Quote Originally Posted by Egyptian_Sphynx
where do you all get your ball pythons? i see prices from 100 dollars up!!!
i payed $60-$70 for both of mine and right now i could go get babies (not sexed yet) for $30. it just seems odd to me all these high prices for normals when i did not pay like that for mine so i just thought that i would ask
Well, my opinion is certainly biased, because I sell babies for a little more than you're going to see at pet stores and reptile "swap meets", so you've been warned ....

Healthy, captive bred, aggressively feeding, baby ball pythons coupled with support from an experienced ball python breeder is worth the extra money to a lot of people. The additional $30-$40 can really be worth it when you have a question about your animals health or husbandry and those pet store employees look at you with a blank stare.

Many of the $60-$70 babies being sold in pet stores are CH imports (often labeled as captive bred) that have been basically imported, hydrated, and shipped out leaving the pet store employees (all with varying levels of experience) to get them established. Some of them work out really well for people, and others have lots of problems ... it's really a gamble.

Like the saying goes .... "you get what you pay for".

-adam