How much are burms?

[jncoclub]

What are the current cost values of a Burmese Python a little over a year old, great temperament/personality, healthy eater (will eat live or f/t), around 3 feet long (had feeding problems first 3-4 months as a newborn which I think made her on the smaller side, but has eatten with no problems for the last year), nice light colors, and is truly a wonderful snake? I have to find new homes for my beloved snakes because I’m moving to Hawaii (military move) and I can’t take them into the islands. (Refer to following link for story: http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19215)
If I don’t give them to friends to care for them for me, I want to know what their costs are and not be taken, but of course a good home comes before cost. Thank you.

[creander]

Burms from this size cost normally 50 usdollar.

[snakemann87]

For a year old snake I would think more around 100. But a burm at 1yr and 3ft is very small?? How much are you feeding?? My burm is 7 months old and 4 1/2ft.

[fanmaninacan]

Hey
If the burm is 3 FEET.....N a year old
N it has feeding problems..
I would go with 50$USD

T.P

[JasonBrennan]

If you can get $50 for a normal burm, TAKE IT. There are so many normal burms out there that need a new home that people can pick and choose, and I hate to say it, but people who know better will not pay that much for a normal burm. They are a dime a dozen. Does not make them a bad pet or anything (I have several normals myself...I like them), but as far as cost goes, they are very cheap (hence the over population problem).

If you are really just interested in finding it a good home, ask for a $25 - $50 adoption fee, and be happy if you get it placed before you have to move.

Just my opinion, so take it for what it is worth.

[Ed_r]

FREE!!!! So many in rescues, cant imagine why anyone would buy one.

[JasonBrennan]

yeah, but even from a rescue you can expect to pay an adoption fee of $25 to $50.

[Mike177]

3 feet and one year is small!! my albino is 7-8 monts and about 6-7 feet long

[matrix1829]

i just bought a hatchling in quebec canada for 100$. that is cheap for here they usually go for 199.99$. but the important thing is that the snake gets a good home because these snakes get a bad enough rap as is.

[burmer]

Wow $100 for a hatchlilng, thats pretty steep. I just got my new normal at a show for $25.

[Mr.Lizard]

I agree,you probably won't get much...just be glad for a good home. If you get a new one in the future maybe you should provide a higher temp and/or more frequent feedings.
I had an albino who went from 20"+ to 6 1/2' in just 6 m0s.
He ate every couple of days and stayed warm...got rid of him after he went for my sister's dog.

[matrix1829]

maybe 100 is expensive, but were i live 100$ is cheap. they usually go for 200$.I live in montreal. what show did you buy your burm from, because in the shows down here they don't sell any reptile it is just for info. purpose. I think that selling a burm 25$ is ridiculous because anyone can buy them a that price and most people have no idea what they are getting themselves into when they buy a burm. that is why most people want to get rid of them after the first year. people should always inform themselves on what the are buying because when you buy a burm it is a very serious matter.

[Linds]

Originally posted by matrix1829
maybe 100 is expensive, but were i live 100$ is cheap. they usually go for 200$.I live in montreal. what show did you buy your burm from, because in the shows down here they don't sell any reptile it is just for info. purpose. I think that selling a burm 25$ is ridiculous because anyone can buy them a that price and

Keep in mind that some of you are talking US funds and some are Canadian funds ;) A ball for $50 US is the same thing as people selling balls for $100 here. Market price for normal burms in Canada is $75-$100... if you are paying $199 then you are buying from a pet store most likely.

[matrix1829]

but all I'm saying is selling a burmese too cheao is adding to the problem whitch is big enough already. there is too many people who wants to get rid of there giant snake!!!!!!!

[burmer]

I got mine at the FIRE show in Orlando last month. Alot of people had normals ranging anywhere from $20-$50. If $100 is a good price where you live, I'm just curious how much an albino or any other morph goes for?

[matrix1829]

albino hatchlings are about 300$, but i havn't seen any hatchling albinos for the past 2 years.

[creander]

Normally I say the price doesn't matter, it's what people do with the Reptile they buy. In the early days a Burm was sold at a high price, which was good because most people take good care of an expensive animal. Now the price is so low anyone can buy a Burm and I think most of them don't care if it dies because they can easily buy another one.

[burmer]

I agree that it may have been better when the prices were higher. At the last show I was at I saw balls for $5 and burms as low as $20. At prices that low I think they are being condemmed as disposable snakes.

[matrix1829]

I agree 100% all people think of is money now a days, we should be thinking of the animal. I mean it is after all a breathing, living beeing!!!!!!!!

[SD-SNAKE]

If you can get 30-50$ us take it. But Ed_r has the real price.

[SD-SNAKE]

matrix1829 try ************** i check today and there were albino burm babies for $150 us dollar.

[SD-SNAKE]

KINGSNAKE

[NewLineReptile]

In the U.S snake's go cheap i just came back from Florida and i went to a pet store and saw Burms for $75 U.S and a 7ft Coastal carpet for $99 i think this is why the U.S has such big problem's with all the bigger snake's that are in rescues and that are abanded right now i own 1 14ft normal burm 1 10ft Green burm 1 8ft Albino burm and 1 4ft normal and many othe lage snakes and i don't think that i payed under $150 for any of my Burms in canadian money

[matrix1829]

sd-snake what are all those stars supose to mean?

[Jeff_Favelle]

But at least the $20 Burms are captive-bred, whereas the $5 Balls are wild-caught. The Burms are the lesser of the 2 evils, but still sad nonetheless. I think 90% of the herper population should steer clear of the Big 5 boids.

[jncoclub]

Ok, I haven’t measured her in awhile, I tried to re-measure last night and she is over 3 ½ feet. We didn’t power feed, I honestly don’t think we underfeed either. She, along with the rest of her clutch (~12), had some weird problem where none of them would eat. She wouldn’t take food for several months, and that is from birth! Anyway, whatever it was is long over with and she eats f/t like a pro. I unfortunately have to find her a new home because I am moving to Hawaii and it’s illegal to bring snakes to the islands. http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19215
I believe I pad something near $150 for her down in FL. I am now in CT and I heard that they cost more up here. Regardless of cost I just want her to go to a good home, but I also want to be knowledgeable in a transaction. Any honest-to-goodness-I-love-burms-and-have-the-room-to-care-and-support-and-be-faithful-to-anyone’s-burm people out there? No “reptile rescuers” please.