Morph Guide #12: The Normal Ball Python - Benjamin's Exotics

[@apathyangel1]

I'll always have a soft spot for normals. So underrated.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Jen Vegas, Indeed! Thanks for watching!

[@kamenk00]

What happens if you breed two normals that carry that green coloration

[@happycritters567]

@@kamenk00 most likely get another basic nothing crazy, thats like saying im gonna breed a malinois dog with a German shepherd itll look like a basic German shepherd same colors but might come out with more white.. so ur question if that would happen it really depends on how much difference they have from each other and how much it shows/is in their genes

[@roseroberts229]

I wish I could like this more than once

[@dexterlecter7289]

Very under rated. I've seen plenty of normals look better then adult clowns that are burlap sack brown.

[@thefabviking]

All the morphs make my head spin. The normal is really beautiful with the color combinations it has and the alien markings, I love it.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@The Fabulous Viking, Thanks for watching!

[@vickstar3033]

My first snake is a normal and i am so glad that you gave some recognition to the wild types💕

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Vickstar303, Indeed! The Normal Ball Python has brought more people into the hobby than any other morph!

[@vickstar3033]

If I didn’t get my Normal I wouldn’t be starting my first breeding season next year!

[@telfordexotics167]

Just been sat watching my normal drinking and had to appreciate just how wonderful they are

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Telford Exotics, Indeed! They are easily one of the animals most responsible for getting people into this amazing hobby!

[@Ibaneddie76]

Those are some gorgeous normals man, I agree 100% about the importance of line breeding and the need for quality normal females in any collection. That last normal male is phenomenal, I would love to put him to a super dark leopard or high quality black pastel, I think he has something going on besides just the normal genetics. He's at the very least a great dinker. I've been line breeding leopard for a long term project and I produced and almost back leopard, even though I've invested a lot into some really nice recessives the super dark, single gene leopard I have is still one of my favorite snakes I have.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@eddie julian, Indeed! There is so much than can be done with line breeding, and I definitely need to get the Leopard gene into my collection soon!

[@patrickalilbitofeverything5181]

Gotta love the normals they the foundation of the breed

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Patrick Saunders, Indeed! Thanks for watching!

[@MamboGuy914]

Thank you for this video it was amazing. And I can tell your love and passion for these details are really intense!

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Mambo Guy, Thanks for watching!

[@jacobconklin3485]

Fantastic video! Wonderful job at describing what your points where, and provided proofs and helpful understanding. You did excellent and have a new subscriber. 🤙

[@Flamingfurnace]

Thanks for sharing great video, I got my first normal ball phyton about 2 months ago she is great with food never refused, very docile and inquisitive. I did not pay too much attention to it before but after watching your video relized she have white belly. Thanks again for sharing.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@FlamingFurnace, Indeed! The variation in belly pattern can be quite interesting on Normal Ball Pythons!

[@simplyhella366]

My normal BP also has those gray-ish stomach spots near his tail underside. I thought it was scale rot but It looks very similar to the last adult you showed with the yellow hues as well. He's a juvenile so it makes sense that his patterns are still developing. Thanks for the great vid !

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Simply Hella, Scale rot is typically a dark brown color, so unless the scale appears damaged you are probably just seeing his natural colors. Thanks for watching!

[@Serpent947]

I love the ones with lots of alien heads

[@Democy]

The ending killed me 😂

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Chival, Lol thanks for watching!

[@lorgagssertao4036]

Oh YEAAAH!! the Super Normal Double Het for Wild Type & Jungle Ball!! Let's watch this video!! :D

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Lorga GS Sertao, Indeed! :) Thanks for watching!

[@lorgagssertao4036]

@The real Chris mate, I'm being serious. I preach the same message of valuing Normals all over the other YT channels.

[@susang2535]

Thanks for the informative video. I brought our normal in to compare her. She has beautiful bronze in her pattern and is a very good girl.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@ S G, Thanks for watching!

[@SaulsBalls]

Good video Ben ! I’m raising a female normal just for the coral glow het pied. The normals will always have a place in my rack 😎😎

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Sauls Balls, Agreed! Thanks for watching!

[@omumacaw754]

Normal is beautiful

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Did that yellow baby prove out genetically to have a mutation?

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Geeky Gecko Creations, This was a pretty recent video and it will take quite some time to see if this genetic trait is reproducible.

[@ryancurry2001]

dope video

[@acecal5976]

There is an infinite amount of untapped potential in “normals”. I’m really glad you made this video.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Ace Cal, Indeed! I will definitely be working on some "Normal" projects in the future!

