How much have you paid for ball python morph?

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

The most I have paid is $180, but the most I am willing to pay is $600. If they cost more then that, I would rather produce it myself :D

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thats wassup, thats wassup

My male Orange Ghost was $250 and just bought a pair of Het VPI Axanthic from Adam for $400. Once the Axanthics prove out, I will probably trade an Axanthic for something I am looking for. :gj:

I got my male pastel for 150.

Wow. You people are crazy! I was struggling to comprehend spending 50 on my normal. lol :cool:

I paid $2,500 for my pair of pieds... and I recently bought an 06' 0.1 Pin (1600g) and an 06' 0.1 VPI Axanthic (1300g) for $1,050. THat was a GREAT deal!!! Cant wait to breed my Pied male to both of them.

$350 plus tax for a female Mojave and my pockets are still hurting. In an earlier post, I saw someone mention Ralph Davis dealing with snakes selling for 90K to 270K. Let me just say this about Ralph Davis. I have complete respect for the guy. As a rookie to the Ball python scene I discovered him on Youtube and eventually contacted him to get my first ball python. I knew nothing about the ball python pricing market except for whatever Petco carried. Long story short, I went back and forth with Ralph on emails and pictures for a $200 pastel that he would ship to California for me. Even though I ended up getting a snake from another breeder, this guy actually took the time to talk and work with me. Now as a disclaimer for Ralph and myself, don't say that I told you to contact him or bug the hell out of him for a $200 snake. I'm just sharing this story. Anyhow, as my research on ball pythons continued, I soon discovered how "Big Time" and influential this guy is in our hobby/industry/lifestyle.:bow: Some day I will purchase a "Killer" from him, someday.... Sorry for the journal entry, but I gotta give credit where credit is due.:D

I paid $400 for my GORGEOUS male butter.

Now for the people that spend high dollars on snakes, I'm guessing you plan to breed them. Is the rationale: I will make my money back and more in the next couple seasons from this purchase? If so, how does it usually end up? Do people actually MAKE money, or this hobby just a big money pit :rofl: I'm getting some normal females for my butter with hopes of breeding and getting some baby butters in my future. I'm just wondering if there really is such a thing as an investment, and when it crosses the line from being "just" a hobby. I just can't imagine spending $20k on a female pied back in the day, who decides to NEVER breed, or doesn't produce good eggs. Or even worse, getting a snake who one day goes off feed and never starts again. Or dies for any other reason. It's hard enough when its a pet you care about, but something completely different when you have big $$$ invested.

I spent $800 on my bee, $250 on my pastel female and $200 on my male cinnamon. Saving up for a pied/clown next(possibly with a trade from the bee/pastel offspring(killerbee's).

$175 for a pastel

to answer the question on if you ever make your money back,i was listening to an interview with kevin from nerd,and brian from bhb,and brian brought that point up,and said for example,if you buy a lavender albino now,a high quality one for 10,000,and a het for 5,000,,in 2 years when you breed them,hets may only be 1,500,and lavenders,4,500,but sell 3 lavenders,and 2 hets,,and your even,,every year after that not matter price drop,is profit,

i paid 250 for my blonde pastel male,hes being bred with 3 girls,that i bought as breeder size girls for 30 each,,so for them pairing,in just animal costs i have 340,,plus figure 100 a year to feed each one,,640,,if i sell my blonde males for 125,females for 245,,i will make that back easily,,that is also the most i spent on a morph,,,250

but i also have a breeding deal,for atleast one lesser,,maybe more depending on what hatches,,for the 65 bucks it costed me to ship the female:)

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Originally Posted by RebelYell83

to answer the question on if you ever make your money back,i was listening to an interview with kevin from nerd,and brian from bhb,and brian brought that point up,and said for example,if you buy a lavender albino now,a high quality one for 10,000,and a het for 5,000,,in 2 years when you breed them,hets may only be 1,500,and lavenders,4,500,but sell 3 lavenders,and 2 hets,,and your even,,every year after that not matter price drop,is profit,

i paid 250 for my blonde pastel male,hes being bred with 3 girls,that i bought as breeder size girls for 30 each,,so for them pairing,in just animal costs i have 340,,plus figure 100 a year to feed each one,,640,,if i sell my blonde males for 125,females for 245,,i will make that back easily,,that is also the most i spent on a morph,,,250

but i also have a breeding deal,for atleast one lesser,,maybe more depending on what hatches,,for the 65 bucks it costed me to ship the female:)

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All true, but that doesnt take into account males not interested in breeding, girls that wont feed, girls that only throw slugs, etc. The "safe" thing is to buy groups of 2.3, but then things start getting really expensive :rofl: It's still taking a gamble if you are relying on making some of your money back in the next 2-4 years.

