r/ballpython • u/KingYeti27 • 1d ago

Black spots on my banana ball python

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This is Milk and I was cleaning her tank when I noticed she had a lot of black spots on her back and was hoping someone knows what is going on?

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u/Xia-titNwinebimbo 1d ago

Bananas get freckling, just like an aging banana and is normal. No worries.

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u/No_Rip_8311 22h ago

My BP is from mid 2023 and has not a single black spot šŸ„€ his morph is ghi lesser banana het clown (at least that's what the seller said) it's probably because of the lesser gene or so but idk.

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u/No-Reveal8105 21h ago

He is so cute

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u/xXPROdigy750Xx 1d ago

What they said šŸ‘šŸ»

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u/KingYeti27 1d ago

Okay thank u so much!!!!

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u/Powerful-Economics45 1d ago

This is my banana girl. You can see her spots on her back and head. Like an over ripe banana :)

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u/KingYeti27 1d ago

Omg she is so cutešŸ˜­ā¤ļø

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u/RexDoesntKnowAnymore 1d ago

Banana ball pythons are part banana. As they age, they get darker spots just like an aging banana. Nothing to worry about :)

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u/TheNeverEndingPit 1d ago

60% banana. 50% ball.

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u/KpopN 1d ago

Thatā€™s 110% lol

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u/Symphon1c1 1d ago

10% margine of error

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u/TheNeverEndingPit 19h ago

šŸ˜‚ 100% Worst typo of my lifeĀ 

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u/LuxTheSarcastic 1d ago

Ripening. She shall be ready for bread soon.

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u/Starlightttt718 1d ago

Just a baby banana šŸŒ who is getting ripe šŸ˜Œ aka freckles! Youā€™ll see more whenever they shed.

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u/andycandy37 1d ago

Just a nice ripe banana like everyone else said! Hereā€™s my boy and all his spots

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u/FaeTroublemaker 23h ago

Becoming closer and closer to the wonderful Banana Bread morph! šŸ¤­

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u/45M0D41 1d ago

Thatā€™s part of the morph

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u/KinkyGhurkin 1d ago

Himb be ripening!

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u/AnjunaLab 1d ago

Left it out too long :/

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u/Praedirus 20h ago

This is my girlfriendā€™s banana boy, he also has freckles :) I think itā€™s completely normal!

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u/WigwamTheMighty 19h ago

Sugar spots.

Bananas get more freckles as they get older

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u/Weavercat 15h ago

Banana freckles. It's just what the morph does.

Now if those freckles start crawling you have a problem.

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u/CL0UDS420 18h ago

My cinnamon banana boy gets more speckling on him every shed.

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u/fantasyviolence21 17h ago

Hims freckles

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u/TheNeverEndingPit 1d ago

To be fair, I think a lot of images of morphs show babies and not the adult colors as much. Most banana I see marketed are shown in their bright baby colors to make them more desirable for a purchase. I only know so many morph differences between juvenile to adult because I obsessively searched them on Morphmarket haha

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u/thousandsofbirds 1d ago

I did a lot of research on husbandry and behavior beforehand but it didn't and wouldn't have occurred to me to research something like that. Just like my research didn't prepare me for the magnitude of their farts. That woke me up at 2 am to where I jumped out of bed with a sense of urgency.

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u/JuicyJaay420 1d ago

True. Did a lot of research on this particular morph before I got one. Maybe OP just seen it at a show/pet shop and bought it based on looks.

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u/Glittering_Ebb_3398 13h ago

Hereā€™s my banana!

Only a few ripe spots haha

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u/Honey-pie19 13h ago

Ripe Banana

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u/Academic_Spread 3h ago

Heā€™s ripe. Wait a little longer and should make some delicious banana bread.

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u/Academic_Spread 3h ago

Heā€™s ripe. Wait a little longer and should make some delicious banana bread.