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Our 'Normal' Ball
Python
breeders are
represented by a number of nice adults, some of which are 'captive
hatched'
(CH) and others are 'captive bred and born' (CBB). Below are
pics of some adults. The first adult pair,
pictured
in the top left image are of a male (top
snake) who was obtained as an extremely golden captive hatched baby in
1992.
The female (bottom snake) was initially
obtained as a wild caught adult in 1982 by another
individual
and acquired by us in 1996. She has maintained unusually light
color
tones for a well aged snake. Her observable yellow pigment is
little
to nonexistent. She successfully reproduced for the first time in
the spring of 1999. She laid seven fertile eggs that went full
term
and hatched. Of those, six were female and one was male.
All
seven babies were exceptionally golden and bright in appearance.
Two were held back as future
breeders. Another interesting adult female is a HUGE (9 pound)
Burgundy
colored animal. Babies are being held
back and future line breeding will determine if this is an inheritable
trait.
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