The Potential of the 'Pied' Ball Python

[@CCReptiles]

Medium white female is the first snake we got!! Awesome girl! Can’t wait to produce a banana pied!! Super cool!

[@Grammy1313]

It's funny what you are saying about the pied's feeding difficulty. I bought a pied one month ago he is my first snake ever. He was four months and was only eating live. As a complete amateur when it comes to snakes I have successfully switched him to frozen-thawed and he eats every time he is offered food; he even ate when he was first in blue. I didn't realize he was in blue until right after he ate. He just ate tonight. He is putting on weight like crazy.

[@ToniTone888]

what does blue mean?

[@Hecksii]

@@ToniTone888 it means that the snake is about to shed.

[@schangstrong8633]

We both got lucky mine came after the frozen thawed without hesitation

[@jonathontaylor3884]

Awesome man keep it up brotha im getting a pied here really soon!

[@mindydavis2753]

I have a Pied Piedball Ball Python and mine is Great!!!! My son is getting ready to have a newborn baby photo shoot with Penelope and she is almost 3 years old now and she is huge and she is totally friendly with everybody even with my dogs and cat!!!! Lol I have no problem feeding her, she knows exactly what I'm doing when I'm getting ready to feed her...she knows what the containers look like!!!

[@ariannawelter9201]

I recently bought a male pied 100% het lavender albino and would love to breed him with some het females, it's really cool seeing what pieds can do and I'm super excited to see what he makes

[@DeathHater18]

i got luck and got a yellowbelly pied for 75 dollars. he doesn't have a lot of white it is through out the whole body but the color blobs big on it .still beautiful. They breed for pied pinstripes but the female retained and produced one baby that was from the previous breeding of pied and yellow belly. they sold him a lot cheaper then his pied pinstripe sibling at 350 each. I have named him Clyde

[@morgangobin9985]

I wonder why the Pied gene leads to pickiness in the first place. It’s almost like genetic defect or something, because I’ve heard about SO many people having problems. I had a friend keep my pied for awhile since I wasn’t comfortable transitioning it to frozen/thawed myself and it gave him absolute hell. It wouldn’t eat willingly and regurged on a regular basis. Luckily it’s been eating like a champ since I’ve been keeping it...but said friend hasn’t had as much success with his own pied. The poor thing actually died because it wouldn’t eat or keep anything down. Pieds are lucky they’re pretty, because they’re also absolute pains sometimes! 😓

[@PYolk]

My pied always eats

[@jalaineshults9634]

I've been wanting a pied for my first snake, guess I might want to rethink that. What morph do you recommend for a first time snake?

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

Bamboo!

[@jalaineshults9634]

@@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures I figured you would say that lol

[@SayThatAgain247]

I got my first cinnamon ball python today! You and Bobby really got me in to ball pythons and snakes in general. Next is a Bamboo! Can't wait!

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

Awesome!

[@InkedGamerWolf420]

I’m keeping my first ever snake which is a female pastel ball python that I got around 150 grams July 2023 and she’s now 857 grams in early Oct 2024. She is in a 40 gallon enclosure and she’s nearly leaped out of her enclosure for a rat. She never declines a meal. She takes a small rat every 2 weeks as a yearling. I would love to also have a pastel pied or a super pastel pied

[@AmandaFrank21]

Interesting! My pied babies eat great for me! Didn’t realize people had problems

[@prestonstiles3596]

They remind me if a paint horse, which I use to breed. Maybe that’s why it’s one of my favorite morphs

[@buckwildinc]

Can a het lavender albino have markers?

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

Not that I know of

[@girthbrooksvr5335]

My male pied was super hard to get to eat at first until I tried mice he wouldn't eat for about 2 months and then all of a sudden he was a super eaters. He has a great feeding response now and no issues

[@KERRIESCARINGNURSERY]

Mine was hatched on 7/15/19 from a male Banana Pied and a female Het Pied. But he looks like the regular pie to me but he got lots of high white so it’s hard to tell.

[@gavinswinford2023]

It's almost Friday! What is one of your least favorite ball pythons to breed/own? Or do you love them all?

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

I don't like the ones that don't eat LOL

[@beastatfortnite6760]

G7 ..

[@beastatfortnite6760]

G7 ..

[@crosser6065]

@@beastatfortnite6760 no you

[@robertmoore1123]

That smiley face in that albino pied looks like a Ninja turtle head lol. Great video I like the 50/50 high contrast pieds the best . Great video I'm learning about from these videos only prob I want everything lol. Great video my friend it's like I'm in school . Snake morph 101. Have a great video .

