:16 PM
1 Mar 01, 2007 11:28 PM
by LibertyReptiles
would like to know
by dip - Mar 01, 2007 10:05 PM
3 Mar 01, 2007 11:35 PM
by xXVanXx
1.1100% het albinos from Jyohe.. pic
by Ginevive - Mar 01, 2007 09:36 PM
6 Mar 02, 2007 09:29 AM
by ginevive
Finally an ovulation
by EmberBall - Mar 01, 2007 08:29 PM
9 Mar 03, 2007 12:12 PM
by EmberBall
Young Grazi Male
by dean38 - Mar 01, 2007 06:53 PM
2 Mar 01, 2007 09:44 PM
by Ginevive
first clutch of the season
by nuthnbutbalz - Mar 01, 2007 04:14 PM
7 Mar 02, 2007 04:31 AM
by nuthnbutbalz
Brain (BHB)
by toddbecker - Mar 01, 2007 03:47 PM
8 Mar 06, 2007 11:31 PM
by midnightherps
do males and females both into cooldown?
by mark_andersen - Mar 01, 2007 02:29 PM
3 Mar 01, 2007 05:12 PM
by RyanT
Ultrasound Machine
by DDReptiles - Mar 01, 2007 01:26 PM
4 Mar 03, 2007 06:09 PM
by DDReptiles
couple questions???????
by magicalmorphs - Mar 01, 2007 10:50 AM
4 Mar 08, 2007 07:54 PM
by jdillow
my big ball
by j3nnay - Mar 01, 2007 10:05 AM
16 Mar 04, 2007 12:36 AM
by dsreptiel
update on mites...dirty sons of....
by slapnutz - Mar 01, 2007 09:47 AM
2 Mar 01, 2007 01:16 PM
by BSleeper
female ball off feed help
by bawreptiles - Mar 01, 2007 06:48 AM
2 Mar 01, 2007 12:06 PM
by LeoLady420
how long does egg laying take?
by nuthnbutbalz - Mar 01, 2007 04:31 AM
1 Mar 01, 2007 10:42 AM
by jmartin104
Brian what's the update with the Sunset?
by ChrisGilbert - Mar 01, 2007 12:32 AM
6 Mar 01, 2007 03:21 PM
by blowitch
Hey JYohe...
by Ginevive - Feb 28, 2007 09:29 PM
11 Mar 01, 2007 08:36 PM
by blowitch
what ever happened to Michael Joliff
by KT2 - Feb 28, 2007 06:54 PM
3 Mar 04, 2007 08:14 AM
by dmasio13
Raising Rodents
by Courtney0639 - Feb 28, 2007 04:47 PM
5 Mar 01, 2007 02:38 AM
by jyohe
rack question???
by mark_andersen - Feb 28, 2007 04:41 PM
2 Feb 28, 2007 10:28 PM
by MikeRusso
peek-a--boo
by OCD - Feb 28, 2007 03:53 PM
6 Mar 01, 2007 03:31 PM
by JoshHutto
another question for BHB
by Beau - Feb 28, 2007 03:49 PM
12 Mar 01, 2007 08:09 PM
by johnavilla
New Additions....
by melindaste - Feb 28, 2007 03:48 PM
4 Feb 28, 2007 05:30 PM
by j3nnay
zdf
by OCD - Feb 28, 2007 03:46 PM
1 Feb 28, 2007 05:32 PM
by j3nnay
How to get hatchlings on F/T?
by jmartin104 - Feb 28, 2007 03:09 PM
3 Mar 01, 2007 03:59 AM
by jfmoore
LORI BALL...Come on Brian!
by GaryCrain - Feb 28, 2007 01:24 PM
5 Feb 28, 2007 07:14 PM
by MiniFedawg
Color Change After Shed
by mikebell - Feb 28, 2007 12:14 PM
20 Mar 03, 2007 11:58 PM
by dsreptiel
answer for Louie1's question from below
by bhb - Feb 28, 2007 10:46 AM
11 Feb 28, 2007 11:01 PM
by SnakeRookie
Growing like a weed!
by Kingofspades - Feb 28, 2007 08:10 AM
5 Mar 08, 2007 11:00 PM
by j3nnay
Pics; spidey breeding, and albino hets
by Ginevive - Feb 28, 2007 07:08 AM
5 Feb 28, 2007 08:42 PM
by Ginevive
excited and upset....long story
by baby_ball - Feb 28, 2007 06:41 AM
4 Feb 28, 2007 04:16 PM
by baby_ball
cat bp =?
by iwish7284 - Feb 27, 2007 11:59 PM
7 Mar 02, 2007 10:02 PM
by dsreptiel
pics of aquarium setups?
by cfresh79 - Feb 27, 2007 08:56 PM
1 Feb 27, 2007 10:26 PM
by j3nnay
Gross!!!!
by cfresh79 - Feb 27, 2007 07:57 PM
8 Mar 01, 2007 11:20 PM
by xXVanXx
Just a normal girl
by dean38 - Feb 27, 2007 06:30 PM
3 Feb 28, 2007 06:46 AM
by baby_ball
The humble Pinstripe ...
by johnberry - Feb 27, 2007 06:03 PM
14 Mar 01, 2007 11:41 AM
by AVDNCO
feeding question ????
by ballfreak - Feb 27, 2007 04:43 PM
1 Feb 27, 2007 05:32 PM
by j3nnay
New vision rack
by dougle - Feb 27, 2007 01:58 PM
0 No replies
New Ball Python Owner
by davefon - Feb 27, 2007 12:15 PM
4 Feb 27, 2007 06:14 PM
by davefon
Axanthic Question
by blowitch - Feb 27, 2007 10:07 AM
9 Feb 28, 2007 07:49 PM
by johnavilla
so while i am waiting for my anti-mite..
by slapnutz - Feb 27, 2007 09:49 AM
5 Feb 27, 2007 09:11 PM
by Heat
Chet Transcripts?
by SnakeRookie - Feb 27, 2007 09:18 AM
27 Feb 28, 2007 01:05 PM
by ChrisGilbert
Freshly shed Graziani line pastel
by SPJ01 - Feb 26, 2007 11:24 PM
0 No replies
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