Where to find a breeder?

I'm in the VERY early stages of planning an expansion to our BP family. Out of curiosity, I did a general google search for 'ball pythons for sale' and was totally blown away by pages and pages of BP sellers. I know what to look for in a good breeder (thanks to some awesome tips here!), but I have no idea how to sift through all the online breeders.

I see some names of breeders on here, and I tend to want to stick within this community because I've found more reliable info/advice here than anyplace else. Being relatively new to the world of BP's, I wouldn't want to be taken advantage of. Can anyone suggest a a solid group of established and reputable breeders (or a place where I can find a list of them)?

Here are the ones I've personally bought reptiles from:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ch...53699831355529
http://www.tuningforkreptile.com/

My reptiles came to me healthy and voracious eaters. :)

You know what, There are some great BP breeders right in your area. Tom Agosta of 8 Legs Plus I think is pretty close to you in Central Jersey. He's got some amazing animals and I've been very happy with the BPs I've gotten from him. Plus he's just an all around good guy to deal with. I plan on getting some hognoses from him very soon as well as more BPs. Also The White Plains NY reptile show is just 2 weeks away on September 11th. A lot of good breeders at that show, plus you can completely bypass shipping stress.

If I where to buy a snake from someone here... I'd pick rabernet. Slithern sister or Deborah.... not like I just picked all girls like me. :D :gj :

Look for people in your area that you can deal with face to face, then if you are lucky you will wind up with a group of people you can network with in the future:gj::gj:

Heather and Robin on here are great too.
Heather: http://www.heathersherps.com/
Robin: http://www.reptiliapacifica.com/

I've gotten two snakes from Robin and he has been wonderful!
Heather is very speedy on email replies and is great about answering questions.

Don't get discouraged if you look at different peoples webpages and see snakes that are out of your price range or aren't the morph your looking for. Most don't have all their available snakes up and posted. Drop them an email and find out. Good luck:)

Thanks so much for the replies! I'm really excited to start my research!

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Originally Posted by Chris633

You know what, There are some great BP breeders right in your area. Tom Agosta of 8 Legs Plus I think is pretty close to you in Central Jersey. He's got some amazing animals and I've been very happy with the BPs I've gotten from him. Plus he's just an all around good guy to deal with. I plan on getting some hognoses from him very soon as well as more BPs. Also The White Plains NY reptile show is just 2 weeks away on September 11th. A lot of good breeders at that show, plus you can completely bypass shipping stress.

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And Chris633, thanks so much for the tip! I'll be looking him up!

My advice no matter where or whom you buy from research the seller and one of the best place to do so is on the BOI http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...splay.php?f=13

Now as far as recommended breeders that are active participant on this forum here are a few I have personnaly done business with or hope to in the near future (and trust me I am picky when it comes whom I buy my animal from ;))

Robin @ http://robinsnestreptiles.com/
Ed @ http://www.wildmorphs.com/
Louis @ http://www.imageevent.com/cornerstonereptiles
Justin @ http://www.jkobylkareptiles.com/
Tim @ http://www.royalmorphz.com/
Heather @ http://www.heathersherps.com/
Albey @ http://www.albeysreptiles.com/
Colin @ http://ballpythonbreeder.com/
Tim @ http://www.baileyreptiles.com/
Sean @ http://www.exoticsbynature.com/
John Vandegrift member ID J.Vandegrift

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Originally Posted by Deborah

My advice no matter where or whom you buy from research the seller and one of the best place to do so is on the BOI http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...splay.php?f=13

Now as far as recommended breeders that are active participant on this forum here are a few I have personnaly done business with or hope to in the near future (and trust me I am picky when it comes whom I buy my animal from ;))

Robin @ http://robinsnestreptiles.com/
Ed @ http://www.wildmorphs.com/
Louis @ http://www.imageevent.com/cornerstonereptiles
Justin @ http://www.jkobylkareptiles.com/
Tim @ http://www.royalmorphz.com/
Heather @ http://www.heathersherps.com/
Albey @ http://www.albeysreptiles.com/
Colin @ http://ballpythonbreeder.com/
Tim @ http://www.baileyreptiles.com/
Sean @ http://www.exoticsbynature.com/
John Vandegrift member ID J.Vandegrift

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Wow, that's fantastic info!! Thanks a million!

i just bought a spider and a mojave about 2 weeks ago from dwayne bulat at dessert dweller reptiles and i am very happy with my purchase they are both great eaters i only fed them live once then they switched over to f/t for me with no problem(im waiting on my rats to have babies to feed live). they were packed great great and arrived safely. Dwayne replied to all of my emails within 24hrs(there were alot) and he was very polite and helpful.