[@robertmoore1123]

Meant day lol

[@Ken9284]

I just bought a pied ball yesterday. He’s huge as compared to my leucistic

[@lisagreenwood8534]

Quick question I got a baby 2 months ago and he's constantly out crawling around climbing everywhere does this mean he's stressed or is he just curious my other ball python doesn't come out till late at night!?

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

Some snakes will crawl around more than others. If they crawl all over and then go on a fast it could be stressed. If it's eating OK it's probably fine.

[@lisagreenwood8534]

Chris Hardwick yes he is eating like a champ thank you!

[@DaisyRenee713]

I have a male Banana. What would be a good morph to breed him to in order to get nice babies? Do you have a couple suggestions?

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

Check out this video I made, it covers Banana combos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZmQl4eDj7eBjqc

[@michaelross5674]

I like emoji pieds...medium pied. Hey Chris is there any markers for her clown or anything else het

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

Not that I know of, only for het pied.

[@Elbaz_python]

Working on ultramel pied at the moment beautiful snake

[@KERRIESCARINGNURSERY]

My pie is 2 month old and he is an awesome eater so far but he is my more striking snake and I don’t know why. I’m told cause he young but my Ivory is 3 months old and he never strikes at me. So I’m thinking my pie has an attitude haha mine is all white but the head and about 2 inches on his tail but I picked him because he has emoji smile face on his tail it’s a little crooked but you can see it.

[@kenzydodge2646]

Do you have an Instagram or anything? Also are you going to be at the show in denver next weekend?

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

I don't have anything besides KZbin and Patreon. I won't be at Reptilian Nation next week, but I will be at the Denver Repticon in three weeks.

[@kenzydodge2646]

Awe man I was hoping to see you at the show! Maybe I'll catch you next time! I think that you should really get an Instagram! I love supporting local breeders anywhere I can!

[@kenzydodge2646]

I really love you content as well.

[@douglasgriffiths3534]

A visual champ pied is a white snake. I've seen one. Maybe I'll get a visual pied boy and breed my champ pastel female with him. Something to consider. The champ het pied looks pied to me though. It's stunning. (Jan Griffiths).

[@boneznovacane7630]

Dose it matter if what your mixing into the main snake like say albino is female and pied is male dose that work like viceversa

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

Nope, doesn't matter.

[@lukecairns2085]

Why not bread your pied to a bamboo to make bamboo pieds with a hopefully better feeding respons.

[@luotingkun]

Luke Cairns In my experience all the blue eye leucistic complex ball python are good eater, as well as albino, but once they mix into pieds they are not. I have a mojave pied and albino pied, both are very picky, but my other albinos and BEL are all great eater...

[@Mercedes_may]

Have you ever heard of a no white pied? They have a really amazing pattern

[@e-reptiledysfunction2243]

I'm thinking about getting a pied at some point, I like snakes, and i don't want it for breeding I just like the pied and if I do decide to get 1, pied is what I'd want... atm I just like to go out catch and release the snakes i find

[@umbraluna499]

I seen a het pied normal at the pet store today. Too bad they're not breeding quality. I really like fire pieds and clown pieds.

[@ssserpentarium5968]

I'm hoping to hit fire pieds this year and a pin pied next year! Pieds are okay with eating as long, but I'd say het to het or visual to het female I find is the best

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

I may try to breed my Fire Pied to my big female pied this year, I'm hoping she will finally lay after all these years LOL

[@dakotarohrer5520]

So you covered how long to wait between pairing. However, I didn't hear you say how long to leave them paired for at one time. That's something I would really like to know :) thanks Chris!

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

I'd pair for 3-5 days, then separate for 2-3 weeks. Repeat for about five months.

[@dakotarohrer5520]

Awesome!!!! Thanks man!

[@bryanchang1995]

What pied is it on the thumbnail?

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

It's just a straight pied with no other genes.

[@bryanchang1995]

Chris Hardwick wanna ask a quick question and thank you for the response! Does spider pied only have colour on the head and white on the body? Or can it be like other pied where they have colours around the body instead of only just white

[@bryanchang1995]

Chris Hardwick and does it only happen to spider pied on the coloured head and white body or does other pieds have em

[@michaelross5674]

Awesome I just paired them up again I'm only pairing the one male to one female

[@danielrichards2246]

Its crazy that pies are difficult for feeding. I own about 45 ball pythons and 30 of them are pieds. I have one pied that is the best eater of any snake I've owned. He's never missed a single meal ever. I have 4 snakes though that are crazy picky eaters and 2 of them are pieds.

