Desert Snow is a great substrate, and I've used it off and on. It's a little pricey, but other than that, it works just fine .
Weren't you asking how much you could get for this snake in a two year old thread you pulled up outta' now where? Are you going to keep and care for this BP? The tone of that other thread sounded like you were looking to sell it off?
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...t=45671&page=3