[@Ibaneddie76]

Hey Benjamin are you sure that baby isn't a yellow belly, it looks like one. The only slight difference is the pattern on the belly goes all the way through, usually on yellow bellies and asphalt its only on the sides but I produced yellow bellies that look like the snake in this video. I guess everything started with normals if you think about it. Either way that's a really nice looking snake.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@ eddie julian, The pairing that made that animal was a Coral Glow to Cinnamon, so unless there is something else floating around I don't have any reason to believe it is another mutation. We are breeding both of those animals again this year so if anything similar pops out I will definitely be doing a video on it.

[@douglasgriffiths3534]

Normals are very underrated. I don't have any, but would like to get one that's on the dark side. Preferably a female. Who knows what genes normals carry until they're bred. I remember when the clown morph first evolved---it was thought to be an incubation fault (temperature fluctuation). Instead it tuned out to be a recessive. (Jan Griffiths).

[@dexterlecter7289]

I have considered keeping het pied around in my line breeding for the pattern reductions. I absolutey do not like clown as it's an ugly color gene BUT I've considered keeping het clowns floating around because ironically the hets seem brighter, unlike thier homozygous counterparts.

[@dexterlecter7289]

Also it's funny how many people don't realize the pattern reduction of het pieds, they only know about the tracks.

[@sephramey6489]

Ok now I'm a little late to the party. I've questions. I've 2 normal males 2 very total different looks. 1 is the "typical normal" much like the first one you showed. But then my other its sides mimics the normal but the belly looks like train tracks, like you described a "HET" look. And then the dorsal is 90% blank of spots or blots whichever you want to say. Then to add to that he is black, I mean black, black but with brown aliens. But once again no connection of heads from one side to the other via blotches. What say you this is? I've been looking into "genetic black back" which isn't a gene but a description. Wish I could upload a picture for you to see.

[@reptileloversandkeepers1170]

I have a normal that we just picked up from petsmart that looks really similar to the 3 month old normal that you showed any ideas?

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@reptile lovers and keepers, If you would like to send a picture to my Instagram I can see if he is a visible genetic mutation.

[@paulsanjurjo4390]

Without the normal ball python, none of the morphs would exist.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Paul Sanjurjo, Indeed! Thanks for watching!

[@gecko-guy362]

Some of the two spots on normal ball pythons to me they almost kind of look like cobras like Indian Cobras

[@JerWeiLow]

Hi bro. How does it differ from a leopard morph?

[@nasaman23]

I got my first snake (BP) for only $60! He's the cutest thing ever!

[@redhawk5887]

I have a male bp that I just rescued from a woman who got him and couldn't or didn't want him any more. I am not sure I know Asher has the normal gene but my question is, is that his entire belly is completely white there are no tracks or grey marks. Is there a possibility that he is a morph type? I hear names like enchi, woma and lesser Lucifer? It's kind of confusing 😆

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Red Hawk, If you would like to send a few pictures to my Instagram @benjamins_exotics I would be happy to help!

[@NotSure876]

I like the normal, morphs are pretty but I’m more of a purest

[@lorraineogden1034]

My ball python normal has the yellow on her side she will be 4 in October 2020.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Lorraine Ogden, That's awesome! Congratulations on 4 years of keeping Ball Pythons!

[@lorraineogden1034]

@@BenjaminsExotics she is the only snake I have I would love to breed her. They could keep her eggs.

[@Facelessman42001]

Thanks for making this video. My neighbor gave me a Ball Python, because his nephew decided that he didn't want it after having it for about a week. I've been searching BooTube for videos about Ball Pythons, and have learned quite a bit in the last 2 months. I wasn't sure if Alice (Cooper) was a normal Ball Python, or not after watching a video by Chris Hardwick. He was showing different morphs, and a couple of them looked a lot like Alice. I forgot the names of the breed/morphs. I think it was Lessor, and another name, but they didn't look much different than Alice, so I was on a Mission to find out what breed/morph, or what type of Ball Python Alice is. He's a Norm. 😉 Anyways, Thanks again for making, and sharing this video. I'm Subscribed. 👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿🇺🇲🇮🇱🇺🇲🤘🏿🤘🏾🤘🏽🤘🏼

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Chico Man, That's awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@Facelessman42001]

