What is the Difference between a Fancy Ball Python and a Ball Python?

Fancy could be a word that someone is using in place of dinker, some other common term are "odd" and "special". There are normals, morphs, designer morphs, and 'dinkers'. Morphs are proven genetic color/pattern traits, designer morphs are more than one morph in the same snake-for example the bumble bee, and a dinker is a normal that has unique color and/or pattern, but hasn't been proven as genetic.

I have a few morphs and one normal female I call a dinker on my collection page if you want to look. I bred my dinker girl this year and have 4 eggs sitting in the incubator from her. She's the first snake in the second row from the bottom, normal003 http://www.slitherinsisters.com/our-collection.php

Most of the time fancy BPs are nothing but completely normal. It's just a ploy for the seller to get more money (generally). Unless it looks really really unique or it's normal priced I always caution newbies (to morphs) to stay away from them. I stay away from "special", "fancy", "odd", etc ball pythons unless they are priced as normals or darn close to it.

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What is the Difference between a Fancy Ball Python and a Ball Python?

Ball pythons are pretty chill snakes so you are unlikely to get an aggressive one. The difference between captive hatched and captive bred is that captive hatched are from eggs that were laid by wild snakes taken from the wild to lay their eggs in captivity, there is a chance they will have mites or other parasites as they will not have had the same conditions as captive bred animals. If it is your first snake it would probably be best to shell out the extra money for a captive bred because then you know it will be healthy and eating as captive hatched are not always good eaters. When you buy it ask if you can see a feeding record and what it has been eating, e.g rat pups or whatever. You should look for a snake that reacts to your movements, has black, dry eyes unless it is in shed in which case they will be shiny. Check around the nose for any discharge because if there is any it could be a sign of a respiratory infection so choose a snake with a clean dry nose. Also check the vent located near the tail, this should also be clean and dry. As for the prices and quality, look for a breeder in your area as places like petco and petsmart are notorious for selling sick snakes that die very quickly, you could check out some reptile forums and ask if there are any reputable ball python breeders in your area, some breeders will also ship them to you. Wherever you buy your snake from make sure you do your research on how you need to keep it, remember they are cold blooded so need costant heat and if they get too hot they die so you need a thermostat hooked up to whatever heat source you're using. Hope this helps.

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Yes, there is a difference. Captive hatched ball pythons are imported. People go out into the wild in west Africa and catch gravid (pregnant) females and also find nests. They hatch the eggs, then without feeding or offering water, they package them up and ship them to the United States by the tens of thousands. These snakes often arrive dehydrated, haven't eaten, and may possibly carry parasites. They tend to have more feeding problems than a captive bred ball python. In my opinion, "captive hatched" is just a fancy, misleading term for wild caught imports. I always advise buying captive bred snakes. Most of the ball pythons in pet stores are imports, but breeders are easy to find at reptile expos, and you can usually buy them for less than what you would pay for an import at a pet store. I'm currently sold out, but I sell my captive bred males for $30, which is better than an $80 import from Petsmart.

Fancy ball pythons are usually normal ball/royal pythons that are picked by best color and breed to be the best colored and tamed or somtimes I have heard people calling morph ball pythons can't ball pythons so you never know hope I helped

it is a tactic used in attempt to charge higher. fancy BP are the normal BP. the ones that are special and reasonably expensive are the morphs (e.g. spotnose, powerball, cinnamon, albino, etc.)

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