Royal/Ball Python thread (Python regius)

My girl took a mouse last week in a seperate container , was really suprised too she was blind as a bat haha (shedding) I have her feeding once a week but she tends to look hungry after about 5 days

Mine's on seven days too, on one mid-sized mouse. AFAIK I should be feeding her adult mice by now, so I think I'm gonna move either to a 5 day schedule, or to giving her 2 mid-sized per feeding. I prefer to let her grow a bit more before I move to adult mice.

ive fallen in love with a tree python i saw in lost worlds in sittingbourne but it was well expensive...do they have any in your local Jay? they look so cool all wrapped around a branch lol

What the green tree pythons? Although I think they do come in different colour morphs now.

I'v seen them in Cold Blooded before but yeah they were really expensive, nice though. Don't know anything about them to be honest.

I dunno this one was red with like yellowy white spots then there was more, all dif colors the most expensive One we saw was a grand 😱 but they look sooo cool jut sat wrapped around a single twig/branch

Like this maybe? Funny because it's still a green tree python.

Omg that's exactly it lol, but it had a massive sign saying sold to tony on it lol so we lOoked at others and there was a grey:white one which was £1000 lol

Fed my girl annabelle today. Dont watch if you dont like feedings

AFAIK, GTP's are pretty agressive, and not really a snake you can handle like a royal.

Yeah you are right Dolby, I have heard that too now I think about it, they're pretty small too.

Sweet video Ludedor and lovely snake, keep 'em coming! I'm due a new feeding vid now she's all settled in and not so bothered about disturbing her. I see the seperate feeding box is working for you mate.

If handled from young Morelia viridis are not that aggresive, Corallus caninus is a whole different story however, maybe you got them mixed up?

Thanks jamie. I guess it would also depend on each snake also ..just like with T's and scorps they can be polar opposites

JamieLawrence wrote:

I think about it, they're pretty small too.

Not so..

Quote :

dults average 120–200 cm (3.9–6.6 ft) in length, with a maximum length (although rare) of about 7 feet.

They look small though, the way they're always rolled around a "stick"

Bex,
you should check this thread to get an idea what's happening with their colours http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?102410-GTP-Any-way-to-guess-what-it-will-look-like

Unfortunately the red ones won't stay red

Well you learn something new every day! Interesting critters.

JamieLawrence wrote:

Well you learn something new every day! Interesting critters.

+1

Took a slow motion clip of my snake striking....not the best quality but I had to change it to upload on youtube :\

Nice video Ludedor!

Bit of update regarding mine.
After regularly feeding her with live during december, she has finally converted to defrost. Two feedings are behind and no problems until now. Let's hope she keeps this way. I think she will, she's searching for food ALL the time

Yeah sweet vid Ludedor, plenty good enough quality. And I'll say it again but thats a lovely snake. Did you say it was a morph?

Grats on the conversion to frozen Dolby, makes thing easier for you and better for her

Woohoo Dolby!


I believe its actually a "natural mutation" called high gold.

I didnt get her from this site but there is info on all kinds of morphs and such (there is a little tab top right you can navigate to look at the diff ones) http://www.ralphdavisreptiles.com/collection/pythons/ball/high_gold_ball_python.asp

Yeah, definitely feels great now. I can finally enjoy having her, without all the stress when it comes to feeding.

That's a nice morph Ludedor!
Thanks for that link. Very nice explanations on that morphs.
Mine is http://www.ralphdavisreptiles.com/collection/pythons/ball/reduced_pattern_ball_python.asp not as reduced as some of the ones on those pictures.

Interesting stuff, so basically a really nice normal because they occured natually. Kind of reminds me of a pastel but more of a gold colour, nice!

Here's how my girl's looking at the moment.

she's stunning

Ludedor24 wrote:

she's stunning

+1

Jay, what did you use for that background? Somekind of clothe or something?

Cheers! Yeah just a white cloth mate, will probably use a dark one next time to show off the white creeping up her sides. I got loads of other pics that day but her head is always out of focus, she just will not sit still