Re: Albino Burmese prices
Unless it was some other type of Albino, I'd say $450 is overpriced. Maybe it is valued at $450.00 by that seller, but whether he/she gets $450 is the real question.
I've seen many of these $450.00, soon $400, next week $375, two weeks down the road $325, one month latter $200 and so on until someone interested makes an offer. If after X amount of time no one makes an offer for the snake, they try and give it away. When that doesn't work they usually let it go anywhere they can.
Then again who knows, it maybe worth $450.00 to someone trying to breed. I myself wouldn't pay $450.00 for a snake that I could probably find for $100.00 with some patience. Whether those asking $100 or giving them away are being foolish, is beyond me! But I would assume if they could get $450 for them...why sell/give them away? I know based on local pet shops, herp shops and local papers getting rid of your burm is a task in itself, a task that usually ends up letting the animal free.
Most shops admit that within a 1-3 years most of these burm buyers try to return their purchase. When they refuse to take these Burms back, some just drop them off and make a run for it!! Others just release them in the everglades when no one will take them off their hands.
Re: Albino Burmese prices
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Originally Posted by ssscales
Most shops admit that within a 1-3 years most of these burm buyers try to return their purchase. When they refuse to take these Burms back, some just drop them off and make a run for it!! Others just release them in the everglades when no one will take them off their hands.
We have had a large amount of pet shops call us in the past to take the "big guys" off their hands after not being able to sell them. If we have space we may depending on the store, ethically if we take the snake it just gives them room to try and sell another big guy. But if we know the owner as we do on many occasions we make a deal that they are not to try and sell the big guys anymore. (some even stopped selling baby iguanas, after a long relationship with us).
In some cases we just do adoption counseling and they try and place the animal in a safe home. Which is always nice to see.
Anyhow in the long run if someone is interested in buying a large snake from a petshop try and think about why it is their in the first place.
I can almost guarantee that they didn't buy the animal from a wholesaler. (or pay money for the animal at all). The probability that it was abandoned on their doorstep is great.
Rusty
