What is the most u've ever payed 4 a snake?

[Cretia]

I am totally curious. My boyfriend thinks I'm a freakin nut for paying 125$ for a baby brazillian rainbow boa! I'm not a nut am i?

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[C. hortulanus bites]

No you're not a nut, but then again I don't know you from Adam That's a great price for a BRB. We paid nearly $200 for ours.

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[haroldo359]

yeah. i paid $129 + shipping for my brb. and $125 + shipping apiece for my hog island boas. so, no, you aren't a nut. you are a nut if you pass on it.

	Hog Island Boa hogg

[Cretia]

That is what i would have paid also, but luckily i was tipped off about a breeder 5 min up the road from me. They usually don't advertise you know... so that was there price, naturally I took advantage.
hey, i've done my research and everything, but are there any helpful hints to raising a brb you've stumbled on? I know they are real sensitive and i want to give the best suited home i can. Its my first boa.

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[Cretia]

I almost forgot, is that yours...on your avatar?

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[SnakePool]

I paid $2400 for my dark lavender retic and a het male. I paid $750 for a fine line hypo boa and $350 for a washington pastel..... are you nuts? not all says I.

	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

	Hypomelanistic Hypomelanistic - a genetic reduction in the dark pigment Melanin.

[JuliusSqueezer]

I used to be a vendor rep for Lowes and one of my manufacturers was Dremel. I got a lot of cool free stuff working for them. I traded a dremel tool that I got for free for one of my BRBs and the other was a rescue....so basically I got both of mine for free :P

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[haroldo359]

btw... brb's are kinda picky. don't really make great first boas. just thought i'd let you know that.

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[Ed_r]

people pay for snakes? :P Out of the 20 or so i have i think i payed for 4 :P most is $40.00 lol Im thinking of getting into blood pythons so im sure that will change.

yeah not a bad price at all for a BRB. The require cooler temps 84-86 degrees hot spot, high humidity 80%, they like to burrow so cypress mulch is a good substrate (but dont feed on it), can be nippy when young, hard to get feeding as a baby, dont buy one thats not an established feeder they are a pain. They do also like to climb on occasion too.

Thats it in a nutshell.

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[Silvermoonfox]

That doesn't sound like a bad price, I paid $100 for my BP!

	Ball Python The Ball Python (Python regius), also known as the Royal Python, is a ground dwelling snake native to the savannahs and rain forests in western Africa, predominatly the countries of Ghana, Togo, and Benin.

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[Dr.Oviparous]

I traded one of my Neonate Dumerils for my BRB

Most I've paid is $1000 (with shipping) for two snakes with genetic defects, lol.

*well, Possibly genetic anyway, striped BCI. a defect none the less*

	Boa Constrictor Imperator Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor imperator). Most common is the Colombian Boa.

[Sunn]

I wish I could have gotten my babies for that!

I am into the Boa Morphs though so it's common for me to pay $1000.....
I got a break on my DH Sunglow female since the guy was going nuts trying to sell babies fast to pay for a motley het albino, he had to raise 14,500 fast! I saved from 250-400 due to his circumstances......

It's all what your into ....that is all! I've paid $1000 for at least 4 of mine. Someday my piebalds will cost me much more......even hets are costly!

Good luck with your BRB....its true they aren't normally a first snake. I'm sure you'll do fine with all the information you get here though.

	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).

[lethargiic]

Originally Posted by Ed_r

people pay for snakes? :P Out of the 20 or so i have i think i payed for 4 :P most is $40.00 lol Im thinking of getting into blood pythons so im sure that will change.

I wanted to play with the borneo blood pythons at incredible pets (the place where brad and i hang out and play with all their snakes) but o0o the snake did NOT like us touching it.. he/she all pufferd up n was hissing at us like a mofo..but from what the dude that works there said they hit like mack trucks when they bite...and i believe it...all that power in a short fat, all muscle snake??

and no ur not crazy the most i spent for a snake was $250 for a guyana rtb who's parents are over 10ft. Mommy is 12'8 and dad is a lil over 10' weeeeeee!! I can't wait til Ana gets as big as her mommy..hehe

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[LdyDrgn]

The most we spent for a single snake was just over 1k.

lethargiic, Borneos are GREAT! If you get a young one then you won't have any problems. The pair we have are extremely calm and handleable albeit ungainly! LOL

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[Sunn]

Ldy.......that's what I was told too but didn't work out for me. My pair is gorgeous but they do not like
being handled. While babies I did and it never changed.....now they are much bigger and mean business ..... I've been told by many it's just their nature so since I'm into the Boa Morphs more anyway I give up.....they should make great breeders though so maybe the next owner will
profit. Their huffing and getting all defensive is common when I'm in their cages....and holding onto them when they want nothing more than to get away and hide is easier said then done at this size!
Laffin......the female is right cranky and very powerful already! I'm glad yours are easier to handle.....maybe you have the right touch! : )

	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).

[LdyDrgn]

They huff and hiss when I pull them out, they are rather vocal. But they have never offered to bite. *shrug*

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[C. hortulanus bites]

Originally Posted by Cretia

I almost forgot, is that yours...on your avatar?

I assume this Q was for me. That is my male ATB. He's possibly my fovorite out of all my boas. Probably because he's got my favorite colors.

	Amazon Tree Boa Amazon Tree Boa - The Amazon tree boa, Corallus hortulanus, is a close relative of the Emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus)

[telefrag]

I paid 2K for a pair of Albino E.taeniura a long time ago.


Talk about a waste of money.

If I would of waited 3 years I could of paid 300 or less each.

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[Blueeheeler]

I paid $111 for a baby corn snake tax included and nothing else. Yes this was my first snake and I got ripped off. So no you are not nuts.

	Corn Snake The Corn Snake or Red Rat Snake (Elaphe guttata) is a species of Rat Snake.

[Reptscue]

My most expensive buy was a pastel boa at $200.

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