Reasonable pricing on spider ball?

I love the pattern of spiders and was just wondering on a rough estimate on how much a 'basic' spider goes for

CRBE(canadian reptile breeders expo) is sept 13/14th and I'm looking to get my first ball. Although it may be smarter to just get a cheaper normal as a first one.. I love the pattern on spiders and I don't want to over spend on one as it would be my first and I have no experience in pricing of them.

Appreciate any help I receive.
Thanks.

I got a male spider for 70$

well damn that was a fast response lol... have prices dropped that fast? I went to an expo where I live and december and remember seeing spiders for like two-300$... unless they had other morph traits as well but it was only labelled 'spider'

They should be cheap, especially at an expo. I would say 50-60 for a hatching male and maybe 75-90 for a female. Make sure to research the spider wobble and to ask the breeder you buy from the extent of the wobble in any spiders that you are interested in before making a purchase.

Yea i was very cautious in buying him he had no wobble

interesting... never even heard of the wobble before.. seems like an odd little trait. Of course it would happen to be a common thing in the kind of ball that I like.. lol

I suppose it can be fatal?

It depends ppl saybit can be but only in VERY severe cases where they cant eat but its very rare to see it that bad

It's not a deal breaker, just something to be wary of. I own a spider female and she's fine.

Yea i have a female normal that has a little wobble and its nothing bad. Only when she gets excited lol.

haha well maybe as a first ball it wouldnt be the best choice.. as I would probably worry way to much.

Are there any other nice looking morphs that are like 0-two hundred $ range.. i suppose pastels are cheap, dunno what else


Sorry for questions(feel like a complete noob in this)

Also this is just going to be a personal pet.. I have no intention of ever breeding them so really even a cheap low end morph works even if "less desired" in the trade

Best option is hit up the autions i got all my morphs off them and most ive paid is 150 for a pog i just got a lemonblast 100% het og for 145 tonight

It's all personal preference. You could probably get an albino male for $200 at an expo. I'd just go with whatever appeals to you. Maybe a pinstripe? They're kind of similar to spiders.

Yea pins are nice deserts are nice especially if you dont plan on breeding you can get females fpr a song because they are inherently infertile

My buddy just picked up a Spider for $50. I about flipped when he showed me and told me how much he paid. Sometimes you find a good deal. Wish I had a pic. Beautiful snake very clean well defined pattern though.

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...15659f043b.jpg This is my spider male

For under $200 I would look for a mojave, desert(pet only), fire, maybe a male bumblebee hatchling. There's some nice options out there just need to do your research and shop around

If your patient and look hard, I'm sure you can local breeders, they often are much cheaper!
I regularly see good looking morphs around here for less than $200!
These people aren't always the most trustworthy, sometime they are great!

I stalk Craigslist, and see many snakes that people but as pets and then need to get rid of...I haven't had the money myself but recently I found a nice '13 firefly male for $150 with cage, '14 bumblebee male for $150, there's also a breeder that's downsizing and has about 20 snakes to unload, most are under $200, and they're way under market price! Yyellowbelly a for 60-80, granites for 100, Mojaves for $100.

Buying snakes from pet owners has pros and cons, but you can defiantly get a bigger snake for less, which is a good thing for beginners, hatchlings can be tough for an inexperienced keeper to raise, a year old snake is more likely to be a good eater...

Id say to just keep doing homework, decide what you like before this expo, that way you can be an informed consumer, you'll always do better as an informed consumer, you'll pick a better snake and likely get a better deal!

good luck

yea ive pretty much jsut gotta set up the tank and dial in the temps... getting my thermostat fmo amazon roughly on the 29th... probably gunna pick up a heat mat/che/fixture this weekend or next week @ some point to finish everything to get temps set.

So far the ones that you guys are saying i can get frmo 200-.. I still love those spiders.. but the wobble concerns me a bit lol.
But mojave and pastels are nice too. I figure ill just go to the expo, look around and if one that isnt a spider or pastel/mojave/w.e isnt what i know about, yet i like the look of, ill just go with that lol. the best part of having no breeding plans is to just go for whatever pattern i like, not what i think will sell back i suppose :P

also, if any of you are canadian, can you recommend me a good therm/hydrog combo.. since the accurites every1 reccomends on here are not available here for some reason.. i saw someone recommend this:
http://homehardware.ca/en/rec/index....rmometer&Num=0
but I have no idea if it is accurate or not