Price you payed for your NORMAL BP...

I haven't read through this entire thread yet so someone may have imparted this great wisdom (?) on the readers already but.......

When I had my retail store "back in the day" it was not uncommon for someone to come in and look around and say something along the lines of "wow, wish I had come here first. I just paid twice as much somewhere else". 9 out of 10 times my response would be along the lines of "is it a nice, healthy animal that you felt was worth that at the time? If so you got a deal". Confused look........

Fact is in most case when not buying a "morph" for some highly elevated price you are going to (or should anyway) spend a bunch more on all of the supplies and housing than you will on the Ball Python itself. In fact in a relatively short time the food bill will catch or surpass the animal. So why not get the one you want that has all the right features. Good health, good color, good size, shape, temperment, sex, etc. etc. etc. and worry less about price? I have learned through my own experience time and again over the years to buy the best quality animal, whatever it is, I can afford at the time. Thats why I like to do the majority of my shopping at shows. There are seldom true bargains out there and nothing is free-especially if youre goal is breeding for fun or for profit. Spend the little extra and most of the time you will be rewarded down the line. Pretty, strong, healthy adults often make pretty, strong, healthy babies which will either sell faster for the same money and/or sell for more money than the "other guys" when the time comes. This holds especially true for the more expensive morphs or animals.

I don't advocate getting ripped off and there are certainly times when more expensive does not equal better, do your homework first! My point is once you get into the right market price range maybe sweat the details and the seller more than the price.

15 dollars each at an exotics store. Got them sexed right there after I chose.

$15 each for my two 65g hatchlings, and $15 for the 525g "rescue" (dumped off at Petco)

Just over a year old cost me $65. He's a great snake. Very friendly and loves to explore!

Most I ever paid was $90, least was $0.00 (free)....

Paid $15 ea for two 60 day old normal balls at all cleveland reptile show last weekend.

$3K for an unproven male but this hobby isn't exciting without taking the occasional risk.:D

I didn't 'pay' for her, per say... I traded for her. But if I had paid she would have been $40.

I got my first ball python online from AAA reptile supply (website doesnt work anymore dunno if they even exist anymore?) for $45, plus shipping brought it to about $80.

My second I got at the pet store I work at for $25.

I love them both dearly, they aren't "normal" to me :D

Uh i paid $80 for my normal baby ball...i think i got ripped off>_< all well shes a great snake only attemted (think it was more a scare because if she wanted she could got me easily)to bite me once during her shed when i held her at the store haha thats ok i hada snatch her up any way. But she seems nothing like the snakes you guys describe she loves roaming around exploreing EVERYTHING when i take her out

Got 3 females 2 in the 900'gr and 1 over 1000 gr for $150

I paid $80 for my first one. After that my other Bp and 2 boas were free. I prefer to try to help animals in need rather then buy them at a pet store. All are very great animals

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Originally Posted by Squishy Burrito

I paid $80 for my first one. After that my other Bp and 2 boas were free. I prefer to try to help animals in need rather then buy them at a pet store. All are very great animals

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You mean you went to an animal shelter or what?

18 a piece for two. Paid 40 for an atb, and 100 for a 7 foot breeder male rtb.

All of my normals I got from different places; however here are all my normals....

Shorty I got for $10
Ciaran was $50
And "Granite" she was a trade but would have been $70
My last little girl cost me $70

i got mine for 29.99$ store had huge number of Balls and needed to reduce the number . great deal noramlly 79$

I paid $3,000 for a normal male....don't ask.:( :mad:

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Originally Posted by bigrich0086

i got mine for 29.99$ store had huge number of Balls and needed to reduce the number . great deal noramlly 79$

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Petco has this sale every year, and they get more babies in for this sale. If they told you it was to reduce the number, they're not telling the truth.

I got my first pair of ball pythons for free from a friend who was moving. They grew on me so much that now my once varied reptile collection has turned into a ball python dominated collection. I've paid anywhere between 0 and 500 for a single normal or unproven animal, and they're worth every penny! :)

Hmm...my first was $60 I think, and the girl I just picked up at the Repticon was $35 and well worth it for both of them!

We're picking up 1.2 for $100

savanna was 69? (husband bought her, i was there but didnt pay attention to price)
caution was 60

they were labelled as orange reduced and fancy (boy was i an idiot to think that was somethign special lol)

Konjou cost me $40.

I paid 60, but he came with a decent size tank (36x18x10) a spare 10g tank, 2 UTH, 2 hides, some extra carpet, water dish, timer, and 2 lamps...the setup was kinda boring so I ended up dropping almost another 200 bucks just on a new setup..\/\/\/ before and after \/\/\/

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$30 - Pet Shop