Quote Originally Posted by Awesomethepossum View Post
A little too pricey for me..but wow, she's beautiful! Is that why it's so high? I know weight has something to do with it too, but I see such a massive variation in pied prices. Some of the normal pieds I've seen for sale have that orange/yellow as hatchlings as well, which confused me.

I haven't really dabbled in ball python morphology yet. The seller advised me on female pairings, if I ever wished to pursue breeding him. He was fairly eager about it, which I'm not sure why?

But anyway, Dante is actually going through his first shed with me. He just went through the blue phase yesterday and is hiding away in his shed cave. I'm looking forward to seeing him all cleaned up!
The one from Billy is expensive because she's a sub-adult YB Pied het Lavender. The "het lavender" part means she is "heterozygous" for the additional mutation "lavender albino". Because lavender albino is a recessive mutation it will not show visually as a het. A pied heterozygous for lavender can make the sought after combo "dreamsicle" (Pied / Lavender Albino), a very cool orange/white snake. Yellow belly added to the dreamsicle equation makes them even better. The degree of rarity in the mutant genes present in the snake dictate its dollar value. Here's a neat video from Justin Kobylka with a comparison of YB and standard dreamsicles if you're interested: https://youtu.be/Q0NiqiqW5Hg?t=65

Dante will look nice and fresh after his shed!