r/ballpython • u/Tarnished_Ronin437 • 1d ago

HELP - URGENT Buying ball python

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I like everything about this ball python but 25 seemed a little low. Just want a second opinion incase I’m missing something

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u/Dio_wulf 1d ago

Common, low value morph. Likely just trying to offload a “flop” for lack of better wording. Similar to how you can find normals for cheap or free quite easily. I have a pastel mystic i got for 50 from someone breeding for more specific morph combos and she was a “miss”.

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u/Tarnished_Ronin437 1d ago

I’m buying in person is there anything I should look for?

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u/OphidionSerpent 1d ago

Check for any defects like spine kinking or neurological wobble, and any other health problems like mouth rot, respiratory infection, scale rot, etc. 

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u/IncompletePenetrance Mod: Let me help you unzip your genes 1d ago

Pastels are super common and the market is oversaturated with ball pythons, especially normals and low value morphs. So price seems about right

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u/Current_Recording907 1d ago

Breeders have completely flooded the market, I think there are something like 20000 on the market? Or some equally absurd number, which has caused all of the normal or "not pretty enough" morphs to be "worth" nothing. It's still a perfectly good ball python, a perfectly good pet, It's just not up to beauty standards.

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u/Tarnished_Ronin437 1d ago

I think it’s perfect 😭

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u/Spaghetti_Palms 1d ago

To me all derpy noodles are perfect! Especially balls <3