I'll try to make a long story short...
Ok, I was at the KC show this weekend. A kid down the street was there, he's 18. He has asked our advice on housing, feeding, what to get etc. We've given him advice and he wanted us to go supply shopping with him, but he blew that off. Anyway he also gets "advice" from two other kids who have snakes. These two are the kids who keep an anaconda, 2 bp's and an African Rock python in the same tank, plus sends out an animal for a trade to someone he doesn't know, hasn't checked out, etc. and never gets the animal he traded for delivered.
Anyway... he was going to go with us originally to the show, chose not to and went with his friends who are now supposedly going to breed bp's. We saw him and asked if he got anything and he got a... get this now...
100% het albino & 100% genetic stripe for $40. Uh... sure ok. I doubt even a 50/50% would go for that cheap. I told him if it's a double 100% animal he needed to go back to who sold it to him and ask for paperwork. I doubt he did. I'm sure the seller saw this kid coming, but why even bs that it's a fancy double het snake, just sell the kid a 100% albino for $100... the kid would have been just as happy... or even a pastel. It's his first snake and both those would have been fine breeding possibilities.
My question is this... what should that animal go for (can't remember if male or female)? For a double 100% het isn't that a lot of breeding gymnastics... I can't even do that in my head at all. If it's a 50% double het, how much would that go for? I just know this kid got taken and I hate to think he's going to be like his buddies and when they get tired of something get rid of it. Oh... btw the friend bought a retic... I'm sure it will get along with the rest just fine.
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