Cost of hobby / husbandry in Europe???

Ok long story short....
I'm moving and in 75% I'm going back to Europe
I'm originally from Poland but I wanna move to England or Ireland
And I have few questions
What are the basic costs of keeping ball pythons in Europe ?
I'm loking for average prices in EU or £ for
Tanks / Tubs / Racks
UHT
Bedding
Feeders ( mice rats )
And I'm looking for average prices for adult normals females and basic morph prices like pastel, spider, albino, yellowbelly
If you have any links for reptile supply pages and breeders in UK and Ireland that will be helpful to
THX
Rafal

Anyone???

Hi I'm Brian.

I actually also have polish roots, my mom is polish, and I speak polish. But I have never learned to write/read in polish. Anyway I live in Denmark and I have lived here my entire life. I'm 30 by the way.

I have one snake and it's an ivory bp - I paid 1.500€ for her (you can see her in my gallery). And she is living in a Herptek terrarium (120X70) and I paid 400€ for that terrarium. And heat, light, hides etc. around 200€. That is my example.. Oh yeah and I give her rats and I pay around 5€ for one rat.

But check out these links they will give you an idea about prices in EU:

http://www.terraristik.com/tb/list_classifieds.php

http://www.ms-reptilien.de/

http://www.lafermetropicale.com/home...age_new_uk.php

http://www.szrek.pl/ (polish link :))

http://www.eurofauna.com/

Hope this can help?!

And another thing.. Why do you want to move back to Europe??? Where I live I pay 50 cent in tax for every buck I earn! My car usually costs around 15.000$ but because of danish taxes I have paid 40.000$ for it! A gallon of fuel is how much around 1,60$? In Denmark it costs 4 times more! Yes 4 times! And the same goes for Poland - a gallon of fuel is about 4 times more expensive than in the US.

I love Florida and if I could I would move overthere tomorrow and stay there for the rest of my life :) But I don't know how to get a greencard? Anyone that will marry me for a couple of thousands:)

And let's not forget about the awful weather in Europe:)

Reading this I guess all you americans can see I really love United States:)

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Originally Posted by Darkwing_Angel

Ok long story short....
I'm moving and in 75% I'm going back to Europe
I'm originally from Poland but I wanna move to England or Ireland
And I have few questions
What are the basic costs of keeping ball pythons in Europe ?
I'm loking for average prices in EU or £ for
Tanks / Tubs / Racks
UHT
Bedding
Feeders ( mice rats )
And I'm looking for average prices for adult normals females and basic morph prices like pastel, spider, albino, yellowbelly
If you have any links for reptile supply pages and breeders in UK and Ireland that will be helpful to
THX
Rafal

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hey there , im actually in poland right now hahaha came to visit some family, they did have any ball pythons but he said for a ball its about 2000zł(aka)gold , and bro for a tokay gecko they want 300zł thats 90 dollars:O bedding is cheap fixtures cheap bulbs kinda expensive around 30 dollars for a typical spot bulb, and tanks are at a fair price 20gallon long 40 bucks, but thats all i found out anyway...just curious to no where form poland are u if u no?

paul

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Originally Posted by PiebaldFan

hey there , im actually in poland right now hahaha came to visit some family, they did have any ball pythons but he said for a ball its about 2000zł(aka)gold , and bro for a tokay gecko they want 300zł thats 90 dollars:O bedding is cheap fixtures cheap bulbs kinda expensive around 30 dollars for a typical spot bulb, and tanks are at a fair price 20gallon long 40 bucks, but thats all i found out anyway...just curious to no where form poland are u if u no?

paul

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Damm 2000 zl for normal bp :o that over 600$ :o
Hmm that's kind of crazy _cause its like average paycheck for a one month in Poland
I'm originally from Poznan its a 700000 people town in central/west Poland

Yes I know Europe is tough and this is why I moved to US but economy suck more and more so I'm forced to abandon this little hole wher I live in Florida

I think I'm gonna stay in US for a while but move to bigger city where possibilities of getting job are biger as well

And if so that let me keep as well my babies because I don't see how I can take with me to Europe lol

Any prices from UK and Ireland anyway just curious ?

Here are some very approximate prices for the UK, in pounds
Vision CB70 rack £778 (shipping is a killer) =$1261
Habistat pulse proportional thermostat £40-45 = $64-72
Bale of Aspen 13.6kg £20-25
Pastel balls 09's £200-400 =$325-$650
Spider Ball £300-400
Lesser platty £600 =$972
Bumblebee £800 =$1300
Yellowbelly £200(m)£400(f)
Pied £1200-1800
Albinos £450-600
Superstripes £5000 =$8100
Champagnes £2600 (F) £4900(m)


And with the pound being pretty weak at the moment, Hamm is no longer the bargain basement it used to be for us Brits -)

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Originally Posted by Brian Fobian

Reading this I guess all you americans can see I really love United States:)

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Many of us like it here too :D

A question to the europeans here: Is it true that it is illegal to feed live over there? I'm pretty sure at least I've heard that it's illegal in the UK.

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

A question to the europeans here: Is it true that it is illegal to feed live over there? I'm pretty sure at least I've heard that it's illegal in the UK.

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Its a bit of a grey area to be honest, the RSPCA (royal society for prevention of cruelty to animals) dont ban it, but it is kind of approved for feeding an animal that without live prey would die.
personally i only feed frozen thawed, i have around 30 balls and a dozen hognose's, and so far in all my years of keeping has not really been a big issue for me.
Its far easier to have a well stocked freezer, than have to look after loads of rodents.
I buy a few months food at a time, and it works for me.
many people breed their own, and feed live or fresh killed.
But i think us brits are probably not the norm, i think live is more common in other parts of europe.

Heres a link to one of our best reptile shops
http://www.crystalpalacereptiles.com/categories.php

It isn't just the financial cost you have to consider.

Add in the regulatory cost and the cost of being vulnerable to animal rights legislation and the RSPCA and then reconsider.

Take a look at the following sites to see the real problems in the UK:


RSPCA-Animadversion
http://cheetah.webtribe.net/~animadversion/

SHG
http://the-shg.org

RSPCA Injustice Blog
http://www.rspcainjustice.blogspot.com/

Sorry to bring up an old tread but i live in ireland and am just wondering does any1 have a link to a site where i can get a sanke rack as i cant find any that deliver to ireland

thanks

Hi,

Have you tried these guys?

I needed a closed rack though so I went down the self-build route.


dr del