I feel cheated.

[Andy_G]

Originally Posted by ThirteenRavens

Wowzer...I paid $50 for my guy who is normal het albino (50% I think) from a breeder at a local show.

Decent price for a poss het!

[Kanadi]

Originally Posted by SWDK

If you'd like to gauge prices check out listings on fauna classified and kingsnake classified. You'll see tons for sale of all different morphs.

I did check out FaunaClassified and I found some pretty decently priced hogs. If all else fails next weekend I'll definitely be getting something from there.

[Magdalen]

Yeah if that's for a normal baby that's a rip off. I found in my area a pet store that carried a normal for 65. I don't know if it was a male or female. I ended up going with a local breeder and paying a little more for a nice red albino male year old. But he had normals for about the same price as that pet store. If you're in SF you should have no problem finding a better price. I'm in Sacramento, used to live in the bay area, so yeah not entirely unfamiliar with the area.
Wait for a show. You should have no problem finding one. I've found them at the Sac show. Something in your area, no problem.

[macandchz]

went to a reptile show on sunday and after reading your post, i paid attention to the hognose prices. cheapest baby one was $85.

[treaux]

East Bay Vivarium in Berkeley lists their price for hatchling normals at $90. You may get a better deal at the show (where EBV may be anyways). I know they breed theirs in house and are generally of high quality. I got my wonderful BRB from them last year.

[Kanadi]

Originally Posted by macandchz

went to a reptile show on sunday and after reading your post, i paid attention to the hognose prices. cheapest baby one was $85.

That's around the price I was looking. Hopefully there are some decently priced babies at the show.

Originally Posted by treaux

East Bay Vivarium in Berkeley lists their price for hatchling normals at $90. You may get a better deal at the show (where EBV may be anyways). I know they breed theirs in house and are generally of high quality. I got my wonderful BRB from them last year.

I think the ones they had on hand when I went were not baby-babies, a little on the big side. EBV did say there were not bringing hognoses to the show, so I won't be stopping there this weekend. lol. And I think I would prefer an adult over a baby anyway. I feel like babies are too temperamental.

[Aaron_S]

One thing when talking about cheap prices is this quote...

“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” – Benjamin Franklin

Yes we all want a deal on our pets but at the end of the day $10 - $50 won't matter in the grand scheme of things. Cheap price should not be our first priority. Not saying anyone here is doing that but I wanted to point it out.

[ThirteenRavens]

Cheap price should not be our first priority

Agreed. I paid $50 from that breeder as I had purchased a couple of corns from him a year before I likely would've paid whatever for Hogwort because he's such a ham I couldn't resist lol.

[Minkness]

Yup. It's all supply and demand. Honestly the shop near me is off their rocker asking $300 for a normal yellow male juvie. He's been their for months and they won't budge on his price. But I can go on fauna and find tons of morph types for under $150. Just means that I won't buy that snake from that store lol. (Not that I am looking for another hoggie). They have alot of othwr more reasonably priced animals though, so it's not all a loss lol.

[Andy_G]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

One thing when talking about cheap prices is this quote...

“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” – Benjamin Franklin

Yes we all want a deal on our pets but at the end of the day $10 - $50 won't matter in the grand scheme of things. Cheap price should not be our first priority. Not saying anyone here is doing that but I wanted to point it out.

So true. Looking for a fair price is much more favourable than looking for a cheap one for obvious reasons.

[brandonh]

I got my first hognose from a breeder in Col and it was 150$ + 50 shipping. It is a male red western hog 66% het albino so i think it alot of factors come into play for hognose prices. I also just went to a expo last sunday i seen them from 60$ to 300 depending on sex morph and age and of course the breeder.