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Q: Banana Ball Python Pricing (2010)
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exoticcritterss

hello, i was just  checking to see if anyone knows how much banana ball pythons are going for now, all i can find on them is from 2008 and they were goig for $35,000 then, they are awesome snakes, would love to have one, im hoping to at least see one at the NARBC show in chicago :-)

thank you


Points: 50
Topics: Genetics , Knowledge Base
Tags: Ball, Banana, Breeders, Pricing, Python, Regius
Species: Pythons > Pythons > Python regius
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Accepted Answer 9/7/2010 5:46:50 PM

Behindblueyes21
From what I have seen, Bananas are now going for around 15-20k still. This is not an easy morph to breed from what I have read on NERDs forums, I guess the visual morph of the banana/coral glow only come out female. They now believe that the male banana appears as a normal, but is a carrier of the genetics to create the banana.

Check out this link- This is why corals/bananas are keeping their value! LOL --- http://www.newenglandreptile.com/forums/showthread.php?9085-Coral-Glow-REALITY-101-You-heard-it-here-FIRST!
 
Member Comment 9/7/2010 7:43:28 PM

Jeremys reptiles
Keeping their value?! Dropping 15k in 2 years is ALOT.. But I'm not a expert with balls I'm an expert with carpets (LoL)!
 
Member Comment 9/7/2010 7:54:04 PM

Sonja K. Reptiles
I just saw some in person this last weekend - they were still quite young - I didn't know that after awhile, they develop small black spots - I would be interested in seeing an adult one to see just how much black develops... anyone know of a pic of an adult one?
 
Author Comment 9/7/2010 8:10:52 PM

exoticcritterss
i did not know that only the female bananas show the color, i did seean adult on worldofballpythons.com under banana and it was a video, and i did not see any black on it, if they are 15-20k i guess i will be waiting lol,,, also i just saw that i put bababa and not banana lol sorry
 
Member Comment 9/7/2010 11:37:20 PM

Behindblueyes21
well... holding value to means staying over 10k. lol... anything normal people can barely afford. haha...
 
Member Comment 9/8/2010 12:39:08 AM

aaron
Eesh. No woman  is worth $20k, let alone a snake.
 
Member Comment 9/8/2010 4:25:25 AM

Miss Andrea
Yeah, I've seen them for 20K. They do develop black speckling but not enough to distract from their appeal. It seems to be single scales throughout.
 
Member Comment 9/13/2010 2:25:29 PM

EbonayiasGirl
LMAO Aaron.  You're too funny.
 
Member Comment 9/13/2010 3:10:39 PM

aaron
I was hoping the joke got thru the deadpan delivery. Sometimes I get in trouble that way :)
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