A good deal ???

[Mike3377]

OK, found a male pastel ball on CL for 50 bucks. Says he is 500 grams. Does this seem like an excellent deal to anyone else, or am I nuts ????

[GoFride]

Can you post a pic?

[Mike3377]

There we go..sorry it took a minute to do the save/copy/upload/copy paste bit.... lol

[Ryan Chin]

Do you get anything like the enclosure with the snake? if you can get that then i'd say sure. from the lighting in the picture the flash I think is making him show he colors well, I suspect in normal room lighting he look less than stellar for a pastel (brown) with some decent highlighting towards the belly. I guess it also depends what you like in pastel patterns, I think his is pretty cool since I usually don't like the pastel gene on its own, it's super busy and distorted from his upper 1/3rd up to his head. Head has ok blushing. I like how it looks like the patterns changes to a banded for the bottom 1/2 of the snake.

I would say $50 bucks is a good deal if you like the pastel, and I'm assuming you have plans for breeding him now?

I would also say to give him a thorough inspection first, since he is local ask to go on feeding day and watch him feed? Tell him you'll return in a couple days after it has digested to pick it up, if you still want it.

[Rob]

50 bucks is a fair price

[satomi325]

$50 is pretty average for that quality animal.

[MisterKyte]

It's a fine deal for what you're getting, which is an okay pastel, but I if you're planning to breed or anything, I think you should shoot for something of a nicer quality.

[Kodieh]

And as far as males go, 75 for a good quality one is pushing it. At least around my neck of the woods.

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[Mike3377]

I actually havent otten it yet, was kind of leary about the quality as well, just thought it seemed kind of low. But he does look kinda "half finished"

[Annarose15]

I would also say to give him a thorough inspection first, since he is local ask to go on feeding day and watch him feed? Tell him you'll return in a couple days after it has digested to pick it up, if you still want it.

You should always inspect a CL animal before you take it home. However, I would personally almost laugh at you, a stranger, if you thought you were going to come into my home and my collection to watch a snake of any price eat.