Scars

[angllady2]

Well, my newest BP, a big pastel male, has a few small scars, most likely caused from feeding accidents. I didn't ask where he got them, because they don't matter to me.

He is a big, sweet, lovely snake. I wouldn't love him any more if he didn't have scars, and I don't love him less because he does. I love him for being him.

As to the price thing: If I saw a really nice morph I had been wanting for some time, and it's an excellent example of the morph, but it has a large, noticable scar, maybe from an escape attempt, I might ask the seller if he/she would take a little less. If they say no I won't be offended or try to convince them the snake is worth less. But like my mom always said,"It never hurts to ask."

Gale

[spk329]

Why?

The animal is just less attractive, but can breed just as well as any other (assuming the damage is not in the vent area)

Why is a high white Pied worth more than a low white Pied? Why is a striped mojave worth more than an average looking Mojave?

[Big Gunns]

Why is a high white Pied worth more than a low white Pied? Why is a striped mojave worth more than an average looking Mojave?

"Why" didn't BG think of this analogy? He's slippin Perfect.

Case closed.

[JLC]

A LOT of scarring can be a pain in the behind. I have a normal male BP who was a rescue taken in by NERD some years ago...huge, gorgeous male...but quite a bit of scarring on his belly and sides. He sheds in pieces...every single time...and almost always needs quite a bit of help getting it off. Even though he's in a perfect rack set-up where the other two snakes shed perfectly.

And the burm I work with at the zoo is covered in scars...it's really very, very sad, the amount of scars she has and the severity of them. She also sheds in millions of little pieces. And it's a massive pain in the butt when she needs help getting it off. Even after a long soak, there are patches of old shed that just don't want to come off, I guess because of the ways the scales healed all twisted and overlapped the wrong ways.

[BullsBPs]

I do not breed. So when looking at different snakes I want to buy, it would make a difference if one would be scarred.

I have one that was given to me that has a scar, and I have no issues with it. However if it came to paying for him there would be no way I would pay the same price for an animal that has been damaged vs. one that has no scarring.

I do not see how the two could be compared. A perfect animal with no damage vs. an animal that has been damaged (no matter how much damage) can not be worth the same.

Do not get me wrong the animal that is damaged deserves as much love, care, and as attention as any other animal. As far as a monetary value is concerned, it is worth less if you are comparing apples to apples.