Price Differences

*I am not discussing the sale of any particular animal, just general market values*

Does anyone else think its odd how a labyrinth albino burm can go for under 300 but albino anything ball would be through the roof?(in comparison)

One factor may simply be demand. There are many more folks out there with the ability to house and care for a ball (or multiple balls) than folks that can house and care for even a single burmese.

If there were as many Albino Ball combo's running around as there are albino Burms the price wouldn't be much different.

things that help determine price are things like Number of eggs laid, of balls a big clutch is 10-15 for burms 20-30 is an average.

Albino Burms have been around since the 70's or 80's Albino Ball's since the early to mid 90's

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Albino ball combos are much harder to make. You may only get 4 to 6 eggs with balls compared to 20-60 + with burmese pythons. Theres a higher demand for ballsbecause there more of a "pet snake". burms cost more to feed and house and like I said they have a lot more babies and with everyone breeding them there prices are not going to stay high forever. Labyrinths have held there prices for a while now though. The albino labs have seemed to start getting cheaper but regular labs are still pretty firm at 300 + depending on genetics and apperance

I see. I assume it also probably has to do with there being less burm morphs, making them less rare. Also it seems to me that many people are mixing two or three morphs in a burm clutch, more so than people breeding for base morphs. Therefor making combos more common.

Is labyrinth codom or dom?

Like most burm mutations, labyrinth is recessive...

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Originally Posted by Russ Lawson

Like most burm mutations, labyrinth is recessive...

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Thank you, I had no idea.

Do I find that strange?

No.

Supply vs. Demand. It really is that simple.

Burmese pythons mature earlier, reproduce more readily, and produce a greater number of offspring per clutch.

Burmese pythons also suffer from a lack of popularity with the average herper due to their size as well, which puts them at a definite disadvantage price wise.

Also, the government is attacking the "large constrictor" market with a vengeance. Many people don't want to buy burmese pythons right now because they fear the repercussions.

I personally love burms, and put them much higher on my list of personal favorites than the ball python.

Hope that answers your question.

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Originally Posted by tomfromtheshade

Also, the government is attacking the "large constrictor" market with a vengeance. Many people don't want to buy burmese pythons right now because they fear the repercussions.

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What repercussions could there be? I don't imagine breeders being very adamant on betraying their customers if Uncle Sam came calling. And unless you told your insurance company, which is a bad idea(they'll just unnecessarily drive your payments up), there wouldn't be any proof of owning a big snake. Unless of course gov't agents went door to door.