Contest Update
The contest clutch is pipping early. Three heads were out, so I cut the last egg. No snake has yet fully emerged. I think I know what the morph will be, but I am not ready to make any sort of...
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Racks
We are rapidly expanding here at NWReptiles, and with expansion comes the building of more racks. We have built several racks recently, and I would love to go more in depth but I will do this at a...
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2013 Who’s Your Daddy Contest Winner!
We are happy to announce (better late than never) the 2013 Who’s Your Daddy Contest winner. Congratulations to Jessica Schnipke of Ohio for winning a beautiful female Mojave ball python. She has...
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Normal
Genetics: The normal looking ball python has been a staple of the pet trade for years. Unfortunately for years they have also perished. Ball pythons are imported into the United States every year by...
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Café
Genetics: Co-DominantProven by: Thomas Tremain of Northwest Reptiles (2013) A Northwest Reptiles EXCLUSIVE!!!! The Café is a new morph. We purchased the first known animal from Joe Rollo, (which he...
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Barista
Genetics: Designer CombinationCafé (Co-Dominant)Mojave (Co-Dominant)Proven by: Thomas Tremain of Northwest Reptiles (2013) A Northwest Reptiles EXCLUSIVE!!!! This is the combination of our own Cafe...
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Spider Albino
Genetics: Designer CombinationSpider (Co-Dominant)Albino (Recessive)Proven by: Kevin McCurley of NERD (2003) The albino spider is a combination of a dominant and recessive genes. It expresses itself...
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Coral Glow
Genetics: Co-DominantProven by: Kevin McCurley of NERD (2002) The Coral Glow is another line of the Banana. It has very bright yellow and orange, as well as faint purple colors, and as it gets older,...
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Decaf
Genetics: Designer CombinationPastel (Co-Dominant)Café (Co-Dominant)Proven by: Northwest Reptiles (2014) A Northwest Reptiles EXCLUSIVE!!!! Hatched in May of 2014, this is the latest in our Café...
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Butter Pinstripe
Genetics: Designer CombinationPinstripe (Co-Dominant)Butter (Co-Dominant) The Butter Pinstripe, or Butter Pin, is a combination of a Butter, and a Pinstripe. (bet’cha didn’t see that one coming!!) The...
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Pewter Bee
Genetics: Designer CombinationCinnamon Pastel (Co-Dominant)Pastel (Co-Dominant)Spider (Co-Dominant)Proven by: Kevin McCurley of NERD (2006) The Pewter Bee is a combination of the Cinnamon Pastel,...
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Vanilla Scream
Genetics: Designer CombinationFire (Co-Dominant)Pastel (Co-Dominant)Vanilla (Co-Dominant)Proven by: Gulf Coast Reptiles (2011) The Vanilla Scream is an outstanding combination of Pastel, Fire, and...
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Black Pewter Hypo
Genetics: Designer CombinationBlack Pastel (Co-Dominant)Pastel (Co-Dominant)Orange Ghost (Recessive) The Black Pewter Hypo is also known as a Black Pewter Ghost. It is a combination of a Black Pastel,...
View ArticleFall update
We haven’t reported a lot this season, but we have been busy. Several clutches with 3 gene animals were hatched, like Lesser Bees, and Bumble Bee butters, as well as a LOT of double and single gene...
View ArticleMy ball python is nippy. What should I do?
I get asked about nippy ball pythons regularly. Usually these are babies. Ball pythons often get nippy at this very young stage. They have recently learned to eat, and eating makes them feel good....
View ArticleGenetics 102: Dominant genes and the Punnet square.
We covered recessive genes and what a Punnet square is, in Genetics 101: Recessive genes. If we want to use the Punnet square on dominant genes, it’s very similar. For right now, we are not going to...
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Butter Bee
Genetics: Designer CombinationButter (Co-Dominant)Spider (Co-Dominant)Proven by: Reptile Industries / ReptMart (2004) The Butter Bee, or Butter Spider, ball python is a combination of both the Butter,...
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Mojave and Mystic Ball Pythons, Telling the Difference.
Compare Mojave and Mystic Ball Pythons In most breeding projects you’ll likely get clutches containing mixtures of different morphs. When shooting for Mystic Potions, it’s likely you will get clutches...
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13 Common Mistakes Made by Ball Python Owners
There are a lot of simple errors people make with their ball pythons. I hope this can help ball python owners to prevent injury and sickness in their snakes. Heating with a bulb. what’s so bad about...
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New clutch, with more Cafe possibilities
Just starting laying her eggs This will be another exciting clutch. The female is a Bumble Bee, and the male is our very own Barista combination. The Barista, is a combination of the Cafe, and the...
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