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I am sure all of us here saw Het Red Axanthics earlier in the year advertised at $5K. The price has now doubled, probably due to some nice crosses that were produced??or what?? I am not saying what price any animal should be at, but I cannot spend $10K on an animal that was $5K a few months ago. I know the Mojave went through a "price adjustment" too, and now look at the price of Mojaves. Any input on the price increase in the Het Red Axanthics, reasons, have you bought one at the new price, are you elated that you bought yours prior to the price hike....?

Het. Reds were priced at $7,500, the only breeder that sold them for $5k was TSK (and they haven't produced a Red Axanthic yet) and then they adjusted their prices on them after Corey Woods hatched out a Het. Red Axanthic Pastel...Why the price jump?? Because of the new and only combo out with the morph so far and an increase in popularity...Their are only 4 Red Axanthics out there and only a handful of breeders working with them. I personally still don't think they are as popular as they should be and are still very under-rated morph...As more combos pop up with them I think they will hold their prices stronger than other co-doms out there that everyone and their mother seem to be working with...I doubt you'll see a het. Red male for $5k until 2007 if that early...Since the morph is still relatively new, female het. Reds will hold their prices for some yrs. to come...I think the potential with them is going to be unreal, but only time will tell...The early bird gets the worm, or in this case the cheaper pricing!!
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www.bustyballpythons.com

the combos with the het reds and reds will be awesome! that's why i got into them almost two years ago.

i really think the only reason they aren't more popular is because corey hasn't pushed them out into the public eye. i've talked to several "big" names in the biz that had heard of them, but didn't know what a red or het red looked like!!

just wait till this coming summer when there's a couple more crosses and more reds out there....then everybody that waited will be kicking themselves!
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Stu
www.2amCreations.com
Not even remotely close to the most extensive collection of ball python morphs in captivity!

I think there are some wicked crosses to come and I can't wait to produce some.

Good post! There should be some neat Red Axanthic crosses produced this year. I'm trying 5 different crosses so we'll see what comes of it.

Regards,
Corey

Folks, if you haven't seen the Het. Reds check them out they are truly great animals. And the Red Axanthics are amazing, Corey's cross is killer (Corey let see some fresh pics!!!!).

The thing to keep in mind regarding pricing on these animals:
1. There are less than 20 breeders in the world with genetically proven Het. Red Axanthics and (my guess) is that less than 12 will produce this year.
2. There are only 4 Homozygous Red Axanthics in the World, 3 at Corey Woods' and 1 at Ralph Davis Reptiles.
3. There are only 2 (and maybe a third with 1 female ready) breeders that have females old enough to breed this year (again Corey and Ralph).
4. Corey and Ralph are focusing on combos this year.

Consider how many have Mojaves and the pricing for Supers, consider how many have Yellowbellies and the pricing for Supers... (I'm not slamming other projects as I think the Ivories and Yellow Belly crosses and the Super Mojaves and Mojave crosses are great. Just pointing out some facts).

This truly is one of the only "new and proven" projects available at this time. If I didn't believe in this project I would not have invested myself... check them out and make up your own mind.

Thanks, and work with what you like!
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Chad Schwinn
ChadSchwinnReptiles.com
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ralph has some pics on his site

www.ralphdavisreptiles.com
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Stu
www.2amCreations.com
Not even remotely close to the most extensive collection of ball python morphs in captivity!

NP

WOW!!! That thing is smoking! Het Red x YB???? That's my guess