Most adult ball pythons eat once every 7 to 14 days. Another reason people love ball pythons is their color. There are many types, called “morphs,” that come in different colors and patterns.

Hopcraft describes ball pythons as harmless, non-venomous snakes, bred for different patterns and colours. He hopes it's not a breeder dumping the exotic animals.

In the wild, ball pythons are usually brown and tan. In America, breeding them to produce eye-catching offspring has become a lucrative, frenetic, and—for some—troubling enterprise.

Ball pythons are popular in the pet trade and grow up to be about 4 feet in length. News. ... They have a similar pattern to the non-native and invasive Burmese pythons, ...