Epic win from Petco

FluffyGerbil · 02-25-15, 09:47 PM

So today I went to our local Petco and caught glimpse of a strange lil' snake in with the normal ball pythons. As luck would have it, it was feeding day. My Petco has a tank full of normals and a tank full of pastels. Apparently, there was was a mix up and the largest pastel got put in with the norms after eating. So what do I do? I buy it right before the two other customers (who had secretly pointed out the error as well) got a chance. I slipped right by paying less than $60 for the snake. When I got home, I found out that it was a healthy female! While the other bp's where probably around 90 grams, this lil' gal was a whopping 300 and was 24". Score! I'm going to Repticon in a couple weeks. Maybe I should get a spider male and produce some bumblebees!

Haha jk. Maybe when she's older.

**Minkness** · 02-25-15, 09:54 PM

Awesome win!

**millertime89** · 02-26-15, 12:33 AM

Not too shabby.

jossh27 · 02-26-15, 05:47 AM

What would she have cost normally?

Sublimeballs · 02-26-15, 06:04 AM

The Petsmart around me sells them for $110, but I've never heard of their morphs being female; can't speak for petco. I sold my female pastel hatchlings last year for $65.

FluffyGerbil · 02-26-15, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Sublimeballs

The Petsmart around me sells them for $110, but I've never heard of their morphs being female; can't speak for petco. I sold my female pastel hatchlings last year for $65.

The pastels are the only morph my Petco sells under $100, and that's just because they're $99! Lol.

I'm pretty sure our Petco has legitimately unsexed snakes. Out of the four I've bought from them (two corns, a boa, the bp) only one was male. Maybe I just got lucky? :3

FluffyGerbil · 02-26-15, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jossh27

What would she have cost normally?

At Petco, $99. Apparently more at Petsmart.

jossh27 · 02-26-15, 09:06 AM

I wonder what the price difference is from American to Canadian petco, petsmart prices I couldn't imagine they would differ too too much

**Pareeeee** · 02-26-15, 09:25 AM

What a steal!

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Originally Posted by jossh27

I wonder what the price difference is from American to Canadian petco, petsmart prices I couldn't imagine they would differ too too much

We have Petcos here? Interesting, I always thought it was strictly an American pet store chain.

jossh27 · 02-26-15, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Pareeeee

What a steal!

We have Petcos here? Interesting, I always thought it was strictly an American pet store chain.

oops never mind! my mistake. i thought a big store down the street from me was a petco... its not.

**Aaron_S** · 02-26-15, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jossh27

What would she have cost normally?

$35 from a breeder.

IW17 · 02-26-15, 08:31 PM

Not from any breeder by me. Prices have come down, but not that much.

FluffyGerbil · 02-27-15, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

$35 from a breeder.

For a norm or pastel? I've never seen a pastel that cheap.

**Aaron_S** · 02-27-15, 07:01 AM

Okay that's the low end of a female pastel.

$35 - $50. At a show or speak to a mid - large breeder. They don't have time for those sales usually and will be sending them to the wholesale market for the same or less in a large group.

reptiledude987 · 02-27-15, 11:34 AM

I got a pastel at an expo for $40