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Cheap balls?!

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  • 09-02-2012, 10:20 PM
    Dextrad
    Cheap balls?!
    I'm looking to buy another ball python but I dont want another normal. What is the cheapest morph that actually looks good to buy? I know cheap and morph is hard to put in a sentence haha but I dont have much money to spend. Also where should I get it from? Is my local breeder the best idea or online?
  • 09-02-2012, 10:32 PM
    ARpythons
    Re: Cheap balls?!
    pastels are probably your best option. shouldn't have too hard of a time finding a male for under $100. If your looking for a big difference from a normal then a spider male should also be right around the $100 mark.
  • 09-02-2012, 10:36 PM
    Dextrad
    Re: Cheap balls?!
    Thanks ! I didn't know that was the price of spider's I always thought they were a lot more. There my favorite morph well for that price haha
  • 09-02-2012, 10:54 PM
    Mike41793
    Whats your definition of cheap? Whats your price range?
  • 09-02-2012, 10:55 PM
    chet1028
    There are tons of options for $150 or less. Pastel, Lemon Pastel, Pinstripe, Spider, Mojave, Lesser. I've seen all of these available for under $150. I bought a beautiful lemon pastel for $100 shipped. And he is awesome. My next favorite would probably be a pinstripe. But you have tons of options.
  • 09-02-2012, 10:55 PM
    darthkevin
    Not a fan of spiders. Pastels are great but that's my opinion


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  • 09-02-2012, 10:57 PM
    Davidsherps
    Re: Cheap balls?!
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by chet1028 View Post
    There are tons of options for $150 or less. Pastel, Lemon Pastel, Pinstripe, Spider, Mojave, Lesser. I've seen all of these available for under $150. I bought a beautiful lemon pastel for $100 shipped. And he is awesome. My next favorite would probably be a pinstripe. But you have tons of options.

    I am curious to where you or the lemon pastel for that price shipped?
  • 09-02-2012, 11:27 PM
    BleedingOrange36
    The deals are out there.... I picked up a 1300gram male fire for 100$http://img.tapatalk.com/c6e4c89e-22c1-b774.jpg
    He was off Craigslist from a local breeder.
    I also picked up an f3 Nerd line lemon pastel 700grams and a gorgeous normal Dinker female 1300grams for 100$ for the pair. That's was another local sale. http://img.tapatalk.com/c6e4c89e-2344-f652.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/c6e4c89e-236c-e3b9.jpg
    The deals are out there, just be persistent. I have less than 300$ into my collection and have 11 snakes at the moment.
  • 09-03-2012, 12:07 AM
    1nstinct
    Cheap?
    Well cheap for most people $100-$500-pastels,spiders,pins,pins,lessors,butters,albinos,hypos,bumble bees
    Cheap for bill gates-bannana,coral glow,
    whats cheap to you?
  • 09-03-2012, 02:47 AM
    h00blah
    To adress your other question of who to buy from, since you're looking for your first morph, if you're going to spend anywhere from $100 to $300, you might as well ensure you're guaranteed to buy a healthy animal from a trustworthy source. Justin Kobylka, Heather of Heather's Herps, Pacific Coast Reptiles.. Just to name a few lol.

    Look around here: http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...play.php?f=499

    Or here: http://market.kingsnake.com/index.php?cat=32

    If you want to know if a specific breeder is reputable, you can post an inquiry in the inquiry section here: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/forum...iries-Feedback

    Or here: http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...splay.php?f=13

    For your first morph, I'd recommend a sweet sweet lesser or mojave female. I'm more leaning towards the lesser though, because you definitely can't mistake one for a normal! Even a "low quality" one. Lessers and butters are pretty much the same thing, so if you search for either one of those, you'll find a lot of replies.

    I also agree with the above posters who suggested pastel :gj:! Whenever I show my family or visitors a pastel, they're blown away at the pretty yellow coloration! Remember to pick out a NICE yellow pastel! With all the pastels being produced, there are some muddy brownish yellow pastels that will look like normals as adults. I suggest getting a pastel combo ball python. Pastel yellowbellies can be sweet looking. Bumblebees, pastel ghosts, super pastels.. All these are affordable, and sweet looking!
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