Subadult female pied price??

How much is a female 900gram pied worth?

I know it's quite a bit. My estimate would be like $1200 AT LEAST because hatchling females run from $600-$900

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Originally Posted by SnowShredder

I know it's quite a bit. My estimate would be like $1200 AT LEAST because hatchling females run from $600-$900

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Also depends on the level of white.

Typically, high whites are more expensive.

She is about 60%

For breeding purposes I could care less about the level of white. Low whites will throw just as high white babies as anything. Even a Het Pied will throw nice whites while a pair of high whites can throw low whites just as easy as anything.

I paid $1250 for a 2010, 960g female in Daytona last August. She reached 1800g no problem and was bred this year. Hatchlings were going for ~$600- $700. She has ovulated and should shed soon.

What year is she and what is her diet? If she's a 2011 she is eating good and probably a good deal. If she is a 2010 or older I would pass as she is probably a picky eater or a mouser at 900g. For comparison my 2011 Pied is 1150g before eating last night. I have other early 2012 morphs at 600-900g as of now. A 0.1 Super Pastel Daytona pickup from last year as a hatchling is 900g now.

There is always a story behind why someone is selling off a 900g Pied girl that will likely go this fall.

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Originally Posted by coreydelong

For breeding purposes I could care less about the level of white. Low whites will throw just as high white babies as anything. Even a Het Pied will throw nice whites while a pair of high whites can throw low whites just as easy as anything.

I paid $1250 for a 2010, 960g female in Daytona last August. She reached 1800g no problem and was bred this year. Hatchlings were going for ~$600- $700. She has ovulated and should shed soon.

What year is she and what is her diet? If she's a 2011 she is eating good and probably a good deal. If she is a 2010 or older I would pass as she is probably a picky eater or a mouser at 900g. For comparison my 2011 Pied is 1150g before eating last night. I have other early 2012 morphs at 600-900g as of now. A 0.1 Super Pastel Daytona pickup from last year as a hatchling is 900g now.

There is always a story behind why someone is selling off a 900g Pied girl that will likely go this fall.

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what does being a mouser have to do with her weight?

She's a 2011 I bought her for 850 shipped. I am going to give her a few more months to switch to frozen and if she doesn't I'm going to sell her. I love her color and pattern, but finding live is a pain.

Being a mouser means they are likely harder to feed and very slow growers unless .I happened to have bought a pied female in this current state,it hadnt really crossed my mind that that might have been the reason she was being sold at the price she went for.shes not underfed or skinny but she is over 2yrs old and not even 900 g

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Originally Posted by don15681

what does being a mouser have to do with her weight?

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Mousers are generally underweight for their age and difficult to switch to rats at that age. Mice are like candy. A small/medium rat at 80- 100g would require 3-4 mice to be an equivalent meal. That's a pain to me and not worth the risk or hassle no matter the price.

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Originally Posted by coreydelong

Mousers are generally underweight for their age and difficult to switch to rats at that age. Mice are like candy. A small/medium rat at 80- 100g would require 3-4 mice to be an equivalent meal. That's a pain to me and not worth the risk or hassle no matter the price.

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my biggest female was a mouser, she didn't switch to rats until she was over 3000 grams and it didn't take her long to get there. I had a female pied that laid eggs and the eggs hatched before she was 2 years old. a mouser. I have several other females that didn't switch to rats until they were over 3000 grams. most will switch on their own. I see this with other breeders I know. their big thing is to switch a snake over to rats. I understand it's easier to feed one rat compare to a few mice, and cheaper (not in the long run). but I see snakes that grow slower as they are now feeding on rodents they don't prefer. and their eating isn't as strong as it was before the switch. I wish all my young b.p.'s would go on rats and do well on rats, some do but many don't. I feed my ball pythons what they do well on. once a mouser always a mouser don't believe this. I never had a mouser that was "generally underweight". a snake is "generally underweight" because of the owner not because it's a mouser. if your snake does well on rats thats the reason to make the switch, not because it's cheaper.


here's one of my mousers, it's the normal in the pic. and she's over 5000 grams


http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...ormal_no_2.jpg