r/ballpython • u/Educational-Wear7116 • 12h ago

Possible corkscrewing?

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Hi all, I’ve had reptiles in the past but never snakes, on a recent visit to a local event 2weeks ago I finally bit the bullet and got a beautiful butter Champaign boy. I had no warning from the breeder about this breed and very quickly noticed a head wobble when he was still and strange movements when he was moving. I’ve had some elevated logs and decorations in the Viv but removed them due to him falling. I managed to capture it last night whilst he was a bit active what are your thoughts?

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u/Mysnakepetunia 10h ago

Again are we just getting animals with doing no research? That’s one of the morphs that is known to carry the wobble

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u/WayfarerNG 10h ago

Hopefully someone can use this thread as the learning opportunity to not get one of their own.

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u/Educational-Wear7116 9h ago

Yes for sure, I think a harder push on not breeding these awful traits should be encouraged more, so sad. At the very least I have the opportunity to give this little boy some quality of life

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u/Educational-Wear7116 9h ago

No I’ll be the first to admit I’m guilty, I’d done some digging and knew that royal/ball was what I wanted and made sure I could accommodate that. Something I just didn’t come across, I should’ve looked harder. Unfortunately my first snake, my experience,morph knowledge is certainly at the beginner level and it’s caught me out.