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Hi,
I am considering purchasing a ball python in the future, maybe this summer or maybe next year. Currently, I have just been reading through care sheets and drooling over pictures. I am interested in morphs, but I don’t think I have enough cash to buy a very elaborate one. Normal coloration is beautiful too, so either way I am satisfied. I am willing to spend 200 dollars at the most. What is probably the cheapest morph out there? And, Can anyone give me a few names of reputable breeders that they have had success buying from?
Thanks.

do you plan on breeding?

with 200 dollars i would get 2 or 3 baby or subadult females and raise them up on frozen/thawed rats. by the time they are breedable you should have some money saved up to buy a male morph of some kind. your females will have to be about 1500 grams to breed but if youre lucky you can get the new morph male to mate at 500 grams.

I baugh my BP from John Skipper, and she is lovely not a morph but lovely and healthy. I dont know about morphs maby a pastel would be cheap or even higher an albino but I never looked into morphs really.

Unless you buy from a seriously underground breeder, I don't think you're going to find many morphs for under $200. Maybe reduced patterns or high yellows. You should be able to get a really well started regular for about $130 shipped, though. Check out ProExotics.com, BallBoutique.com and BallPython.com. Robyn from PE and Rick from BB are pretty cool guys, I haven't had any contact with The Snake Keeper but they seem like nice people and have some nice looking snakes.