A Pastel at Petco!

[pollardra06]

I've heard about pastels popping up at petcos now and then, I think the first time I heard about it was a little over a year ago.

BP morphs will make their way to petco as supply goes way up, just like corn snake and leopard gecko morphs. You'll see them advertised eventually as "fancy ball pythons".. lol.

i saw a "fancy ball python" petsmart's website. Im glad i finally know whats so fancy about. it had me confused as hell.

[Praetori]

Well that's interesting. From the way my Petco handles their ball pythons I wouldn't get a pastel if I saw it, but boy that would tempt me.

I wonder if "Fancy Ball Python" just means pastel or if they group all morphs into that name.

[JimNAZ]

Just came back from Petsmart ( non reptile related ) and they had a " Fancy" BP for $249.00. It was inside a log do I didn't get a good look but the pic with the price on it looked like a pastel. They also had a normal in the tank next to it for $79 so they know the difference.

Jim

[-Achilles-]

O jeez, this reminds me of a really bad experience/decision I made.

A couple months ago I went to Petco to buy a ball python. Now, I knew hardly anything about ball pythons at the time so please forgive me of my arrogance. One of the ball pythons they were selling in the tank was colored differently, and I thought to myself "Dang what's wrong with that snake? I don't know much about ball pythons so I'm just gonna go with one of these normal ones." Later after purchasing my ball python, I did quick research and found out that the python was actually a pastel, and nothing was wrong with it. Talk about epic facepalm.

[bammer838]

I purchased a mojave ball this way at a Petland for 50. They sold it as a normal. It was the only bp they had for sale. Amazing that they could not notice. An extra bonus is that it's a female mojave. Oh well, my daughter is very happy and so am I. I am going to the Wheaton swap to pick up my male mojave which I will be glad to purchase at regular price. I still cannot believe it!!!

[771subliminal]

I purchased a mojave ball this way at a Petland for 50. They sold it as a normal. It was the only bp they had for sale. Amazing that they could not notice. An extra bonus is that it's a female mojave. Oh well, my daughter is very happy and so am I. I am going to the Wheaton swap to pick up my male mojave which I will be glad to purchase at regular price. I still cannot believe it!!!

thats tight, you have to post pics

[Oxylepy]

From my understanding pet stores are a place to dump offspring you dont want, meaning you probably have a small time breeder near you or someone who bought a snake and ended up regretting the decision and dumped it there.

I'd talk to the people there and find out about it. You could probably find the breeder or figure out how they got it. And I'd totally suggest getting them if you have the cash, its always nice to add some pretty pastels to your collection.

[Mike Schultz]

I've seen plenty of yellowbellies at petsmart. Always males though so they are never worth the $80 price tag. I guess the petsmart suppliers don't care about male yellowbellies enough to get the full 35 bucks for them so they use them as fillers when they run out of normals.

[panthercz]

Currently any "Fancy" bp from PetSmart or Petco will be a pastel.

[bammer838]

thats tight, you have to post pics

My daughters 49 dollar ball python from Petland (They didnt know it was a Mojave)

here is the pics: I'm still shocked!!!!