Ball Python Pricing for non breeders

[RickyNY]

Buy a snake you can afford now and wait 5 years and you'll see the prices of the new morphs go down. I got a banana ball python 9 months ago for $300, but ask around here how much a banana ball was 7 years ago.

[buck_50]

How much were they?

[Ax01]

I have 3 bp's
My normal (also my first) was purchased at local pet store for $100
Female Spider was purchased for $80
Male Banana Mojave purchased for $150
I dont have a good picture of my Spider yet but these are my other 2 and i think theyre gorgeous!!

wow! that's a very cool "normal" BP!

You’re absolutely correct! That’s 100 percent truth. I would love to own a snake but the ones I like I can’t come to grips with spending thousands of dollars for a snake that’s going to spend 60 percent it’s time in a hide and it only comes out at night lol. Just doesnt make sense to me lol. But hopefully I’ll see a price friendly beauty that I like and will be happy with for the next 30 years god willing. But I really do appreciate your insight And time

i think the other peeps covered everything. but i wanna highlight what u said here. a BP might not be the best choice for u regardless of the $$$ u are willing to spend if u really want a nice display animal. u could consider other species.

[Bogertophis]

I’m starting to see that... also I’m starting to understand all the different 1-4 gene animals and it’s frustrating lol.. I look at all these animals think that they are beautiful and I would love to have one to look at while home but I can’t justify paying 1-4K for a snake just to sit in a tank lol. It’s utterly frustrating 😢😢

Well you can always enjoy a "normal" pet & put up a few posters of whatever eye-candy you choose. To be honest, you don't have to worry about any negative
genetic issues that way, & over the years whatever fancy snake you'd have blown big bucks on becomes sorta "routine" anyway. I think our eyes always crave
the new & visually different, whether it's pets, clothing, cars, food, vacation scenery... and it doesn't hurt to remember that the natural world does not favor the
extremes either. Normals are the survivors! They rock, as far as I'm concerned.

[AbsoluteApril]

How much were they?

here's a little history someone wrote up about banana/coral glow that talks about how high it was priced when it first came out - http://www.geneticdreams.net/2016/11...wbanana-story/

[Russtix]

wow! that's a very cool "normal"

Thank you!!! (S)He was our first and still my favorite. Absolutely perfect personality, easy to handle, eats like a pig. I assume it's a normal but beautiful none the less!

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[Ax01]

I have 3 bp's
My normal (also my first) was purchased at local pet store for $100
Female Spider was purchased for $80
Male Banana Mojave purchased for $150
I dont have a good picture of my Spider yet but these are my other 2 and i think theyre gorgeous!!

wow! that's a very cool "normal" BP!

Thank you!!! (S)He was our first and still my favorite. Absolutely perfect personality, easy to handle, eats like a pig. I assume it's a normal but beautiful none the less!

looks kinda like a Mystic/Phantom Spotnose to me. and a lil something extra. it's definitely dinker worthy. heck, it might be the Baby gene!

[Russtix]

looks kinda like a Mystic/Phantom Spotnose to me. and a lil something extra. it's definitely dinker worthy. heck, it might be the Baby gene!

They had it listed it as a short nose ball, but i was unaware there were morphs when we got it so i guess i just associated him with normals lol. Now Im curious, ill try and get some good pictures in better lighting. My wifes googling it now, thanks for this!!

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[Ax01]

looks kinda like a Mystic/Phantom Spotnose to me. and a lil something extra. it's definitely dinker worthy. heck, it might be the Baby gene!

They had it listed it as a short nose ball, but i was unaware there were morphs when we got it so i guess i just associated him with normals lol. Now Im curious, ill try and get some good pictures in better lighting. My wifes googling it now, thanks for this!!

ok i would assume that "short nose ball" was probably a typo and it's at least a Spotnose.

Edit: is it possible to f/u w/ the store or their breeder to find out?

[Russtix]

ok i would assume that "short nose ball" was probably a typo and it's at least a Spotnose.

Edit: is it possible to f/u w/ the store or their breeder to find out?

Yeah ill go ask tomorrow. I know that they didnt know the sex, i believe a lot of their snakes are "rescues" and rehomes, but (s)he is definitely young, i think 125+ grams at last weigh in 2 weeks ago. Super excited just for the mystery of it!!

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