[@joet3682]

No questions today Chris so I’ll just say HI lol

[@schangstrong8633]

My pied is a vicious eater man is always hungry I swear.

[@tdub9324]

How many females do you breed per year on average?

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

About 15

[@boneznovacane7630]

Check out this crazy pied on morph market pie bald banana het lavender albino Paradox / chimera bald like how do you make a crazy snake like that crazy honestly

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

Some are super crazy!

[@lanedj801]

Champagne het pieds are cool but don’t Breed them together because super champagnes are a lethal combo. You would need a champagne het with a normal het or visual pied to avoid that.

[@gerardmoe3471]

I have male and female pied and both eat once a week

[@justintrouble9593]

What do you get if you breed a visual pied to a banana !!!

[@e-reptiledysfunction2243]

Banana cream pie

[@bryansacco9272]

I always heard people saying pieds we're picky I decided to pick up about adults pied pair 1.1k grams and 1.4k grams for 1000. First ball pythons I had more into other reptiles but was always attracted to the pieds. Had them about a month ate all 4 times so far, but female an ass**** though anytime I open tub it's in feeding mode going to front of tub and striking

[@boneznovacane7630]

Morph market is a addictive

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

OH YEA!

[@GameOfMorphs]

Pied!

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

You got it!

[@GoAwayBrandon]

My pied het albino is a wonderful eater.

[@froggyfresh5193]

I want to see axanthic pied clown

[@ravenwolf8549]

I think my dream pied combo would either be a panda pied or a dreamsicle.

[@gerardmoe3471]

I could have put your KZbin link on his Facebook page

[@gerardmoe3471]

My female pied has Emoji’s on its back they look like pumpkins

[@MaxMustermann-lx6py]

My Pieds eat everything and every time 😂

[@michaelscaggs144]

Chris that’s my dream snake idc I just want one you have bred 👍🏻😭😭😭

[@robertmoore1123]

So do I

[@jetman1963]

I just made a comment on another of your videos about my picky eater pied Ball Python

[@amyjane5161]

I have albion pied who monster I scared to open the rack as she be waiting to take that meal off me. 😂

[@Heerooh147]

What really would be interesting for me: Which morphs are good feeders which are bad feeders

[@SADDLEBAGS6969]

It's all about how they're living, if they're stressed out an look timid all the time they wont eat.... get a nice dark cave hide, nice substrate, I have mine in a glass tank an my pied rats really good. Infact the first week I fed him he slammed a medium rat an was slithering around climbing his stick an was just fine.... my pied has eaten every week sense I've had him, he was stressed out in a 10 gallon on a wet paper towel with no hide, they said he didnt eat for 4 weeks..... they told me he wouldn't eat for me, he hasn't stopped eating until now sense hes in mating mood....... so ya create good husbandry for your snakes an they will all be happy an eating!

[@outdoorsanimalsandmusic3014]

@@SADDLEBAGS6969 you have success in glass tanks keeping the humidity at a good level? I use tubs and I find I have better humidity control

[@hellseyesinthedarkness6113]

I actually had a female bamboo cinnamon that didn't want to eat for a year no matter what I offered her, but my Pied only went off food for 3 months aside from that he's always eating with no problems.

[@darkness4368]

My pied eats alot..

[@DavisGlasss]

My pastel pied eats every time and really strikes for her food. She has a great feeding response! We will see how she eats as she grows. I guess it depends on the snake and do you think the pastel in her affects her feeding response?

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

That's great! Pastel probably won't have an effect.

[@DavisGlasss]

Chris Hardwick I didn’t think it would. Thank you great video

[@ballpythons6776]

Isnt champagne x champagne a no no because it causes death in the egg? They should do champagne het pied x pied

[@SADDLEBAGS6969]

Albino pieds are 1000 I mean wowza!!!!

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

I sold a female albino pied hatchling last year for $1,200.

[@SADDLEBAGS6969]

@@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures wow, it's just amazing how much these snakes can cost! So an adult would cost 200$ more? Or how does that pricing work from hatchling to adult?

[@Heerooh147]

In Europe you can get Pied for around 200$

[@jeremygordy4728]

I want a panda pied

[@ChrisHardwickanimaladventures]

Good choice!

[@TheShanMan11]

What’s this dude smokin on lol I want

[@boroshoelover]

If I’m honest I don’t like the pied