And its not ALL profit... electricity and RATS really start to add up :P

all of that is true,,,as i male a het butterscotch that wants nothing to with females,,,,they really need viagra for snakes,,,,

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Originally Posted by RebelYell83

all of that is true,,,as i male a het butterscotch that wants nothing to with females,,,,they really need viagra for snakes,,,,

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Have you tried any of the various tricks to get them interested? (putting two males with one female so their courting instincts kick in, or just putting sperm plugs from a breeder male in with your guy and gal so he senses the competition and gets to work?

i did the shed,,,thats the only one i've tried,,hes borderline on size,,and talking to another breeder,,,thier hets are late going and just now locking up,,so i think the combination is gonna put him out of the line up,,i might try a very late breeding with him in a couple months,,i just dont see him going right now,,and wanna bulk him up a little bit before i bother trying again

lets see my mojave was about 350
and my female lesser my god, she was 780
pricey but i didnt want the kind of snake the kid down da block can get

I remember in '05 my friend paying 1600 for a spider male hatchling :O oh man have prices crashed since

The pieds were the most...

I can now say my most I have spent over 1500.00 on one snake.

A breeder i know said he sold a pair of pieds for 20000 both were newborns.The man took out an extra morgage on his house to afford them.

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Originally Posted by tom s4wy3r

A breeder i know said he sold a pair of pieds for 20000 both were newborns.The man took out an extra morgage on his house to afford them.

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No snake is worth more than a grand to me. Not even the Banana ball or any other ball python that i love. In this hobby morphs drop quick in prices and its not worth losing that much money, theres a little thing called reality and self control that come into play.

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Originally Posted by Pulcher

No snake is worth more than a grand to me. Not even the Banana ball or any other ball python that i love. In this hobby morphs drop quick in prices and its not worth losing that much money, theres a little thing called reality and self control that come into play.

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wow wow buddy, this is a passion not just a hobby. if someone wants to pay alot of money for a snake they love its ok. its the same thing as somone paying to much for a nice car that just "looks cool" similar concept anyways.

my :twocents:

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Originally Posted by Pulcher

No snake is worth more than a grand to me. Not even the Banana ball or any other ball python that i love. In this hobby morphs drop quick in prices and its not worth losing that much money, theres a little thing called reality and self control that come into play.

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If I could pay 20K for a male like the banana would I???? Yes.. I got alot of females that would love a sexy snake like that and so what if the price drops by half. If you have 5 clutches of them in the bator you only have to produce to to recoup your money.

I think there are a few morphs that got kicked in the nuts before their time like the Enchi, Hypo, Axanthic. I'd like to see those three still about 1K each. But thats just me. :D

If I could afford it I would most definantly spend over 1K for some of my favorite morphs, such as the piebald or lavendar albino. But the most I've spent on a ball python is 300, and i paid 350 for a red blood python. Not to mention the thousands I've spent on housing and food. It's not a cheap hobby, but I don't mind spending my money on it. My family and friends think I'm insane.:gj:

I have spent 1800 twice this year on a pied female, and killerbee female, 1500 on a pied and some PH females, 1k on a breeder spider female, and no telling what else

ball pythons are expensive :P

I paid $1500 for a male pastel about about 5 years ago as a yearling proven breeder.
Personally I do like that the prices are coming down on some of the morphs.
Though I will have to agree with many of the other people, there are a lot of morphs that I feel should not be as cheap as they are or just had the bottom fall out on them...
That said, If I had the money and it was a new exceptional morph with great genetic potential and few specimens so I knew the market would not be flooded by the time I was producing said morph I don't think there would be a limit on what I would spend.

So when I hit the Mega Millions I am going to go on an extended road trip to all the great breeders and buy all the latest, greatest, awesome morphs and combos I want and live happily ever after in my Mansion with giant warehouse out back :gj:

i spent 1,400 and got a pewter male, lesser male, pastel female, 2 normal females

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

If I could pay 20K for a male like the banana would I???? Yes.. I got alot of females that would love a sexy snake like that and so what if the price drops by half. If you have 5 clutches of them in the bator you only have to produce to to recoup your money.

I think there are a few morphs that got kicked in the nuts before their time like the Enchi, Hypo, Axanthic. I'd like to see those three still about 1K each. But thats just me. :D

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I agree. Usually if you buy into a project snake that is very costly, because it is usually pretty uncommon you have the opportunity to recoup your initial investment even if the price drops by half.

The most expensive snake I've bought so far, is a mojave for $1000 in 2008. The same year I bought another mojave for $844

Breaks my heart to see what most people paid for a spider. :p I spent $750 on mine, which I bought in 2008..
Snakes are a bit more expensive in Europe than what they are in the US..

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Originally Posted by Argentra

I be Poor!! The most I've spent so far was nearly $400 for my 100% het Albino pair. The female alone was $300, and that was a markdown. :) I'm hoping to make that money back (and possibly more) next year with those two.

My pastel male was handed to me for nothing, and now he's doing so well I wouldn't have regretted paying $200 for him!

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Ok, update on this post!

I still be poor, but now I've spent $500 on my Albino male and $400 on my female spider. :D
That free rescued pastel is approaching two years old now and still has his bright colors! Slight chance I got a LEMON pastel! :gj:

That spending will be it for now... maybe if I get a kick butt job, I can afford the Super Cinny that my dearly beloved has taken a liking to. :D

What a busy thread. Diverse community of people, aren't we?

