Hey, guys. im wondering what my snakes would be worth..

[phantommaggot]

I have a 1.1 pair of unrelated graz pastels that absolutely beautiful
they were born last year, and eat like beasts.

also have 2 breed ready females. one seems to be a reduced pattern.

ill try to get some pics up, but what would a group like that sell for.

i know what i have invested... lol..


thanks..

[Sausage]

Well, I'm probably wrong, but I'll put a guess in at about $2700-3500.

[ECLARK]

Hmmmmmm. :eek:

[lord jackel]

Without pictures and weights this is an impossible question. I have seen pastels go for $250 to over $1200+. It all depends on the quality of the pastels and how soon they could breed.


And the most important part...what is the buyer willing to pay. They are only worth what someone will give you. A high quality snake from a well known breeder (reputation can be worth more than the snake) will go for much more than an average snake from a relative nobody.

[wolfy-hound]

weights matter a lot. Sean is correct, it varies wildly.
Adult females probaly $200+ each, depends.
A pair of pastels that are subadults might be $2K+
But it depends. Maybe less, maybe more.
Wolfy

[JLC]

.... They are only worth what someone will give you. ....

I think that's backwards. They are worth what the seller is willing to take for them. If the seller wants $5000 and doesn't want to let them go for any less than that...then that is what they are worth. Because it's worth it to the seller to keep them if he/she can't get $5000. Make sense?

If a seller is desperate to get rid of snakes, that makes them worth a lot less....but whatever that worth is, is determined only by the willingness of the seller to part with them.

[lord jackel]

I think that's backwards. They are worth what the seller is willing to take for them. If the seller wants $5000 and doesn't want to let them go for any less than that...then that is what they are worth. Because it's worth it to the seller to keep them if he/she can't get $5000. Make sense?

If a seller is desperate to get rid of snakes, that makes them worth a lot less....but whatever that worth is, is determined only by the willingness of the seller to part with them.

I would agree with you Judy if it was a question that I was asking myself...(like how much are my snakes worth to me)...but since this person is asking others for their "worth"...he is clearly asking about a selling price as you point out WE cannot provide "worth" to him...only a market value.

[wolfy-hound]

Ahhh... that also depends. If he is looking for a selling price, that's different than a "value" price.
A particular morph might only sell for $xx, but if it's part of a breeding project that you are really into, then it's worth more than that to you. A female that is a good eater for you might be worth more to you than another similar snake that is more picky. Worth to YOU will always be difficult to quantify for others.
I adore my pied carriers for what they will produce, and it really killed me to sell my visable pied. The selling price was much lower than her worth to me, but I HAD to have funds immediately.
Wolfy

[lord jackel]

Ahhh... that also depends. If he is looking for a selling price, that's different than a "value" price.
A particular morph might only sell for $xx, but if it's part of a breeding project that you are really into, then it's worth more than that to you. A female that is a good eater for you might be worth more to you than another similar snake that is more picky. Worth to YOU will always be difficult to quantify for others.
I adore my pied carriers for what they will produce, and it really killed me to sell my visable pied. The selling price was much lower than her worth to me, but I HAD to have funds immediately.
Wolfy

--scratches head -- I think we are saying the same thing.

Value or Worth are in the eyes of the owner - based on likes/dislikes, potential plans, etc.

Market Value or Selling Price - are in the eyes of the community at larger or purchaser - MV being what you typically see a similar snake listed at and SP what someone has paid for a similar snake in the past.

There is one more option and that is a buyer adding "value or worth" based on their needs. Here a person may be willing to pay higher then market value because of likes or potential plans.

[phantommaggot]

how would i go about weighing them.
well.. more like, would wal-mart, or raido shack have a scale..

ill get pics tomorrow, my camera sucks, so ill use my buddy tommys.

low down on the females,
normals,
one is CB, and eats like a vacuum. also has a puppy dog personality.
she is just coming into breeding size, should be breedable this year

the other is a wild caught, she was free with the purchase of the other one.
she was eating fine for the previous owner, but has been really hard to feed for me.

she is a little bigger than the other female.

i wanted to breed pastels untill i could breed a super, then i was gonna sell alot of them anyways, breed supers and pastels.
pastels are falling tho, and school is making my snake keeping time tight.
so im consididiring selling them.

hell i figured all togethr theyd only be worth 800
but if i can get 1500-2000 id be super excited.