those darn expensive morphs

[Jason Ralston]

Would any1 here pay $1500 for a really nice ball python morph?

[BurmeseJoe]

Maybe in the future. lol. A lot of them do look really cool, but now, idk. My heart is for the pick snakes. I would probably buy a hypo burmese first.

[reptileman]

Can you post some pics of what they look like? Are they expensive becuase of their colors or what?

[BurmeseJoe]

Hypos? they are, because they can make pure white burmese pythons, with blue eyes. http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=7&de=796330

[reptileman]

Wow those are pricey! What does the term "hypo" and het" mean? I keep seeing it.

[BurmeseJoe]

Okay. Hypo, is basically lack of black pigment. Hypomelanistic is the proper term, but, it is shortened to hypo. Het, implies it holds the genetic makeup, to make what it is het for. I dont want to break out the punnet square, but, I will find the link if necessary. lol.

[Jason Ralston]

the morph i was talkin bout was blue eyed leucistic ball pythons. theyr goin 4 upwards $1500

[Jason Ralston]

het means heterozygous. it caries the gene but wont show it unless its a co-dominant allele. homozygous means that it caries and shows the gene.
ex. a homozygous dominant looks completely normal. a homozygous recessive for albino is white/yellow/orange with pink/red eyes.

[Maxwellrhodes]

Well, I paid $1100.00 for one of mine.

[grizzle]

I would pay that for piebald, or more actually for a Queenbee.