Albino Burmese prices

I have a friend who has an albino burmese python he wants to sell. I've seen it, and s/he is gorgeous. bout 4 years old, yellow and white all around. bit of an attitute...but mose burmese are like that right? So, he tried to sell it to me for pretty cheap...I don't have the time for reptiles at the moment but i told him i'd do some research and find out what he could sell it for. He hasn't had it sexed yet, so i'm curious what would be a good selling price for both males and females. I would say about 1500 grams...wild guess...Thanks.

Unfortunately Burms, even albino Burms, are relatively common. He could probably get between $150 to $250 for it. One reason for their low cost is that they can lay a lot of eggs, and there aren't too many people that are willing to take care of them once they get large. Many people will buy them on impulse when they are small, but have a difficult time finding a home for them later on. You can find out some current prices by checking out Kingsnake.com and Reptileauctions.com.

Burms should NOT have an attitude. An albino burm that is aggressive (especially it it's a male) is going to be hard to place. Most burms are puppy dog tame.

A 4 year old burm that's 1500 grams? Uh.. that can't be right. My 8 month old burm is at LEAST 900 grams. A 4 year old burm would usually be over 10' long.

I've seen Albino Burms for as low as $75.00 to as high as $225.00. The thing is as Shelby mentioned, Burms and Albino Burms are very common.

You find them at every pet shop here in So FL from $75.00-$150.00 and sometimes you'll see them in local newspaper classifieds "Burmese Python 5ft-12ft for $100" or "Free to good home w/cage".

I've also never met a Burm with a bad attitude, Burms are usually very docile and calm with minimal handling.

Why is this thread about burms in the general boa forum ??

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Originally Posted by Brandon.O

Why is this thread about burms in the general boa forum ??

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Obviously it's an error ... no big deal. ;)

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Obviously it's an error ... no big deal. ;)

-adam

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Oversight adressed.


Danke!

uh yeah my mistake...i knew it should have been in the pythons forums. sorry. but thanks for the adjustment.

Like i said, it was a wild guess as to its age and weight. I've never had a burm nor do i know very much about them...i just wanted to know prices...and found the answer i was looking for..thank you all!

i was looking at albino burms im pretty intersted in buying one but they get to big.on most of the sights for a nice albino burm it was 450$! so were they overpriced or what?

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Unfortunately Burms, even albino Burms, are relatively common. He could probably get between $150 to $250 for it. One reason for their low cost is that they can lay a lot of eggs, and there aren't too many people that are willing to take care of them once they get large. Many people will buy them on impulse when they are small, but have a difficult time finding a home for them later on. You can find out some current prices by checking out Kingsnake.com and Reptileauctions.com.

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Unless it was a really big female or het for another more valuable morph, $450 is quite pricey.

Unless it was some other type of Albino, I'd say $450 is overpriced. Maybe it is valued at $450.00 by that seller, but whether he/she gets $450 is the real question.

I've seen many of these $450.00, soon $400, next week $375, two weeks down the road $325, one month latter $200 and so on until someone interested makes an offer. If after X amount of time no one makes an offer for the snake, they try and give it away. When that doesn't work they usually let it go anywhere they can.

Then again who knows, it maybe worth $450.00 to someone trying to breed. I myself wouldn't pay $450.00 for a snake that I could probably find for $100.00 with some patience. Whether those asking $100 or giving them away are being foolish, is beyond me! But I would assume if they could get $450 for them...why sell/give them away? I know based on local pet shops, herp shops and local papers getting rid of your burm is a task in itself, a task that usually ends up letting the animal free.

Most shops admit that within a 1-3 years most of these burm buyers try to return their purchase. When they refuse to take these Burms back, some just drop them off and make a run for it!! Others just release them in the everglades when no one will take them off their hands.

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Most shops admit that within a 1-3 years most of these burm buyers try to return their purchase. When they refuse to take these Burms back, some just drop them off and make a run for it!! Others just release them in the everglades when no one will take them off their hands.

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We have had a large amount of pet shops call us in the past to take the "big guys" off their hands after not being able to sell them. If we have space we may depending on the store, ethically if we take the snake it just gives them room to try and sell another big guy. But if we know the owner as we do on many occasions we make a deal that they are not to try and sell the big guys anymore. (some even stopped selling baby iguanas, after a long relationship with us).
In some cases we just do adoption counseling and they try and place the animal in a safe home. Which is always nice to see.
Anyhow in the long run if someone is interested in buying a large snake from a petshop try and think about why it is their in the first place.
I can almost guarantee that they didn't buy the animal from a wholesaler. (or pay money for the animal at all). The probability that it was abandoned on their doorstep is great.
Rusty