Banana ball

I love the way the bananas look. Amyonr know how to get one and the cost? Anys pics off diff morphs made eith it

www.worldofballpythons.com has the entire morph list.
It has been down the last couple of days, but hopefully they have it up and running again soon.

Cost = Expensive. Very expensive

Very cool morph though! I'll be waiting a couple years before I get one

look to spend around 10-50k depending on male\female for a regular banana an add another to gene to it an your starting at around 20k last time i checked prices

Banana male posted on KS for $45k right now.

The prices for thrm are so high it makes no sense

...I'd rather have a house for that kind of $$ :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by dragonsong93

...I'd rather have a house for that kind of $$ :rolleyes:

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+1
I guess great minds think alike

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Originally Posted by dragonsong93

...I'd rather have a house for that kind of $$ :rolleyes:

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Or a new car. lol :gj:

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Originally Posted by bman123

The prices for thrm are so high it makes no sense

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Thats just the way it goes, right now bananas are owned and bred by the big guys. I would not expect anyone but a person making bp breeding their full time career afford, or would invest in one.
After all the hype (years from now) they will come down in price. This happens with every new morph (not all to the extent of a banana for example). Bananas just have A LOT of hype, they are very striking and have GREAT potential.
But we just have to sit back and watch for now.

there are some private collectors out there who have these snakes. like anything you gotta pay to play it just depends on how deep in your pockets your looking to go.

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Originally Posted by Orijin0XazN

Or a new car. lol :gj:

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But you can't put two cars in the garage and come home to six new cars ;)

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Originally Posted by Dave Green

But you can't put two cars in the garage and come home to six new cars ;)

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Well said! Call me crazy but I would rather spend 45k on a snake than a car!:gj:

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Originally Posted by Dave Green

But you can't put two cars in the garage and come home to six new cars ;)

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Textbook ball python breeding -win-
:gj:

I had to remove my "thanks" to add reputation instead. Just want everyone to know that I fully support that comment LOL

Dave nailed the head on that one. People see a 50k snake investment as crazy but when you think about it you take that one male an say breed him to 5-10 girl an you will make a huge profit off it. To me that seems like a no brainer. If i had the cash to buy a banana male you best believe i would buy it. material things are what ever to me id rather make money with a 50k snake than buy a 50 k car that will become 40k the second i leave the dealer.

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Originally Posted by BallsUnlimited

Dave nailed the head on that one. People see a 50k snake investment as crazy but when you think about it you take that one male an say breed him to 5-10 girl an you will make a huge profit off it. To me that seems like a no brainer. If i had the cash to buy a banana male you best believe i would buy it. material things are what ever to me id rather make money with a 50k snake than buy a 50 k car that will become 40k the second i leave the dealer.

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Hey that rhymes!

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Originally Posted by Andybill

Hey that rhymes!

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hahahaha i could be the next eminem......nahh prob not :rofl:

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Originally Posted by Dave Green

But you can't put two cars in the garage and come home to six new cars ;)

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That's what I always said to my friends! even my family lol

I still don't understand how they are still that expensive. It's a dominant gene that's been around 10 years (that we know of). Kevin just wants to produce every combo under the sun before he sells them. If you look on the NERD web site there are 2 snakes for sale one is a male pastel coral glow $65000 the other a female spider coral glow $19000. Absurd if you ask me, but I guess it's supply and demand.

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Originally Posted by ChrisS

I still don't understand how they are still that expensive. It's a dominant gene that's been around 10 years (that we know of). Kevin just wants to produce every combo under the sun before he sells them. If you look on the NERD web site there are 2 snakes for sale one is a male pastel coral glow $65000 the other a female spider coral glow $19000. Absurd if you ask me, but I guess it's supply and demand.

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I agree the price is unreal, but people keep paying for them and as long as that keeps up the price won fall. :(

The real trick to the banana morph is that they are sterile! 50k for a snake you cant breed!


Just kidding! (or am I?)

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Originally Posted by bman123

The prices for thrm are so high it makes no sense

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I wouldn't pay that much for them either, however the people who are paying those prices are doing this as a business. Ask any business person if they'll spend that kind of money on a new machine or a new truck or anything that has the potential to earn them some future profit and if it makes sense for them, they'll pay the money.

However, my personal opinion is that the price is still too high. There are so many out there now in private collections that I think the price will come down quicker then many might think and the people paying those kinds of prices now will be taking a lot longer to recoup their original investments then they may have planned on.

I guess we'll all just have to wait and see what happens. Some people will make money, some people won't and those of us who just like some cool new toys to play with will get them eventually.

Another reason the price is so high for males is because first generation bananas very rarely produce male offspring. Second generation male bananas generally produce high number of males and third is kind of unknown.

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Originally Posted by ZBP

third is kind of unknown.

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I don't know how true that is. I mean unknown to the general population sure, but a hand full of people surely have an idea. If the snake was proven genetic in 2002 as Kevin claims in his book then that means more than one season had gone into breeding to prove that. So I'm sure there are at least three or four generations of males. It's all about the money.

As I understand it, it's sex linked. With males costing a lot more than females because the produce mainly males. The females produce nearly all female, I believe it was three years before Kevin got a male that he produced. But like a lot of you said if I had the 50,000 and my wife would let me I would have one and buy a ton of normal females for him, the next year, all morph females.

Males cost 30k-50k for the males and 15k-20k for the females.
Theres a guy selling a proven Banana on Kingsnake for 45k.
Males are more expensive because you can breed it to 5 females and they can all produce a Banana.
While the female can produce Bananas one at a time.

-STEVE

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I'm late LOL.

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Originally Posted by angeluscorpion

As I understand it, it's sex linked. With males costing a lot more than females because the produce mainly males. The females produce nearly all female, I believe it was three years before Kevin got a male that he produced. But like a lot of you said if I had the 50,000 and my wife would let me I would have one and buy a ton of normal females for him, the next year, all morph females.

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I can not be sex-linked. In order to be sex-linked it has to be tied to either x or y chromosome. So if it's related to y it will only show in males never females. And if it's related to x it can only be females. So at first it was thought to be sex-linked but with producing males and females there is no possible way for it to be. And if I had the money to invest I sure would. But it bothers me that someone probably knows the answers but refuses to share to make more money. Am I mad at them wanting to make money? No. I'm mad that they can say we need to stick together as a community and help one another out especially with legislation, but they can keep secrets that would benefit the whole community. Sorry to get on my high horse but I had to get it out.

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Originally Posted by dragonsong93

...I'd rather have a house for that kind of $$ :rolleyes:

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Or loads of less-costy morphs. ;)