Few pics of BP.

[Gollum]

Well since I used this forum a lot to my research before purshasing my first snake 2years ago I figured I'd post pics of my boy who's gonna be 3 years old next summer.
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3196/cid4rw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/8360/cid20bn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/5462/cid31xw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/9789/cid43kt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

There's the flash on the last pic so you can see his colors better, but i'll take better pictures in real day light.
I'll be also posting pics of the enclosure I built on the base of an excellent threat that used to be in the enclosure section ( to bad I cant find it, new forum I guess )
Does he look too slim, because I feed him once every 4-5 weeks. I decided to feed him like this because it seemed as if he wasnt hungry when I fed him every 2-3 weeks.
Well enjoy the pics.

[vincenzo]

nice pictures !! he looks healthy. Does he look too slim, because I feed him once every 4-5 weeks. I decided to feed him like this because it seemed as if he wasnt hungry when I fed him every 2-3 weeksas long as he eats thats good but i would try to offer prey more often if he doesn't want to eat thats ok but i would still offer once every 10- 14 days

[Gollum]

The thing is I'm trying to feed more often, gradually. But when I offered every 2 weeks he just wouldnt eat and since I feed live ( I was unable to get some F/T until a few months ago and impossible to hook him to it ) its a drag when he wont take food within a couple days. Doing so he has never refused a meal and currently weighs 820g. Does that sound like a good weight for a 2.5 year old male.

[vincenzo]

ya with live that makes it a little more complicated. i think the weight is a little under what he could weight but as i said before as long as he eats. getting him onto F/T would be best but i know it can be hard with balls but keep plugging away at it

[Gollum]

I'll work on it. And by the way, I'm thinking about trying to breed. Does it seem that he is fit to breed for the next season. I'd have to get a female too, but I have time. What are the fairly unexpensive morphs out there that i could start with? I could just try with normals but getting a het female of some sort could be a good start too. Any suggestions ?

[vincenzo]

he should be good to go next year. as for morphs .......... females are almost always more expensive than the males. you could try to buy some possible het females and a het male. what kind of morph do you like??

[kronic2005]

Hes beautiful, congrats man. I caint wait for my little guy to be that big. I to plan on breeding, but not for 2 years or so. Hes right about the females being alot more expensive for hets, i'd breed regs. Good luck man, keep the pics coming as well. - shaun

[Gollum]

Yeah I know het female are quite expensive, but if I'm not mistaking, having a het and a normal can actually get morphs on F2 generation. Guess for the little extra price of a het male, its not worth waiting all that time on praying for luck. Honestly I like pretty much all morphs except all the strippy looking, patternless and piebald. Its more a question of budget, but I'd really like to work with morphs ( give those biology courses some use :) ). If it's too pricy maybe there is another specie of snake/lizard that offers cheaper morphs and fit for a 2nd herp.
Btw pic of the enclosure coming tomorrow.

[kronic2005]

Some great Ball morphs u can look into are:
Jungle ball or het jungle
Melanistic ball (dark pigment, darker bellies)
High gold ball or yellow/yellow orange (high golds get very pricy)
Axanthic ball or het axanthic (lack of yellow pigment)
Xanthic (beautiful yellow/gold at all ages)

All of these morphs are great specimens to be keeping/breeding. Most are a fair bit more than a regular ball, but purchasing of juvys is alot cheaper than purchasing a mature ball. Albinos are also really nice in my opinion and are great for breeding. Hope this helps a bit.

[Gollum]

Thanks, I'll look into it but only prob is I live in SE France. Its is much harder to find anything, starting from F/T rodents... So BP morphs is going to be though. Any of you know breeders that might have such snakes in France or neighbouring countries. I don't like shipping live animals, especially on such long distances, plus its rather costly on top of it all.
Here goes a few pics of the enclosure.

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/825/cid87am.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/2669/cid59zf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9213/cid63fl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

A couple more of the BP, with better lighting so you can see his colours better.

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/8066/cid78wt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/7043/cid98ay.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Someone once told me he looked jungle. And though I'm pretty sure he's not I still think he's got a lot and kinda high yellow for a normal and the pictures don't show it that much.

[HairlessBalls]

He looks good and heathly to me! Can't wait till I get my first Bp here shortly

[sapphire_moon]

I love all those "bands"!

Nice cage to!