The 'Ghi Ball' introduction
In the early spring of 2007 I was able to unpack baby ball python
shipments at night in south Florida. This was great because I was
always able to buy animals from the importers before anyone else would
ever lays eyes on them. One night I went down south to go through a
shipment and while opening bags I was told there were already a few
bags opened earlier in the evening and there were two special babies
already put aside and they were going to be more money. I went and took
a look at them and they were definitely different. they were both in
deep shed but I could see they had patterns and color unlike anything
else I had seen before. I inquired about the cost and purchased them on
the spot. A few days later another shipment arrived from the same
exporter and while going through it I found another of the same type of
baby ball. It too was deep in shed and was identical in every way. The
three all had black ground color as babies, they had clear bellies,
they had bizarre hollowed out patterns with a lot of speckling in them,
they had some silver/grey flames on the sides, and there was pin
striping along the insides of the patterns something along the lines of
what some black pastels exhibit. As they grew...they lightened, the
blushing increased, there were more of the silver flames.
Here are photos of one of the original 'Ghi Balls' as a baby and the same animal as an adult:
In the 2007/2008 breeding season I wanted to see if 'A'...one of the Ghi males would breed and if 'B'...the traits they all exhibited would be genetic. I am happy to say that he bred and they were...it's genetic.
He was bred to three females and here are a few of the September 2008 baby 'Ghi Balls':
And...I almost forgot...the females I introduced the Ghi male to in the 2007/2008 season were pastels. Here are a couple of the 'other' offspring from my intial 'Ghi Ball' breedings.
Pastel 'Ghi Balls'
These combo animals are very bright and their blushing and flames are awesome. Since the adult 'Ghi Balls' have a great amount of blushing and are much lighter than they were as babies I can't wait to see what these guys grow into! I think the combo potential with this new morph can be a lot of fun because they are both a color and pattern mutation.
So there you have it as of February 15th 2009...the history to date of the 'Ghi Ball'.
Here are photos of one of the original 'Ghi Balls' as a baby and the same animal as an adult:
In the 2007/2008 breeding season I wanted to see if 'A'...one of the Ghi males would breed and if 'B'...the traits they all exhibited would be genetic. I am happy to say that he bred and they were...it's genetic.
He was bred to three females and here are a few of the September 2008 baby 'Ghi Balls':
And...I almost forgot...the females I introduced the Ghi male to in the 2007/2008 season were pastels. Here are a couple of the 'other' offspring from my intial 'Ghi Ball' breedings.
Pastel 'Ghi Balls'
These combo animals are very bright and their blushing and flames are awesome. Since the adult 'Ghi Balls' have a great amount of blushing and are much lighter than they were as babies I can't wait to see what these guys grow into! I think the combo potential with this new morph can be a lot of fun because they are both a color and pattern mutation.
So there you have it as of February 15th 2009...the history to date of the 'Ghi Ball'.