WOW, I just found a pic of a pure white one with a google search. Awesome looking actually. Anybody know if that's for real? Do they really come in pure white? Doesn't look like an albino, although I have no experience with albino snakes, so...
Yup, it's for real:
Black Eyed Leucistic - Google Search
Wasn't going to post, use up enough time trying to keep up with this
thread :-}
But you had to go and start talking snakes, and now I can't help myself. Yup, leucistic Ball pythons are real, along with many other 'morphs' as they're called. Balls are fairly easy to keep, and as Neriah mentioned generally calm, so they are very common as pets. Which means they are one of the pythons most commonly bred in captivity, which leads to all kinds of patters and such being bred for. Personally with ball pythons I was always partial to the Piebalds, kind of part albino, part not. Truly odd but beautiful looking animals.
piebald ball python - Google Search
That said, I've been following this story from the begining, and would like to express my amazement, both at all you've managed to accomplish, and the ability of the lot of you posting on the QSMB at holding your tempers. I'd have lost it long ago. Congratulations on the people you've helped, and any one you've made think a bit too.
Okay, everybody back to the general rambling of the
thread, as interesting as the story is , it's the off tangent musing about pets, life in general, not mention great bits of advice, (have to try polident to clean my attys now), that have kept it a constantly entertaining read. Just lurking it's starting to feel like I know you all now.
Halsey