Ball pythons are among the most popular of all pet snakes, and they make interesting pets for both beginning herp hobbyists and professional breeders. Written by a respected breeder of ball pythons, this book covers a wide variety of key topics such as housing, nutrition, health care, breeding, and genetics. It also contains an in-depth discussion of how to produce several colors of ball pythonssuch as albino, spider, piebald, clown, and pasteland includes photos of most ball python varieties and pattern variations.