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I have decided to trade my striped guyana red tail for some more ball pythons. It is about 3.5-4 feet long, with a full stripe from head to tail only broken once by maybe an inch. My question is how do I come up with a fair deal? I have looked on breeders web sites, this and other forums, and classifieds here, and I cant find anything like it. Most of the "striped" snakes they were selling in the classified were less then 1/4 striped up from the tail. I have time before the next local show (Dec. 10th) to figure it out. If I cant find anything suitable keeping the snake and finding a mate is still an option, space and food are not a problem, but I would rather have a more diverse collection of BP's. Another option would be to hold him awhile grow it bigger and try trading later in the year. To make a long story short how would be the fairest way of determining its worth, I dont want to get taken to the cleaners but I still want to be fair to the person I would be trading with. Any advise would be welcome.

Thanks in advance, Jay

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Find a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life -Confucious
3.20 ball pythons
1.1 dumeril boas
0.0.1 pixie frog
1.1 dogs
0.2 cats
more fish than I can list.

The problem is most Ball Pythons are soo expensive that the commend way higher prices than most BCI or BCC. Striped ones like yours I am guessing would be over $1000 in trade (just guessing don't get pissed), Which means you can either get Het for things, or some pastels. depends on what your wanting to get, Piebalds and albinos are then next level up, but I can't see someone trading $3000-$5000 worth of Ball Pythons for your striped. I would keep Her and breed her, and sell the offspring and buy some balls...LOL. Good luck, she is really something. I would be more worried that you would get ripped off. Balls and Ball Morphs are everywhere and Everyone is working with them, you don't see many of those around.

I SAY KEEP HER.....FOR SURE....
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"Life is a Safari"

I think that animal is priceless, and that you're a certifable nut job for wanting to trade it.

Chris O
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Naked I see the camp of those who desire nothing

From what the other person posted, they were under the impression that the boa is a female but from what I read I think it's a male. I would say that the boa is probably worth $700 to $800. You won't see too many selections of boas at this time, if you check back after April I'm sure you will find a few. I know AAA had some for sale last year so you may want to contact them to give you a better idea of what the pricing should be.