OMG I want this snake!!

[belovedboas]

This is what I'm pretty sure is an Axanthic Piebald Royal Python!! BEAUTIFUL:):) So I thought I would share!!

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1365.snc4/163700_1799728711536_1189333004_32175583_2397874_n .jpg

Tell me what ya think!! All you ball lovers haha:)

[Damion930]

Very nice looks awesome

[NennaMeerkat]

Oh god I love piebalds of ANY kind but that one is gorgeous!

[Ninja]

Not a piebald fan! Only ones I like at all are the Panda pied or the piers with no white as their pattern is really nice. Always neat to see though. :)

[Ch^4]

Gorgeous snake! But very expensive! I have a lesser piebald project lined up once my female gets up to size...

[Lankyrob]

Hmmm, not for me, can kinda understand the attraction but wouldnt want one myself.

[belovedboas]

Yeah I'm liking this one something about the black....almost like a panda but not quite!!yes very pricey lol:):)

[NennaMeerkat]

I kinda like how the area that is the solid color (not the normal pattern) isn't quite white while the pattern part of the snake has true white in it. If that makes an sense...

[kenchenzo]

a real beauty mate. i would love one of those.

[DeesBalls]

Nice snake, very beautiful, but Im more of a normal fan... however albino or a pastel would be up on my list!!!

Anyway, gorgeous snake!

[Reptile_Reptile]

yea im not a piebald fan... is there any royals that are all black with no brown? cause that sounds really cool

[presspirate]

Hmmm, not for me, can kinda understand the attraction but wouldnt want one myself.
I'm with you Rob, morphs of any kind are just not my thing. I can appreciate the beauty, but in the end, this snake will probably be bred to death, and that kind of makes me sad

[Will0W783]

That is incredible! I too love pieds...that is one of the neatest looking morph combos yet IMO!

[Will0W783]

Reptile_Reptile, the super cinnamon is a solid charcoal color with a white belly. They are almost black. There is an all-black morph- I can't remember the combo to get it though. I don't breed BPs, but can appreciate the morphs.
Greg, I also understand where you are coming from- there are more morphs of BPs than any other species, and a lot of times the genetic combos weaken the snake. Spiders and bees and pins often have severe neurological problems. I think one needs to have a line that one doesn't cross and you have to be careful and keep the snakes' health in mind.

[belovedboas]

Reptile_Reptile, the super cinnamon is a solid charcoal color with a white belly. They are almost black. There is an all-black morph- I can't remember the combo to get it though. I don't breed BPs, but can appreciate the morphs.
Greg, I also understand where you are coming from- there are more morphs of BPs than any other species, and a lot of times the genetic combos weaken the snake. Spiders and bees and pins often have severe neurological problems. I think one needs to have a line that one doesn't cross and you have to be careful and keep the snakes' health in mind.

Agreed!!! I just love pattern/ color on this one:)

[Aaron_S]

Reptile_Reptile, the super cinnamon is a solid charcoal color with a white belly. They are almost black. There is an all-black morph- I can't remember the combo to get it though. I don't breed BPs, but can appreciate the morphs.
Greg, I also understand where you are coming from- there are more morphs of BPs than any other species, and a lot of times the genetic combos weaken the snake. Spiders and bees and pins often have severe neurological problems. I think one needs to have a line that one doesn't cross and you have to be careful and keep the snakes' health in mind.

I don't want to start a debate on the mutations and their neurological problems but I wanted to correct that pins don't have a natural problem. Spiders do, you are correct in that. All of their crosses do as well.


That is also a lightning pied. Also it's an Axanthic Pied. First bred here in Canada by our very own Mark Mandic. By surprise actually. Well he was second to his customer. Long story short, Mark made some het pieds with a "normal" female. Apparently it wasn't. He now has his own line of axanthic.

[belovedboas]

Lightning pied!! nice!!!! I learned something new today!! Do you breed ball's Aaron

[Will0W783]

You know, you're right Aaron...for some reason I always think pin has spider in it, but pinstripe is a totally separate morph. It's only when you combine spider with pinstripe to get spinner? that you risk neuro problems right?
I think as long as people are careful with breeding, and pick prime stock to breed and continue the bloodlines, then morphs are a wonderful addition to the hobby and add a lot of variety and excitement.

[Aaron_S]

This is my first year breeding ball pythons or any animals. I've been keeping animals for 11 years already.

Wobble will pop up in all spiders eventually. Some have it worse than others. My hypo spider is pretty bad all around but really noticeable when feeding. She misses the first strike usually. My bee barely has it. You wouldn't really notice it unless you knew what you were looking for. It varies in each snake.

[frost]

how much do these go for???

[Aaron_S]

Not for sale as of yet. To my knowledge there's only 2 in the world. I know Mark Mandic has sold 100% het pied 50% het Axanthic males for $650. The price most likely has come down in the past 2 years though.

[Zincubus]

This is what I'm pretty sure is an Axanthic Piebald Royal Python!! BEAUTIFUL:):) So I thought I would share!!

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1365.snc4/163700_1799728711536_1189333004_32175583_2397874_n .jpg

Tell me what ya think!! All you ball lovers haha:)

Albinos for me everytime .

[Reptile_Reptile]

btw what makes this snake have no brown? i think it has no brown at least. and if thats not it then why does it have whitish silver

[Aaron_S]

As I mentioned the Axanthic gene. It does it to all combos. Check out google for axanthic pinstripes or whatever. Unfortunately as adults they usually brown out. This lightning pied, the last I saw updated pics, hasn't really though. Very cool.

[edens]

what is so special about piebalds....or rather what makes them special.....is it the white part?

[edens]

what makes a piebald a piebald......oh gosh i think i am making it worse :-)

[mykee]

"what makes a piebald a piebald......"
Genetics
AND
it's mommy and daddy.

[pyythonboa]

yo that ssanke is nice if u find one let me kno where u got it from

[belovedboas]

This is my first year breeding ball pythons or any animals. I've been keeping animals for 11 years already.

Wobble will pop up in all spiders eventually. Some have it worse than others. My hypo spider is pretty bad all around but really noticeable when feeding. She misses the first strike usually. My bee barely has it. You wouldn't really notice it unless you knew what you were looking for. It varies in each snake.

So since you were about 15 thats quite a while for sure!!

[SPARTAN 77]

!!!!!!awesome snake!!!!!! :D