WC Emerald boa...

reptilesalonica · 02-12-04, 04:41 PM

I found an Emerald boa. He/She is a WC specimen in very good condition around 80 cms (31,5 in) long.
It is in a good shape. At the store came 2 weeks ago and the chief manager told me that had offered food but denied to eat.
I told hin to do some tricks to make him/her accept food.
Here in Greece, Emerald boas are so rare that at 15,000,000 of population (Greece) maybe 5-10 people have this snake...
I adore that snake and i feel that i am in the right point of own one.
What would you do if you were me, located (reptile isolated) in Greece where someone, veeery rarely can find a snake like that...
~Greg~

wyz · 02-12-04, 05:13 PM

Well depending on the price, it might be cool to get it !

What's the price down there ?? and give us the average salary in Greece to give us an idea..

Example, lets say in Canada the average salary is 30 000$ and an ETB costs 1000$. The ratio is 1 on 30...

What's the ratio for your country ?

WYZ

reptilesalonica · 02-12-04, 05:22 PM

Thanks for the answer dude. Well, the minimum salary is 500eu and the cost of the snake is 400eu. One ball python, at its cheaper price (Mega Pet Market) costs 120eu. a corn snake costs 80eu. a Boa constr. costs 160eu.
The good part on this is, if i decide to buy it my girlfriend will give the half (as a present to me).

~Greg~

wyz · 02-12-04, 05:27 PM

500eu per week ?? and the snake 400eu ?

Buy it !!!

Here the salary is about 600$ a week and the snake are more expensive than that

I'd call that a good deal . lol

WYZ

reptilesalonica · 02-12-04, 05:47 PM

No, not per week, per month. 500eu per month as for minimum salary.
*eu is for euro

wyz · 02-12-04, 05:59 PM

oh !! that's a bit expensive then (for me)

Only if we compare salaries but that's relative to everyone

Most be a hard decision hun ?? ahah

WYZ

Ron · 02-12-04, 06:05 PM

That is definitely too pricey for a non-feeding WC.

reptilesalonica · 02-12-04, 06:14 PM

...Well...for you (Canada herpers) seems like is too much, cause you compare the salary ratio...
One thing is that, there in Canada, you can find much easier an Emerald boa, than i can find (ever here).
Have in mind that i am with reptiles since 1996 and i heard of ONE person in Greece that keeps an Emerald boa...
The other thing is that, many others tried WC (for a new blood line, or because there never been CB Emeralds-In the long long past). So, why not try it me too?...
The good part is that i will pay 200euros (The rest 200 will be from my girlfriend)...If this is not a hard decision, then...what else would be...)

~Greg~

wyz · 02-12-04, 06:24 PM

Can't you get a CB animal for the same price if you have it shipped from the US ?

It's worth the search.

WYZ

dlucka · 02-12-04, 06:37 PM

If you rely want it well go for it, but remember it is a wc and etb come with a lot of parasite inside that will not affect too much the snake in the wild but after the stress of transportation the parasite can affect the snake very badly. The other bad thing is, that snake does not eat. Be prepare to invest time and money to keep it alive for the next few month.
I did experience it and still in it, if you need feel free to email me.

reptilesalonica · 02-12-04, 06:53 PM

dlucka THANKS A LOT for your concirn...
Gyus, unfort. NOONE will send ONE animal from America (US or Canada) to Greece...This is the cruel fact and that is why i am going to "play it all" here with this WC Emerald boa...
Please try to feel my condition, or the herp situation with such rare reptiles here in Greece....
What else can i say...so confused!...

~Greg~

MouseKilla · 02-12-04, 07:13 PM

I got lost in the currency exchange... instead of comparing salaries and all that stuff why not give us the exchange rate? What is the Euro worth in Canadian funds, or even American funds. That will give us some idea what 400 euros means. No doubt they are far more expensive in a place where they are rare though.

wyz · 02-12-04, 07:35 PM

1$US = 1.28 Euros

So the snake is: 312.50$ US

It looks cheap, but that's why I asked the average salary.. If they make less money than us in that country we can't say if the snake is cheap to buy or not.

They make 500Euros a month (minimum salary), it's 390$US, less than 100$ a week. It as to come into consideration when telling someone to buy or not to buy

WYZ

reptilesalonica · 02-12-04, 07:56 PM

Quote:

No doubt they are far more expensive in a place where they are rare though.

So true mousekilla...

...
Thanks for the exchange and all wyz
~Greg~

Big_V · 02-12-04, 11:24 PM

Id go for it. Maybe you could just put a deposit holding on it then see if you can get it to eat in the store. You dont want to be moving this snake around alot and trying to get it to eat. But id go for it but you will just have to assume the risks involved and the fact that it could have alot wrong with it. Give it a try in my mind. Crazier things have been done.
Cheers,
Ryan