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This comprehensive document provides detailed information on ball python morphs, including their physical characteristics, origins, and genetic inheritance patterns. It also covers essential care requirements for ball pythons, such as housing, temperature regulation, shedding, and feeding. A valuable resource for both novice and experienced ball python enthusiasts, offering a wealth of practical knowledge to ensure the proper care and breeding of these fascinating reptiles. With its in-depth coverage of ball python morphs and husbandry, this document can serve as a go-to reference for university students, researchers, and hobbyists interested in herpetology, animal science, or exotic pet care.
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Females range from... - 3 - 5 feet. Males range from... - 2 - 3 feet. Adults get up to ____ in girth. - 5 inches Ball pythons can live up to... - 40 years. Ball pythons originate from - Central to Western Africa Scientific name for the ball python is... - Python Regius. Ball pythons prefer ____ spaces. - Smaller You need a ____ system of some kind. - Locking Ball pythons can be caged in a... - Terrarium, tupperware container, or with the rack system. Place the heating pad... - Under the cage (not in cage, they will burn themselves). What is needed to control the temperature? - Thermostate/Rheostat. Light cycle on timer for how long? - 12 hours.
Hot spot must be... - 88 - 95 degrees. Cool spot must be... - 78 - 85 degrees. Never let the temperature fall below... - 75 degrees. You can notice respiratory tract disease by... - An open mouth, keeps head elevated, wheezing, and refusal to eat. You can help a retained shed by... - Giving assistance, baths, rough surface to rub on, or more humidity. If the shed is not removed ASAP it may cause... - Blindness or cut circulation. If you feed live rodents to ball pythons you must be careful they aren't... - Eaten alive. MORPH means... - A color or pattern variation different in a ball python, either imported or man made, has select markers which are "standards". What type of morph (recessive, dominant, codominant) is Clown? - Recessive. What type of morph (recessive, dominant, codominant) is Piebald? - Recessive. What type of morph (recessive, dominant, codominant) is Albino? - Recessive. What type of morph (recessive, dominant, codominant) is Axanthic? - Recessive. What type of morph (recessive, dominant, codominant) is Genetic Stripe? - Recessive. What type of morph (recessive, dominant, codominant) is Hypo/Ghost? - Recessive.
What type of morph (recessive, dominant, codominant) is Gravel? - Co-Dominant. What type of morph (recessive, dominant, codominant) is Yellow Belly? - Co-Dominant. Breeding in ball pythons starts in... - Cooler months when the light changes and everything is cooler. How many females for every one male? - 2 You will know the female is bred when... - She refused to breed, ovulation will look like a football, she stops eating, or she will lay upside down or in different positions. Babies have an ____ that will break the egg with to hatch. - Egg tooth. After ____ babies can find their new homes. - 2 1/2 weeks. What morphs (when bred together) make a Blue Eyed Leucistic? (Alphabetical order) - Butter, Lesser, Mojave, Phantom, Russo