Ball Python Clutch #1 this season!

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elevatethis;840256; said:
Agreed on the CH thing...I'm all for CBB stuff...the crappy part about it is, the more morphs that are bred in captivity, the more morphs people want from wild stuff to prove out on their own. So honestly, its a double-edged sword - you'd think that more captive breeding would decrease the numbers of CH and WC stuff being imported...unfortunately, its not.
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Well, it will take awhile for them to stablize like corn snakes. Unfortunately once the market stablize, the breeders will start on hybridization for more morphs, which can cause unpredictable behaviour in snakes sold to people that unaware of their genetic history. I know there was one breeder at an expo who claimed he hybridized a Ball and a Blood -- it was aggressive. Tsk. Tsk.

In Ghana, appearantly, there's two ball python populations, one in northern ghana, the other in the south. The south is considered an invasive species and have adapted to and are thriving in the areas that have been cleared for farmland.
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Is the southern population introduced by humans or they found their way there naturally? I have no problem with a population migration, i just hate direct introduction by human interferences.
 
I'm very sure that the southern population made its own way there...cleared fields = lots of crops = lots of rodents = snake heaven.

Ball pythons are held sacred by many cultural groups over there - its very difficult to actually get out in the bush and see whats up with the northern population. I'd like to see it stay that way.
 
hey congrats on the news......just curious, you got the any of the reptile expos in MD??
 
dougefresh;840578; said:
hey congrats on the news......just curious, you got the any of the reptile expos in MD??
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I was at MARS last year and probably will be there again this year, that was a pretty big show...and its supposed to be all CBB stuff so thats always a plus with me...

I've been to the Northern VA Reptile Expo a few times as well...but thats a really small show.

I've never been (nor ever want to be) a vendor at one of those shows though if thats what you were asking...
 
elevatethis;840673; said:
I was at MARS last year and probably will be there again this year, that was a pretty big show...and its supposed to be all CBB stuff so thats always a plus with me...

I've been to the Northern VA Reptile Expo a few times as well...but thats a really small show.

I've never been (nor ever want to be) a vendor at one of those shows though if thats what you were asking...
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Na, I was just curious if you ever went. I'll have to look into the MARS show cuz I've never heard of it, but the Northern VA Reptile Expo is the same as the All MD Reptile Show that is held in Harve De Grace, MD every year and your right it is a very small show.
 
Those are definitely different shows, but I'm pretty sure they are put on by the same guy (Larry Suttles) and yes, are very tiny shows. The Northern VA reptile show is kinda crappy, just a bunch of WC imported stuff and arachnids...
 
elevatethis;840734; said:
Those are definitely different shows, but I'm pretty sure they are put on by the same guy (Larry Suttles) and yes, are very tiny shows. The Northern VA reptile show is kinda crappy, just a bunch of WC imported stuff and arachnids...
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Yea that's what I meant, they are run by the same person. Their website is Mdreptilefarm.com right? The All MD one isn't too bad, I enjoy going and they seem to have mostly CB stuff. Nothing compares to the Hamburg, Pa show though that I've been to. Anything and everything you can think of is at that show.
 
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