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| These are my breeder-specific Ball Pythons. This page is to help you research and document lineage of the morphs I breed. The serial number for produced babies will be (year hatched)-(father)-(mother)-(sex, designated number). If a baby was hatched in 2005, was fathered by HAM1, mothered by NF2, and was a female designated the number 2 if there were 3 females in the litter, then its serial number would be 05-HAM1-NF2-F2. This snake would be a 50% Het Albino. See Genetics. |
This is AM1, or Frito as we lovingly call him. He is a male Albino, hatched on July 4th, 2005 by Mark Goodson, fathered by one of his Albinos and mothered by Betty, a gorgeous Het Albino. First and foremost, he's an Albino! From a genetic stance, just having this gene in its homozygous form is imperative for a breeder, but it's also something to marvel over. Every breeder and collector needs to have one or more of these. They are the foundation and the future of the Ball Python industry. Personally, having an Albino with this contrast - and the craving he has for rats - is priceless to me. He ensures the success of KBR, and with a lot of food and prayer he'll be ready to breed by Fall 2006.
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This is a 100% Heterozygous for Albino male, (HAM1). I bought him from Dan Wolfe on October 11, 2002 with paperwork (previous serial number being AM1-W17-M04), the product of an Albino male and a normal female, hatched on June 6, 2002. His transition was a little nerve-racking. He would only eat live white mice, then stopped eating anything offered for months. I was worried, he was keeping his weight and shedding well, but I was thinking about the phrase "bad feeders don't make good breeders". Then he started eating like a champ again. I've tried my feeding technique with him, but so far he's been stubborn and still only eats live, though has switched to rats. He'll be breeding age and size very soon. Hopefully he'll make a great breeder and give me some high contrast Albinos. DIED JULY 4, 2004
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HAM2 is a male that is Heterozygous for Albino. He is the half brother of HAM1, hatched on July 1, 2004, and bought from Dan Wolfe (serial # 04-AM1-W9-M02). His father is Albino and his mother is normal. This line of Albino has the thickest orange under-coloration I've ever seen in ANY ball python, let alone for Albino. Unlike HAM1, this guy is not shy when it comes to feeding. He first struck at anything that came near his cage (including me), then finally learned to use that talent on frozen/thawed rats. He's the loudest ball python I've heard too. He let's you know he's there before he bites. He's growing fast and will be breeding with some of my handpicked normal females in the fall of 2005 to give me a genetically healthy colony of 50% Poss Hets.
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HAF1 is a female that is Heterozygous for Albino. She's the sister of HAM2 (serial # 04-AM1-W9-F04) with the same quality of Albino genetics. She is a large girl and I hope she stays that way. She is mild mannered, unlike her brother, though has his instinct for eating anything offered. I hope these Hets don't ever stop eating like some do at about a year. So far she's the biggest 2004 baby and I want her to be able to breed with an unrelated male Albino by at least 2007. I guarantee her babies could compete with the best bloodlines out there, having high white and bright orange.
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HAF2 is a female that is Heterozygous for Albino. She hatched on August 15, 2004, bought from Dan Wolfe (serial # 04-AM2-W8-F08). She is unrelated to HAM2 and HAF1, her father being an Albino and mother being a normal. She not only adds the genetic diversity to my albino colony (that every breeder should have), but she also mixes it up a bit with a reduced black pattern and nice smooth orange/yellow undertones. Though there is one major way in that she�s like the others: she's a voracious feeder. Only another breeder can truly appreciate what it means to get great feeders in their stock. It's such a relief to know that your snakes will grow with certainty and predictability. I digress... I'll be breeding her to an unrelated male Albino by 2007. That year will be a great year for my Albino project.
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| I also bought a male littermate of HAF2 (04-AM2-W8-M06), but he died a couple weeks later in a power outage on a night that got down to under 40 degrees. |
This is a normal female (NF1). I cherry-picked her from Great Valley Serpentarium in 2003. She has an amazing yellow/black contrast which will spruce up any line of morph I decide to breed her with. I'd like to cross her with the Piebald line some time down the line (I think Piebalds are amazing alone, but their normal colored parts are hideous). She is just gorgeous; this is what I look for when I talk about wanting only the best genetics. She also has a mild disposition - very calm, hardly moving more than the upper half of her body when she's on my lap. She was already a large baby when I bought her and has an insatiable appetite (I have to watch my fingers around this girl; she strikes like a Burmese!). She has grown very quickly and I should be able to breed her in the fall of 2005. I could just be delusional or an eternal optimist, but doesn't she look like a yellowbelly?
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This is a normal female (NF2). I cherry-picked her from Great Valley Serpentarium in 2003. She has a very busy pattern, deep black and an intense orange coloration which I specifically want bred into my Albino line. Pictures don't do her justice, but her Hets and Albino grandchildren will. I'll be working hard to refresh my Albino line with new high orange blood as often as possible, and this girl is a great start. She has the manner of a Carpet python - fast moving and gittery, but never bites. She also has this weird character trait. She lays down as flat as she can, like she has no ribs or spine. I call her my little flat-worm, lol. She never refuses a live meal and I should be able to breed her in the fall of 2005.
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These are normal females (NF3, NF4, NF5). I bought these girls from Lindy Johnson of Freedom Breeder on July 27, 2004 when they weighed only 50 grams each. They were the leftovers from breeding a Spider to a normal. They have a WILD pattern which I hope will show up in their offspring. When Lindy took them out, they were striking at anything that moved. Once I got them home, they showed me how much they like to use that aggression on mice! I hope to breed them to an Albino or a Het Piebald in Fall 2006 or Spring 2007.
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NF4 has a thick orange coloration with the second most wild pattern of the trio. I want this one, like NF2, to be specifically bred into my Albino line. The bright orange wraps around under the edges of her stomach, making it look like there's no end to the coloration. The black is all over the place with those same clean-cut lines which will look great without melan. I hope her children and grandchildren carry this pattern. Her attitude is something I've never seen in a Ball Python. Instead of curling up to strike or to hide in a ball, she instead rocks herself onto one side and slightly curls until she makes a circle of her body with only two points of her body touching the ground. Then she strikes accordingly! I leave her alone, and let her be as mean as she wants... as long as she's growing fast.
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NF5 is like a mix of the two above. She's got the temper and she's got the wild pattern, though not to the extent of the other two. Still, for a normal she's a knock-out. I want her and NF3 to be bred into my Piebald line in a few short years. They'll both provide a twist to that line of morph. They have this Pastel look to them that can only be appreciated in person (though everyone says that about their snakes). She's adjusted well to her transition and eats like a queen. Though she is the messiest of the triplets. If it isn't having "fun" with her food, it's what happens when it comes out... ugh.
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| The offspring of these breeders will be posted on the Available page. |
NF3 has the most irratic of both color and pattern. The color varies from a sweet orange to a bright lemon with a hint of lime. The black is jet black, but in a few parts it blends to red. She even has a funny clear spot on her head. The pattern twists all along her body. There's no fading to the circles inside the colored areas. There's just clean-cut markings. For a normal ball python, she's worth every dime. I look forward to every shed and I can't wait to see what she looks like in a year or two. I will be following her progress intently. She's an eating machine. I never touch her except when I take her out to clean her cage. Though somewhat shy, she's vicious and completely primal, so hopefully she'll be a great breeder.
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