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Congratulations, Robin. I am sooooooooo jealous!!!!
You've got such a beaaaaaaautiful snake there! I see many gorgeous babies in your near future! :winner:

(And at such a GREAT price!)

RuLyn

Conga-rats, Robin, she is beautiful!! What a looker, and sounds like a sweetie! I like Keeva, personally ;) Something about the 'v" sound at the end there that has a nice ring to it to me and such a lovely meaning too.

$50 for a girl that size??!! wow..you got a steal!! I paid that much for my 250g female at a reptile show. and haven't seen any that size normals for sale lately.

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Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady

$50 for a girl that size??!! wow..you got a steal!! I paid that much for my 250g female at a reptile show. and haven't seen any that size normals for sale lately.

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That's the nice thing about pet store surrenders. The babies sell fast at $75 each while the adults languish there, because everyone wants a baby. They sell the adults for $50 each to try to move them out. If they only knew! ;)

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Originally Posted by rabernet

They sell the adults for $50 each to try to move them out. If they only knew! ;)

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Ssssshhhhhhh! Never let 'em find out!

I wish I could find these places...

I hear you I wish I could find them also.

Yep you need to get friendly and become known at your favorite pet stores. We picked up Brannagh and Orlah last fall at a pet store as surrenders. They'd both come in that week from seperate owners. We had them both probed...females! Brannagh was if I remember around 1,200 grams and Orlah was 907 grams. Got them both for $135.00 plus $35.00 at our vet for exams, sexing, etc. (just wanted to make sure they were females and healthy). Not a bad deal....$170.00 bucks for two nice sized females. They are now 2,200 and 1,700 grams.

Just make nice nice with your local pet stores (private ones if you can find them). Most could care less if you want males or females, they just want to move big ball pythons out as they don't sell near as well as the babies and cost more for the store to feed.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Just make nice nice with your local pet stores (private ones if you can find them). Most could care less if you want males or females, they just want to move big ball pythons out as they don't sell near as well as the babies and cost more for the store to feed.

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Yup! I quit arguing with these guys at this pet store regarding husbandry (was like talking to a brick wall) and instead started chatting up the owner about my future plans, built up his interest and turned him from "absolutely NOT, I will not let you probe any snakes here, you'll sterilize them!" to talking to him about needing females and buying any females he gets in and him saying he needed to buy a probe kit, but I told him I already had one, so he let me do it yesterday for the first time. I'm sure he was pleased to turn around a "free" ball python to him in less than 48 hours AND make a profit since he never had to feed it!

I don't know of a lot of people interested in breeding in the Atlanta area (or at least in my area), so I need to remember to give him my phone number to call me whenever he gets in large surrenders and keep my probes and carrying tub in the car! Win-win for both of us. He keeps turning around the big snakes in a short period of time, and I get to find close to breedable size females for me and some of my friends! ;)

K Robin finally got some quiet time so hopefully you've not named her yet since I promised more names lol....


Annie - as in lil orphan

Yatima - African for orphan

Odette - French, means something about happy home (happy to be home?)

Aine - Celtic for joy

Ayoka - African, means one who causes joy (I loved this meaning!)

Gili - Hebrew, means my joy or rejoice

Tatum - Old English means cheerful bringer of joy

Arva - Latin for fertile

Abie - Hebrew, mother of many

Abrianna - Hebrew, mother of many nations (such a pretty name!)

Leda - Greek for mother creator

There's a few for your consideration.