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Originally Posted by Kodieh

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Something like this? :)

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Yep like that!!!

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Originally Posted by Phantomtip

This is what I mean. Some people think because they bred and hatched the animal its worth its weight in gold. I've seen some that over 300 for a tiny baby, almost what you would say a runt.

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And if that runt had the right genes and gender I would consider it a bargain, even if it was a mean little monster.

I've never heard of such a thing. :\

Het, short for heterozygous, means the snake carries the gene for a certain trait but doesn't display it.

Even the store owner for Reptile World is breeding/selling them. They've given him good clutches as far as I know.

Not sure where you had read this LOL

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Originally Posted by KayleighBrown

I've never heard of such a thing. :\

Het, short for heterozygous, means the snake carries the gene for a certain trait but doesn't display it.

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No, it doesn't. people make that mistake all the time. Heterozygous means that the alleles that make up the gene are different from each other. Hetero means 'different'. Homozygous means that the alleles that make up the gene are the same as each other. Homo means 'the same' And that's all it means. It has no bearing on whether or not a trait is recessive or dominant or co-dominant. A snake that carries a recessive trait carries the trait without displaying it.

Heterozygous also means its carrying one copy of a certain gene where as homozygous has two.

Pastel is het super pastel.
It carries one copy of the pastel gene and one normal. Super pastel has 2 pastel genes.

Het albino has one copy of the albino gene and one normal. Visual albino has 2 albino genes.

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Originally Posted by Naom9Anne

I would be like a kid in a sweet shop over in the US.

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Awesome.

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Originally Posted by Naom9Anne

I have just read through this and thought "He he he; you think your prices are high?!"

I'm in the UK: (all prices converted to dollars to help you guys :) ) most of these are breeders prices so miles cheaper than the rep stores!
My pastel was $285
Lesser was $360
Mojave was only $131 as I got him in a deal with the lesser; should have been $196
My het albino boy was $115
My bee, albino and het gs cost $575 I got them together. My albino by herself should have cost this!
Finally my spider was $164

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It's interesting what a difference time makes too. My Pastel was $700.00 ( a DEAL at the time), my lesser was around $1500.00 as was a female pinstripe that I got at the same time. (3 G's cash and trade) I spent a little over $1000.00 for a het albino male and 4-50% possible het females, about $400.00 on a mojave but only about $250.00 on a spider.

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Originally Posted by MarkS

It's interesting what a difference time makes too. My Pastel was $700.00 ( a DEAL at the time), my lesser was around $1500.00 as was a female pinstripe that I got at the same time. (3 G's cash and trade) I spent a little over $1000.00 for a het albino male and 4-50% possible het females, about $400.00 on a mojave but only about $250.00 on a spider.

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Hey Mark, what year were those prices that you purchased the animals? Always curious to learn that info since I just started 18 months or so ago.

I'm not really sure of the exact years, some were 10 years ago, some were only a couple. I do remember that I bought the pastel from Morph King Reptiles when they FIRST started up their business. I think I was one of their earliest customers. They've now been out of business for many years, dropping out amidst a flurry of controversy over market crashing prices.

A friend of mine bought a pair of het albinos a couple years ago for $500 and a pastel male for $200 the same year. This was about 3 yrs ago and my jaw dropped. I thought the normal girl my husband got me was expensive at $50. My yellow belly male I bought beginning of Dec was only $40 and he's a yearling. I am looking at those cinnamons and they are very pretty. I would love to pick up a female. Might wait for spring when there are some more females on the market. There are a ton of males but not as many females because people are holding on to them. I would like to get into the breeding but want to go slow with single gene beauties instead of plopping down a grand or two for a multi gene beauty. I really want a pied girl lol.:P

You're looking at between $163 to $325 here for a yellowbelly! And between $35 (hatchling male lowest price I have seen) and $114 for a normal here (breeder v shop prices)

The price difference is crazy across continents! Breeder's here are always a lot cheaper than the shops but in comparison to US prices they are still quite high. I'm more than happy to pay the prices for my babies though when I have the money :)

Some of the prices that people pay for different types of BP's are crazy! I'm brand new to having a BP and got my boy from a good friend who's a breeder. He just gave him to me because he knew it was going to be a pet and that I wasn't interested in breeding. It wasn't until a few weeks after I got him that I found out what he's worth. He's a pastel lesser yellow belly fader, and it was crazy to hear what he usually gets for them. I've been told that due to the "fader" aspect some people will pay thousands. I owe my friend a very nice dinner!

Make sure that is a champagne dinner! You lucky son of a ;) I would like photo's of this boy if you have any :)

I've managed to start making connections in the world now so I am getting better deals with mine at time goes on :)

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Originally Posted by Charge

Some of the prices that people pay for different types of BP's are crazy! I'm brand new to having a BP and got my boy from a good friend who's a breeder. He just gave him to me because he knew it was going to be a pet and that I wasn't interested in breeding. It wasn't until a few weeks after I got him that I found out what he's worth. He's a pastel lesser yellow belly fader, and it was crazy to hear what he usually gets for them. I've been told that due to the "fader" aspect some people will pay thousands. I owe my friend a very nice dinner!

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Wow good friend you have there, surf and turf anyone!!! :)

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A nice surf and turf with really good wine lol. Heck I would have taken the BP for free lol. They are beautiful. Good luck with the little one.

Does any one know how much a female spider goes for nowadays?

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Does any one know how much a female spider goes for nowadays?

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I'am not good at prices. I know a local breeder is selling females for $175 and males for $135, (babies)

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Originally Posted by kingkung

Does any one know how much a female spider goes for nowadays?

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Depending on the quality around $200

What do you look for in a good spider morph?

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Personally I like spiders with no spots and with a black back kind of 'barbed wire' look.

LOL some things just never change... blast from the past... let's go back eight years...
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Originally Posted by bcr229

LOL some things just never change... blast from the past... let's go back eight years...
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I bought my first male pastel for $250 18 months after this thread. In the thread somebody seemed to think that $600 for a female pastel was super cheap. I guess the prices being discussed really did drive down the market. I have some lemonbacks that I hope to breed next year and have some babies in 18 months (along with a blkEL if I'm lucky) and won't offer them super cheap but also won't ask a high price. I honestly keep my animals for the fun and not the money. Breeding rats is super cheap compared to buying them live and I sell some but it still doesn't pay for itself and I will breed for the fun of it and to make new combos and to trade for stuff that I don't have. That is just me and my opinion.