Need help to identify what kind of BP I had?

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Originally Posted by Firebelly

Damn it! I just cant believed the salesman did that to me:mad: Anyway, they have some really nice BP just came in yesterday. I am going in for a trade in. Thanks..

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What exactly did they do to you? Maybe clear that up.

I am reading that you thought it was something, but did THEY tell it was something that it was not?

Bruce

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Originally Posted by Soterios

He was saying he would be willing to pay that much for those snakes.

He wasn't saying that's what they're worth.

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Yep, exactly my point. Thanks Soterios.

The reptile store a few miles down is selling a baby female albino for $750, a male pastel for $250, and a male mojave for $400. I know we could get those bp's cheaper from a breeder because we got a normal male western hognose from the same store for $140 which is priced at $50-$75 from a breeder.

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Originally Posted by Bruce Whitehead

What exactly did they do to you? Maybe clear that up.

I am reading that you thought it was something, but did THEY tell it was something that it was not?

Bruce

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Yea THEY did tell me that she was a Pastel in the first place. Maybe I ask for some compensation for another purchase and keep her. After all she is still a nice little one.. :)

just a normal, but a good looking normal

I think sometimes people that have minimal knowledge of any area misuse words all the time.

Perhaps the employee used pastel as an adjective? As in this is a nice pastel (colored) snake.

I guess I just am not sure why you posted a pic asking what kind of snake it was vs introducing your new pastel (if you were sold a pastel and believed that is what you had bought)? I hate to err on the side of any petstore, but just seems that the tone of the thread changed pretty quickly to you being ripped off, vs. you simply overpaying for something on the assumption it was something else.

Bruce

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Originally Posted by Bruce Whitehead

I think sometimes people that have minimal knowledge of any area misuse words all the time.

Perhaps the employee used pastel as an adjective? As in this is a nice pastel (colored) snake.

I guess I just am not sure why you posted a pic asking what kind of snake it was vs introducing your new pastel (if you were sold a pastel and believed that is what you had bought)? I hate to err on the side of any petstore, but just seems that the tone of the thread changed pretty quickly to you being ripped off, vs. you simply overpaying for something on the assumption it was something else.

Bruce

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Hey Bruce, I really appreciated your opinions and is just that the geographic location where I have limited access to live stock for comparison unlike in the State and other part of the world. Joining this forum and understand from reading and asking is the only way help me to understand better on this magnificent creator. I do like the snake in the first place without knowing what breed it is but just BP and I bought it.

As I start reading more from various links and understand better I start questioning if the seller was “ripping or “overpaying” so I posted the pics and asked. Thats right she is female, maybe I should consider her pairing her up? Now I need to be careful in selecting the right breed male to get for the expected offspring result.. Time to do some study and reading what ??? + Normal= ??
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If you have limited access to BP's where you are (not sure what part of the world you are in), then $250 may not have been an outrageous price to pay - it's supply and demand. Ball pythons are more in Europe and may be even more in other parts of the world.

I'm still unclear if the store sold her to you AS a pastel though? Because Bruce is right, it doesn't make sense you'd buy what you thought was a pastel then ask what yours is.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

If you have limited access to BP's where you are (not sure what part of the world you are in), then $250 may not have been an outrageous price to pay - it's supply and demand. Ball pythons are more in Europe and may be even more in other parts of the world.

I'm still unclear if the store sold her to you AS a pastel though? Because Bruce is right, it doesn't make sense you'd buy what you thought was a pastel then ask what yours is.

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I did a little study before the purchased and thought it was pastel base on the store info and my limited knowledge. I tried to distinguish looking at pictures and reading from the web but I still have doubt about it. Maybe is my English that is causing the confusion here. :)

that is a very pretty ball, nice bright colors, i'm sure at breeding size many people starting out wouldn't be shy to breed him/her? with some sort of morph into a nice start, perhaps a pastel, spiders, etc to achieve an even more spectacular snake :). what would make this snake a true pastel (which i am assuming is what you had in mind to question) would be more of a fade in the center the darker spots? other explanations for him why this isn't a true pastel ball?

others were posting as i posted last, on an afterthought though, you really never are limited as right now you are surrounded by breeders that are capable of carefully shipping your next ball python ;)