MetaMorph Reptiles LLC

11/07/2023

I havn't caught this girl locking since July 30th 2022 but she dropped a surprise for me today! 5 eggs with veins. Fingers crossed for a healthy clutch! Pairing was cinnapin Het-Albino X Firefly, Leopard, HRA.

16/06/2023

This is our updated list to include everything he had been holding back. The prices we have listed are per rack but obviously it is not firm, willing to break down

CB-70 5 high
ADULT FEMALE Black pastel pinstripe vanilla het ghost(onyx project)$300
ADULT FEMALE Cinnapin het albino(gargoyle project)$250
SUBADULT FEMALE black pastel spotnose(future onyx project)$265
SUBADULT MALE leopard pastel fire HRA(gargoyle and onyx project)$550
JUVENILE FEMALE Pastel OD Sugar $350

CB-70 5 high
ADULT FEMALE Super pastel spider $400 gravel/specter (paired with enchi freeway)
SUBADULT MALE Freeway $400
ADULT FEMALE Mahogany Calico het Albino (proven)$600
ADULT FEMALE Albino Pied(proven)$1250
ADULT MALE Mahogany dh Albino Pied $250

Vision 10 tub
ADULT FEMALE GHI firefly poss sapphire V $500
ADULT FEMALE hidden gene woma granite P $300
SUBADULT FEMALE Blade clown $500
SUBADULT FEMALE Butter Sucker(butter HGWG)$450
ADULT MALE black pastel specter/ yb $180
HATCHLING FEMALE hidden gene woma granite het clown $180
SUBADULT FEMALE Champaign Pastel poss dinker het ghost $360

16/06/2023

I know its been a long time since we've posted and I apologize for the inactivity. Unfortunately life has thrown me multiple curve balls, the biggest of which was being struck by another driver in early Dec. 2022. My pickup truck was totaled and the wreck has resulted in significant financial damage and personal injury. It put me out of commission through December and most of January, ruining my breeding schedule for 2023 and negatively impacting my rodent feeder colonies. I am still dealing with mental and physical complications from the accident, which make it difficult for me to continue to pursue my passion for breeding pythons with the same vigor as before. As a result I have decided that I must significantly downsize to make sure I can focus on personal health and family. I am making the bulk of my collection available for sale at reduced prices. I would like to thank all of you that follow my page and share my passion for my reptiles and I hope that I will be able to find a way to continue to contribute to the hobby in the future once I have established some stability following this turmoil. More posts with available animals and equipment to follow.

11/08/2022

Freshly shed babies!

05/08/2022

These slithers are currently available on Morphmarket. More to be posted in a few months as the new clutch grows out.

https://www.morphmarket.com/stores/metamorph/

Adult 0.1 Congo Pastel

Adult 1.0 Jigsaw 100% Het Pied
Adult 1.0 Orange Ghost
Adult 1.0 Black Pastel specter or YB

Subadult 1.0 Pastel Het Ghost

30/07/2022

Look at those little baby banana snoots!

30/07/2022

HGW Granite X Banana Clown clutch arriving soon!

20/07/2022

Caught some first timers in the act.

30/05/2022

Finally some good news after 3 dud clutches this year! Isolde pulled through and gave us a nice stack of 11 pearly whites with strong veins! I can finally move her into her more permanent vivarium setup!

30/03/2022

Ethel staying toasty.

29/12/2021

"Gib moar roach plz."

15/10/2021

Check out some of our 2020 acquisitions!

27/09/2021

Post baby shed family pics from Rhea and Gacey's clutch!

26/09/2021

Meet Grimshaw! He is a "black pastel, yellow belly or specter" ball python acquired from a hobby breeder in Oak Ridge, TN, sourced from Disturbed Reptiles in Annapolis, MD.

26/09/2021

11/09/2021

Decided to trim open Rheas clutch this morning since they were 2 days late and my partner was worried she felt rigored embryos.

Good news, they were all alive and Rhea proved out two clowns with gacey's headstamp! Bad news, my partners concerns were validated when we found a baby that formed beneath the yolk and a second badly deformed hatchling that had a spine like an accordian.

We were able to upright the one that was upside-down down before it punctured the amniotic sac, so thankfully it didnt drown. Unfortunately the deformed one was so badly kinked it didnt make it once it started absorbing the yolk. This is very likely another 3+ yr retained s***m botchup. The sire I've been pairing Rhea to for the past 2 years does not have any yellowbelly, enchi, or granite complex genes and it appears the kinked baby and the non-clowns may. Its been a rough and wacky year, these proven ladies keep drawing badly aged retained s***m :/

Seriously reconsidering my protocol for handling the induction of proven female breeders and planning to do a shakedown of the incubator to triple check there havnt been any hidden technical issues.

06/09/2021

Goofing around with Greta.

02/09/2021

Brea's three new babies just had their first shed!

26/08/2021

As with any hobby or career with animal husbandry, sometimes the reproduction process goes awry and there just isnt anything more you can do to save your babies. I was so excited this year when Ethel laid an 11 egg clutch after locking with my Mardi Gras. Unfortunately, I didnt know at the time that it'd take a gruesome turn. Out of the inital 11 eggs, 6 were non viable duds. They exhibited no vein development and began to decompose after 2 weeks. Then, out of the remaining 5, three more went bad in the 10 days leading up to the hatch date. Despite my best efforts to preserve these eggs, autopsies revealed there was little to be done. It seems Ethel had a split clutch this year. Two eggs were from Louis (the healthy ones) and the rest from at least two and a half year old retained s***m. This retained s***m was from a pairing to a Queenbee in 2018 with her prior owner. It seems this s***m did not age well and the three eggs that did develop embryos from it formed non-viable organisms. These poor babies suffered from severe spinal kinks and suffered from umbilical cord strangulation. For those of you interested, I have posted images of the non-viable embryos below. It is graphic and it is not a pleasant sight, but it is something to be aware of getting into the hobby.

26/08/2021

Looks like Amka might be glowing 🤔

23/08/2021

First clutch of 2021 is finally outta their eggs!

21/08/2021

Sadly, Ethels 10 egg clutch is down to just 4 eggs. 5 of the originals turned out to be duds with no veins. Following the "incubate until no debate" rule, they were separated and left in the incubator with antifungal treatment until they soured. Today, we lost one of the 5 that had good veins to what appears to be umbilical interference in embryonic development.

17/08/2021

Since Hamiche couldn't figure things out we are going with the backup pairing 🤷. Gonna start my triple hets project a year early, I guess.

17/08/2021

"Bloop" (Pastel, Congo, Het Ghost)

16/08/2021

These two are being all cuddly but no locks

08/08/2021

Greta is looking fabulous. Learned that watermelon or papaya pangea fruit mix for geckos, dubia roaches, and silkworms are her favorite foods.

10/07/2021

Rhea finally laid a clutch! Crossing my fingers her het clown proves out.

26/06/2021

Shes making herself at home.