@@BenjaminsExotics No worries mate. At least I know where to go if I have any questions. I do have one question. When I first got Alice he was in the midst of shedding. His head was mostly finished, but he still had dead skin around his eyes. I did some research, and found a couple ways to help him. I read somewhere that if the skin stays on his eyes too long that it could effect his vision. I'm not sure if it did, but I have noticed that he won't go after the thawed frozen mice unless I wiggle them with a plastic utensil. Otherwise he will slither up to, and over the mouse. He's let a mouse sit in his home a week. I finally took it out, and gave him a fresh one. That was when I discovered that he would only go after it when I moved it. I know (like a doctor) that you would most likely have to see Alice to figure out if he has vision problems, or if he just likes what appears to be live food, but would you have any idea why he only eats when his food moves? Sorry to write an Autobiography of Alice. I'm just a concerned new snake owner. Thanks. 😎

[@BenjaminsExotics]

​@@Facelessman42001 Do you happen to have any pictures? If so you can send me a few via DM on Instagram @benjamins_exotics.

[@Facelessman42001]

@@BenjaminsExotics Sure. I appreciate you getting back to me, and responding to my original comment. I'll get those to you in a few minutes. 😁

[@Facelessman42001]

@@BenjaminsExotics Okee Dokee. I just took, and sent some photos of Alice to you on Instagram. 😁

[@robertrathburn-43512]

My normal female is super dark , like your breeder, and i mean Black. So I actually thought maybe she might have Cinnamon, but after much research I'm pretty sure she is just a dark normal. But anyways thanks for sharing...

[@JBtheonepodcast]

I got a normal one, he is not that friendly yet. Heheheh😂

[@seanh3355]

Weird question, can you create new morphs by breeding just normals

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Sean H, It depends on what you mean by new morphs. Most morphs in Ball Pythons are genetic mutations, which are genes that mutated to change the color and pattern of the snakes scales. This is an entirely random event, and even though it is very rare, it is possible that a new morph could mutate between a breeding of two Normal Ball Pythons in captivity. You could also try line breeding for specific traits in Normal Ball Pythons, like reduced or banded animals, and if your line breeding proved to be genetic over several generations, that could also be considered the creation of a new morph as well.

[@seanh3355]

@@BenjaminsExotics yeah, like for example the Normal ball python you got from the coral glow cinnamon clutch from the video, he looks like a normal, and isn’t a cinnamon or coral glow but looks a little different, so that where I got the idea from, like there’s something a little different about him, and could be a new morph if his offspring look like him

[@MrDavidcarp]

🐍🐍👏🏿

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@david carp, Thanks for watching!

[@Zay2shifty223]

Where to get a normal ball python

[@dreamboypridetv9665]

How much baby ball phyton idol?

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Mountain Adventure, Prices all depend on the morph and the breeder.

[@sh1nixs]

My little girl, (ball python) patterns were upside down Hershey kisses.

[@daddygresham5906]

Do you sell ball python

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@ Daddy Gresham, Yes any Ball Pythons I don't keep are normally offered on Morph Market.

[@patriciabrown5071]

Do you have an email address I can send pictures of my juvenile snake to? I'm trying to find out if it's a standard python or how to find it's morphs.

[@linziRyan1965]

I love my normy girl Countess 🐍 she is absolutely stunning!

[@mysteriousthing1672]

phantom and phantom fusions look almost identical to normals so don't get scammed

[@ModernBeastx1]

@ 2:20 DUDE DONT SHOW ME BELLYYY

[@luckykrakenalt8725]

Honestly I dislike pythons. Look at the black milk snake fully grown it’s very underrated and has potential.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Lucky kraken Alt, Everyone is entitled to their own opinion of course. Even though I'm don't keep many colubrids, I do have to say that the Black Milk Snakes are pretty impressive as adults as well!

[@lazyboy9016]

Why u here then 😂

[@rosales1616]

@@lazyboy9016 LMFAO

[@bikeaddict]

Why would you intentionally breed a known aggressive animal?

[@ProGamer-gk2wf]

There only aggressive if u starve them

[@kandacekrueger4616]

They're actually known to be more docile in comparison to others.

[@kandacekrueger4616]

Any animal can be aggressive 🤣

[@bikeaddict]

@@kandacekrueger4616 aye. But the ones that DO bite or attack or cant tell the distance between a hand and a meal should not be bred on no matter how “cool” they look.

[@kandacekrueger4616]

@bikeaddict literally most will bite or attack If they feel threatened. Some do have different personalities etc but like. You can't predict lots of situations.

[@IQetrain]

Normal ball pythons look like Bernese python