Baby Bumblebee Disco Hypo Leopard Ball Python For Sale

Baby Bumblebee Disco Hypo Leopard Ball Python For Sale 

Leopard Ball Python For Sale are the most popular pet snake and the second most popular pet reptile after the bearded dragon. According to the IUCN Red List, while captive bred animals are widely available in the pet trade, capture of wild specimens for sale continues to cause significant damage to wild populations. Wild-caught specimens have greater difficulty adapting to a captive environment, which can result in refusal to feed, and they generally carry internal or external parasites. This pastel highway ball python for sale species can do quite well in captivity, regularly living for 15-30 years with good care. The oldest recorded highway ball python for sale in captivity is 62 years. Captive ball pythons are often bred for specific patterns that do not occur in the wild, called “morphs. Breeders are continuously creating new designer morphs, and over 7,500 different morphs currently exist. Most morphs are considered solely cosmetic with no harm or benefit to the individual animal. However, the “spider” morph gene has been linked to neurological disease, specifically related to the snake’s sense of balance. Due to the ethical concerns associated with intentionally breeding a color pattern linked to genetic disease, the International Herpetological Society banned the sale of spider morphs at their events. This species is known for its defense strategy that involves coiling into a tight ball when threatened, with its head and neck tucked away in the middle. This defense behavior is typically employed in lieu of biting, which makes this species easy for humans to handle and has contributed to their popularity as a pet. What makes a highway ball python for sale diet in the wild consists mostly of small mammals and birds. Young banana highway ball python for sale of less than 70 cm (28 in) prey foremost on small birds. Ball pythons longer than 100 cm (39 in) prey foremost on small mammals. Males prey more frequently on birds, and females more frequently on mammals.