Good Deal Or Not????

[common spider]

Well me and my wife were at our friends pet store tonight and they said they would trade us 1 male & 1 Female Red Tail Boa for our 5 ft Female Ball Python.


What do you all think is this a good deal???


And keep in mind we had the Python since it was a hatchling.

 

[ArachnoSoldier]

size

well, i'm not too sure if you've had any boas or not... but I think its a great opportunity, and possibly a sad situation as well. On one hand, with the male and female boas, you could possibly breed them. But it also sucks to see a pet go, especially if you've had it for quite some time, as in your case. But one thing to consider is size. i dont think its a thing that somebody could tell you to do. its a decision that will take some time. goodluck though

 

[Jmadson13]

I prefer Boas personally. Take a look at the regular market and the condition of the animals they are willing to trade. I wouldn't doubt that Fem ball pythons have risen in price.

 

[Nivek]

I may have missed it, but how big are the boas? If they are just babies, I wouldn't do that trade. You could do a LOT better at a reptile show with the ball. A buddy of mine always says "Which one woud you get if they were all free?" I like boas because they are big and so calm its strange, lol. If they are a good sized pair of red tails, go for it. I'd say you could get a lot better from a reptile show if you have a 5 ft female ball for trade, you may even get some het for albino boas heh.

 

[Ms. Peaches]

Adult female BP's have risen in price due to the fact breeders are using them in morph breeding. Its the quickest and cheapest way to do things when working with a lot of the co-dom and dom traits. I have seen some pretty high priced adult normal female BP's. You can get your average normal RTB's for about 100 each for babies. I would not take the deal unless you really just perfer boas. If thats the case sale the BP and buy boas. Cash/trade value on a female BP is not the same for 2 common boas.

 

[Malkavian]

I'd do the trade, but then again BPs arent really my bag, and I like Redtails.

 

[Beardo]

Adult female BP's have risen in price due to the fact breeders are using them in morph breeding. Its the quickest and cheapest way to do things when working with a lot of the co-dom and dom traits. I have seen some pretty high priced adult normal female BP's. You can get your average normal RTB's for about 100 each for babies. I would not take the deal unless you really just perfer boas. If thats the case sale the BP and buy boas. Cash/trade value on a female BP is not the same for 2 common boas.

Ditto...agreed 100%. Even an adult pair of proven breeder Boas (assuming we're talking about normal-phase Colombian Boas) is not worth 1/2 as much as a breeding size/age female Ball Python.

 

[common spider]

Thank you all for the input.

Well me and my wife have thought about it and we are going to do the trade.

 

[SheWithFangs]

This is the wife, and the wife says NO we are not trading off my baby snake :evil: I will buy you a red tail on Friday


I guess its time to up the population of my breeding rats!!

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

She hath spoken! So it is written, so it shall be!

 

[SheWithFangs]

You are a smart man!:clap: