jungle ball python question

[pogo and apophis]

i have an approx. 8 month jungle ball python that i rescued about 4 months ago.

I read that by 8 months they already have they're "true" coloring and wont change much from there. He is still very bland and looks more like a light colored regular ball than a jungle ball. was i given wrong information?

 

[Srt14292]

generally "jungle" is referred to in the geckos, as most are born with bands, as for your "jungle" ball python, could you post a couple of pictures? it would be helpful for us to tell you, my hunch is is you payed lots of money for your ball thats actually a normal you've been royally screwed over (excuse the terrible pun).

 

[pogo and apophis]

i looked it up and they do exist i rescued him so im not out tons of money. they have normal markings but are supposed to be more yellow than brown

 

[Matt K]

The terminology referring to thier color patterns changes and/or varies over time. I don't think there are jungle balls anymore and by that description it could be a pastel, super pastel, ghost, yellowbelly, even a pinstripe, bee, or spider. So a photo means alot more than a brief description.

 

[Imperial Geckos]

Here is a female un-proven "jungle" ball python

 

[Srt14292]

Looks like just a normal to me with a nice bit of patterning.
If you were expecting more yellow you may be thinking of a pastel.
Which can dull out over time to look like a normal.

 

[Imperial Geckos]

exactly..a jungle is just a pattern. It is still a normal. It is like jungle/aberrant fat tail geckos or leopard geckos...a "jungle" is just a pattern not an actual "morph"

This is a pastel (they use to be refereed to as pastel jungles, but they dropped the jungle part of the name many years ago)

 

[pogo and apophis]

yes!!! that's what we want our to look like! he is a lot more yellow right after a shed but get browner or darkens up. that's his pattern for sure.

do they get to be the same size as a normal? are there any differences between them and a normal besides pattern and color?

 

[pogo and apophis]

do they lighten over time or will he stay the color he is now forever? like i mentioned he's about 8mnths

 

[Imperial Geckos]

Can you post a picture? Color mutations do not affect a ball pythons size. But a picture would really help.

 

[Srt14292]

sorry alejandro i thought you were the OP when i replied, Silly of me, but glad to see I was thinking right when I replied first, as for the pastel I would have thought at 8 months the colour would be pretty determined? A picture would be helpfull, but it could just be a browned out pastel only way to tell for certain would be to test breed surely?