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Het pied ball python results are in: I GOT A PIED!!!

Blue Apple Herps

Blue Apple Herps

aka Matthew, PhD
This clutch hatched right before I left for vacation a week ago. So I haven't posted pictures yet. Anyways, I never thought much of pieds until I saw one in person a few years back. They became a "must have" snake for me. Seeing that they were way to expensive, I purchased a pair of het pieds and they went for me this year. I got 6 good eggs and all went to term.

When they hatched out, this little girl crawled out!! It was a little intense as I got worried as she crawled out without absorbing much of her yolk, but luckily she pulled through and ended up absorbing most of it. These were shot right after the last little bit dried up and fell off.

I couldn't be more thrilled as I finally have my pied ball python!! Was hoping for a male, but I'll try again next year. Haven't taken pics of the rest of the clutch, they're just normals so nothing special. Anyways here she is, these were the best I got before she started getting antsy.
 

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What a beauty!!! I love her little white tail! You definitely deserve something _good_ to happen this year. I heard, I think, that one might have to wait through 40??? eggs to get their pied- you hit the odds early!! Congratulations!!
 
I am not really a fan of ball pythons, but man that is a good looking snake. I would not mind having a couple of them, thats for sure.
 
I love that pied look, she is lovely! I think a ball python is in my future, probably a spider (thats what the gf wants).
 
Thanks for the compliments everyone!! Now she just needs to eat, though both her parents are voracious garbage disposals, so hopefully she'll take after them.

ForkedTung said:
Sweet! more pics...looks to be high white?
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She's not as high white as others I've seen, but I guess I'd call her a high white. I'll snap some more pics after she sheds which should be any day now...

Nanci said:
What a beauty!!! I love her little white tail! You definitely deserve something _good_ to happen this year. I heard, I think, that one might have to wait through 40??? eggs to get their pied- you hit the odds early!! Congratulations!!
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Thanks Nanci. Actually pied in ball pythons is just simple recessive, so its only a 1/4 chance. But since their clutches are relatively small, its quite easy to miss even those odds.
 
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