How much have you paid for ball python morph?

[Skitals]

to answer the question on if you ever make your money back,i was listening to an interview with kevin from nerd,and brian from bhb,and brian brought that point up,and said for example,if you buy a lavender albino now,a high quality one for 10,000,and a het for 5,000,,in 2 years when you breed them,hets may only be 1,500,and lavenders,4,500,but sell 3 lavenders,and 2 hets,,and your even,,every year after that not matter price drop,is profit,

i paid 250 for my blonde pastel male,hes being bred with 3 girls,that i bought as breeder size girls for 30 each,,so for them pairing,in just animal costs i have 340,,plus figure 100 a year to feed each one,,640,,if i sell my blonde males for 125,females for 245,,i will make that back easily,,that is also the most i spent on a morph,,,250

but i also have a breeding deal,for atleast one lesser,,maybe more depending on what hatches,,for the 65 bucks it costed me to ship the female

All true, but that doesnt take into account males not interested in breeding, girls that wont feed, girls that only throw slugs, etc. The "safe" thing is to buy groups of 2.3, but then things start getting really expensive It's still taking a gamble if you are relying on making some of your money back in the next 2-4 years.

And its not ALL profit... electricity and RATS really start to add up

[RebelYell83]

all of that is true,,,as i male a het butterscotch that wants nothing to with females,,,,they really need viagra for snakes,,,,

[Skitals]

all of that is true,,,as i male a het butterscotch that wants nothing to with females,,,,they really need viagra for snakes,,,,

Have you tried any of the various tricks to get them interested? (putting two males with one female so their courting instincts kick in, or just putting sperm plugs from a breeder male in with your guy and gal so he senses the competition and gets to work?

[RebelYell83]

i did the shed,,,thats the only one i've tried,,hes borderline on size,,and talking to another breeder,,,thier hets are late going and just now locking up,,so i think the combination is gonna put him out of the line up,,i might try a very late breeding with him in a couple months,,i just dont see him going right now,,and wanna bulk him up a little bit before i bother trying again

[harm286]

lets see my mojave was about 350
and my female lesser my god, she was 780
pricey but i didnt want the kind of snake the kid down da block can get

[DesignerBP]

I remember in '05 my friend paying 1600 for a spider male hatchling oh man have prices crashed since

[TheOtherLeadingBrand]

The pieds were the most...

[Freakie_frog]

I can now say my most I have spent over 1500.00 on one snake.

[tom s4wy3r]

A breeder i know said he sold a pair of pieds for 20000 both were newborns.The man took out an extra morgage on his house to afford them.

[Pulcher]

A breeder i know said he sold a pair of pieds for 20000 both were newborns.The man took out an extra morgage on his house to afford them.

No snake is worth more than a grand to me. Not even the Banana ball or any other ball python that i love. In this hobby morphs drop quick in prices and its not worth losing that much money, theres a little thing called reality and self control that come into play.