Price you payed for your NORMAL BP...

[Mina]

We paid $65 for Dax and he was at the time a male, captive hatch, 6 to 7 month old normal.

[mr~python]

CB hatchlings for about $80.00 isn't a rip off.

they told me it was CB but i think it was CH.

[Sputnik]

80 dollars is a little much for a hatchling

That sounds like a fairly normal pet store price.

[lisa77]

I am from UK & got my baby at a real bargain..£25..


I was expecting to pay anything up to £80

[fish21]

39.95+tax

[snakey68]

I have paid up to £90.00 ( $167.00 ) for a hatchling here in the UK. Since I started breeding I generally trade with another breeder to maintain non related breeding stock.

I dont mind paying a high price at times as long as its a healthy animal , I think pricing too low can sometimes attract the wrong attention in that practically anyone can buy them which to my mind can be detremental and detract from serious owners.........not always but sometimes.

I would like to see the price a bit higher personally to reduce the "buy on whim" impulse buying. If they were a bit more competatively priced then perhaps we see a reduction in poor snake keeping due to it was only $20.00 so I thought why not brigade.

By the way I am not saying anyone on here is in that category , I just happen to think like many other pets that end up unwanted or uncared for that more challenging pricing can aid the animal welfare in the long run by encouraging mainly people who really want one.


It is quite amazing to see the variance in cost for these amazing animals from 1 country to another.

[pythonweb]

Zahra, my first, was 60, and Pharoah was 70. The shops around here are currently asking 89.95 for hatchlings.

[AK4900PA]

I only have two normals, but I paid $350 for them together. They are both females and weighed 1350g and 850g at the time of purchase. The larger girl is my pride and joy. For a normal she is absolutely beautiful and has the best temperment of any snake I own.

[Lady Python]

I paid £85 (about $158) for Byron my normal Royal and he's worth every penny. In fact, to me he's priceless.


My other Royal, Bobby (equally priceless) was a rescue so I gave the rescuers a £50 donation to help keep the fantastic work they do going

[Lady Python]

I dont mind paying a high price at times as long as its a healthy animal , I think pricing too low can sometimes attract the wrong attention in that practically anyone can buy them which to my mind can be detremental and detract from serious owners.........not always but sometimes.

I would like to see the price a bit higher personally to reduce the "buy on whim" impulse buying. If they were a bit more competatively priced then perhaps we see a reduction in poor snake keeping due to it was only $20.00 so I thought why not brigade.

By the way I am not saying anyone on here is in that category , I just happen to think like many other pets that end up unwanted or uncared for that more challenging pricing can aid the animal welfare in the long run by encouraging mainly people who really want one.

How very true that is. I have two rescue snakes, one a Royal, the other a Cornsnake. I also have a "nearly rescue" - my Kingsnake. Almost bought by an obnoxious brat and his over-indulgent mother as a Christmas present. They knew nothing about snakes and the kid struck me as the type who would have tired of the snake very quickly and it would have been got rid of, not only that, but this kid was very loud and boisterous. He and his two sisters were arguing about who would hold the snake when they got it. I had a horrible vision of the poor snake being pulled between them all and getting killed in the process. As soon as these people left the shop I bought the snake there and then. Suffice to say Sammy is a very happy snake who's loved to bits. We thought it was a male but it turned out to be a female - we found out when she laid eggs, which were sterile, so it's really Samantha I am on the lookout for a nice male for her but I'd worry about any possible offspring going to a good home.

What do others do when they have to find homes for baby snakes to make sure they are going to a good home? (and yes, I would be prepared to inspect a home and set-up first).