Ball pythons morphs represent a collision of passion, obsession, investment, speculation, accomplishment, delusion and exaltation. We all play within our own comfort level and there is a level for everybody.

$700.00 on a pair of mojaves is the most I have spent so far. Next year I am diving headlong into pieds so we will see how much I spend then.

bumble bee female 08
200 and xbox 360 lol

I haven't payed anything yet but some time soon here,...I will. It'll probably be some where between $600 - $1500 price range. Since the only three morphs I want right now are a Bumble Bee, Caramel and Pied. Neither are cheap and I'm considering breeding my own but on the other hand,...I'd rather just buy'em. More often than not by the time you breed your own, you have already paid for it anyway:rolleyes: depending on what you want. Between buying the hets, breeders, food and equipment (not to mention other things) over a 2-4 year period. 2 if you get lucky the first time around.

I'm still kicking myself for not buying that female Bumble Bee for 500 at an expo in Colorado a few years back:slamhead:

$1750.00 for my pied female. IMHO she's worth a lot more. If I had 10K a few years ago I would have brought a pied back then. Very sad to see the morph world has dropped in price to what it is today. They don't seem as "rare" anymore. Everyone and their brother has them now. Hell Petco has morph BP's now. I've seen Albinos, Spiders, Pastels. Wonder what their next morph BP will be that they sell.

I bought a brass ball for 675.00 plus shipping.

And the 08 1.1 of unrelated black pastels for 475.00 shipped.

but in total only 2035.00 not to bad for the collection that i have.

WOW ive read about 3 pages and i am shocked and amazed how much people pay for different morphs!!!!!!!!
no offense but i always thought snake breeding was kind of a redneck weirdo ;) thing, yes, i TOTALLY fall into this category. yano like waterboy or something but daaaang you guys are high class!!!
i cant even afford a dang used truck

My most expensive morphs have been pairs: $800 for a gorgeous VPI Axanthic male + het female pair, and $950 for a Red Axanthic male + het red female pair.

I've kicked around the idea of $1000 for a single snake, but I haven't made that jump just yet. I will need a male g-stripe in the next year, though, so that may break my record (though, the g-stripes are really coming down in price).

$400 for a pastel male, about 14in long at the time. Mind you this was in a pet shop so it was marked up since they hadn't produced him themselves.

That was before I discovered online snake shopping :oops:

i love ball pythons and i pump gas for a living lol, but i managed to get a decent collection in the past 2-3 years, i paid total for my racks and bps about 3k but the most on one snake would be a male lesser that came with a female pastel and two normals for 650$. i did do a trade 2 months ago to the same guy i bought the lesser and others, for a toshiba laptop (gave him the laptop then) and i am still waiting on one more snake to hatch. id guess the laptop is worth around 700$ but im getting a cinny female, 1.1 het albinos, and a spider male that should be hatching soon. i also dont mind trying to prove out my own hets as long as there from "bigger" breeders.

$160 for my spider shipped ;D

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Originally Posted by Beto510

$160 for my spider shipped ;D

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Where did you order it???

Bel. Asked 2500 paid 2k

Just paid $1,800.00 for a Sputter Ball (butter x spider) and $850.00 for a butter 100% het for Orange ghost. I also paid a nice bit of coin ($1,200.00)for some imports a few years back that have started proving out for me this year. Then my wife got a diamond ring.

Well I got my 2 male pastels from craiglist for a trade but I guess the trade value was 120$$ so I think that's pretty good. And now I'm proud yto say I got my dream snake . An albino on kingsnake for $400 shipped !!!!!! And it's a female!! Gonna get here Tuesday I ll put ics on arrival. Now I'm already thinking what's next?? Yb/moj/pin??? Not sure

i just bought my baby queen bee from jons jungle for 3200-- i believe he originally asked 3500. worth EVERY PENNY!

So far the highest Ive paid is $4600.00 for my bee and lucy. I did offer a breeder 10 grand for a breeding contract between one of my females to his male banana only asking for 1 banana offspring but was turned down. Now that Ive thought about it im kinda glad i was turned down. The least Ive paid was $35 for my 03 female.

I just bought a desert male for 3k. By far the most I've paid for a snake. But I have a lot of sweet plans for him in the future!

Deserts do a lot of awesome stuff to morphs and hets. Can't wait to get him breeding.

I just paid $575 for an Albino Male and a Spider Female both between 3 and 4 months old.

Wow. It's cool to read the beginning of this thread to see how much prices have changed!

The most I dropped on a BP was $520 for my Lesser Female.

The next pricey (for me!) was my '08 albino male - $450

very interesting...and a little scary!!!

Well we paid $500 for our bee and we just added a new butter.

She was a little bit more but she is a butter that is het for ghost. So we paid $550- clearly not the asking price but I have worked with this breeder before so he hooked us up.

If I had the $$ I would definetly get a pied from Marki Reptiles...super high orange...awesome examples