Cheap balls?!

[Dextrad]

I'm looking to buy another ball python but I dont want another normal. What is the cheapest morph that actually looks good to buy? I know cheap and morph is hard to put in a sentence haha but I dont have much money to spend. Also where should I get it from? Is my local breeder the best idea or online?

[ARpythons]

pastels are probably your best option. shouldn't have too hard of a time finding a male for under $100. If your looking for a big difference from a normal then a spider male should also be right around the $100 mark.

[Dextrad]

Thanks ! I didn't know that was the price of spider's I always thought they were a lot more. There my favorite morph well for that price haha

[Mike41793]

Whats your definition of cheap? Whats your price range?

[chet1028]

There are tons of options for $150 or less. Pastel, Lemon Pastel, Pinstripe, Spider, Mojave, Lesser. I've seen all of these available for under $150. I bought a beautiful lemon pastel for $100 shipped. And he is awesome. My next favorite would probably be a pinstripe. But you have tons of options.

[darthkevin]

Not a fan of spiders. Pastels are great but that's my opinion


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[Davidsherps]

There are tons of options for $150 or less. Pastel, Lemon Pastel, Pinstripe, Spider, Mojave, Lesser. I've seen all of these available for under $150. I bought a beautiful lemon pastel for $100 shipped. And he is awesome. My next favorite would probably be a pinstripe. But you have tons of options.

I am curious to where you or the lemon pastel for that price shipped?

[BleedingOrange36]

The deals are out there.... I picked up a 1300gram male fire for 100$
He was off Craigslist from a local breeder.
I also picked up an f3 Nerd line lemon pastel 700grams and a gorgeous normal Dinker female 1300grams for 100$ for the pair. That's was another local sale.
The deals are out there, just be persistent. I have less than 300$ into my collection and have 11 snakes at the moment.

[1nstinct]

Cheap?
Well cheap for most people $100-$500-pastels,spiders,pins,pins,lessors,butters,albinos,hypos,bumble bees
Cheap for bill gates-bannana,coral glow,
whats cheap to you?

[h00blah]

To adress your other question of who to buy from, since you're looking for your first morph, if you're going to spend anywhere from $100 to $300, you might as well ensure you're guaranteed to buy a healthy animal from a trustworthy source. Justin Kobylka, Heather of Heather's Herps, Pacific Coast Reptiles.. Just to name a few lol.

Look around here: http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...play.php?f=499

Or here: http://market.kingsnake.com/index.php?cat=32

If you want to know if a specific breeder is reputable, you can post an inquiry in the inquiry section here: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/forum...iries-Feedback

Or here: http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...splay.php?f=13

For your first morph, I'd recommend a sweet sweet lesser or mojave female. I'm more leaning towards the lesser though, because you definitely can't mistake one for a normal! Even a "low quality" one. Lessers and butters are pretty much the same thing, so if you search for either one of those, you'll find a lot of replies.

I also agree with the above posters who suggested pastel ! Whenever I show my family or visitors a pastel, they're blown away at the pretty yellow coloration! Remember to pick out a NICE yellow pastel! With all the pastels being produced, there are some muddy brownish yellow pastels that will look like normals as adults. I suggest getting a pastel combo ball python. Pastel yellowbellies can be sweet looking. Bumblebees, pastel ghosts, super pastels.. All these are affordable, and sweet looking!