Funny ad........

[Jeff_Favelle]

"CB" baby Balls from Ghana? Okkkaaaaay then.

CB my a$$.

[brutus]

I guess CB could stand for captured babies?

[RandyRemington]

It seems there has been a progression of euphemisms to obscure the nature of the wild harvested ball pythons exported from Africa.

Terms such as "ch" for "captive hatched" neglect to mention that it's from eggs either dug up directly or from already bred females dug up. Then you have "farmed" but it's really more harvesting than actual farming which implies some sort of animal husbandry. For some time there have been those who corrupt "cb" to mean "captive born" rather than "captive bred". Of course regardless of if you consider pythons "born" or "hatched" both "captive born" and "captive hatched" leave out the difference between them and "captive bred" - where the breeding took place. I think it's the cooption of "cb" that lead to the term "cbb" for "captive bred and born".

[nita]

I've noticed lots now that claim CB for what usually is coined CH. Like Randy said unless it is CBB it is most likely not captive bred. Since bp's are hatched not born it is a wrongful statement anyway!! That should only apply to live birth animals if we get technical.

[Jeff_Favelle]

I agree folks!