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Interested to know what people paid for their Childrens (that sounds kinda wierd --- like a black market smuggling ring or something). I bought my '05 hatchling last year for $80 (Sept 15th). I've seen them this year ('06 hatchlings) selling for $125. What's up w/ that? Has anyone else seen the price go up as well? Wonder if it's just the price I pay for living in SoCal. Seems everything's more expensive here.

reako45

You will see ups n down in pricing in many snakes and I believe it is all due to how many seem to be available that particular year. If breeders realize they may be one of the only people producing something, or that other breeders are getting a higher price than they expected to get, they are influenced to assume what a fair market price may be for that year. This is why I believe it is good to stick to your guns as far as breeding projects go. One year something may be in demand and you may sell out fast at a good price while other years you can't get half of what you expected to get....seems to go in cycles and if it were easy to predict....there'd be a lot more people breeding snakes. Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com

i have seen most childrens this year for around 70-80 and i happened to pick up this yearling for 70 as well.
adam

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hybrid breeders association
1.1 kenyan sand boas
1.1 mbk
1.1 butter corns
1.5 ghost corns
0.1 striped albino corn
0.1 childrens python
0.1 albino nelsons
0.1 milksnake phase
0.1 anery motley
0.1 bone white cross
0.1 albino banded cal king
0.1. normal corn het hypo,anery
1.0. snow corn het hypo,anery,amel
1.0. amel corn unknown hets(4ft 8inch long)
1.0 sinacorn
1.0 blizzard leo gecko
0.2 normal leo geckos
1.0 3 lined mud turtle

This was our first year going to shows as breeders, so we we had a pretty low price. We sold most of this year's hatchlings for $50. They went like hotcakes and we sold out between 2 small, local shows in Western NY. There were hardly any other antaresia at those shows, and certainly no other breeders. Plus we've had several email inquiries lately, so I get the sense that demand for them may be going up. A local (reputable) pet shop has a yearling for $100, and we may pick it up to start another breeding pair. Next year $70 and up seems to be a good bet.

People will pay better money for better animals. Speaking of which, I may have another clutch of these soon....
Brendan

now brendan its not nice showing me those nice light ones again when you know i want one(or 2) really, really bad. if you get that second clutch or when you happen to make more available contact me.
adam
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hybrid breeders association
1.1 kenyan sand boas
1.1 mbk
1.5 ghost corns
0.1 striped albino corn
0.1 childrens python
0.1 albino nelsons
0.1 milksnake phase
0.1 anery motley
0.1 albino banded cal king
0.1. normal corn het hypo,anery
1.0 butter corns
1.0. snow corn het hypo,anery,amel
1.0. amel corn unknown hets(4ft 8inch long)
1.0 sinacorn
1.0 blizzard leo gecko
0.2 normal leo geckos
1.0 3 lined mud turtle