So, how much would an "adult" normal corn snake sell for? I have a 430 gram normal that I'm considering selling to make room for a breeding project. She is almost 4 feet. Great feeder (as in, she is hungry ALL the time) Plus she is breeding weight. And I think she is a female. So what could it sell for as a male? what could it sell as a female? Any ideas? Thanks!
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How much does an adult sell for?
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Buzzard
two corny
The value of your snake is going to depend on several factors. First, you really need to know the sex of your snake. A vet or a local breeder (even at an expo) can probe the snake for you to determine the sex. Males are typically priced lower than females. Secondly, since it is a normal corn snake its value is going to depend on the various hets that it may have. I have seen normal "breeding age" corn snakes go anywhere from $45 - 150 (up to 250 for several desirable hets) depending on sex and available hets. The best thing to do would be to search several websites (including individual breeders websites) for classifieds or attend a local reptile expo to see what the going rate is in your area (going rates also depend on location in some cases).
Chip
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒ&
Very well said. Pheonix (auto-correct does not like your username, lol), look in the classifieds here, there are several adult corns for sale. With no hets, if it's an average looking girl, you would be lucky to get more than 50 bucks here, but if it's a nice calm animal, you might get more as either a pet or program snake.
Thanks guys. I was really needing to know what a general asking price would be. So i think I'll go with 50 unless/until i figure out she is a she. Then maybe 65. If I sell her. She doesn't have any known hets. I got her from petsmart. But with cornsnakes, I'd be surprised if she didn't have a few hets. I might breed her out this next season and find out before I sell her!
Alli_Draggy
Wadjet's family
It's also going to depend on the rescue market, if that makes any sense. In general, a normal, easy to get animal, of any species, isn't going to sell for much more than what it costs to adopt one. And at least around here, there are enough herps that end up with rescues and shelters that this keeps the price of mature corn snakes, ball pythons, iguanas, and bearded dragons to about $50 or so.
Chip
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒ&
Well, there's almost no way to figure out what she's het for without keeping her for years and breeding her to everything under the sun. One trial isn't going to tell you but so much. And she's not *likely* het for anything that would vastly change her value. I mean, she couple be het scaleless sunrise palmetto terrazzo hypo avalanche stripe but you'd have to have one to breed to her to know it.
An amel het motley blizzard would be worth not much more than an amel. Those aren't exactly exotic hets.
An amel het motley blizzard would be worth not much more than an amel. Those aren't exactly exotic hets.
DragonsDenSerpents
Murphy's Guinea Pig
Keep in mind expo prices typically are drastically lower than prices online. I got my pewter girl for $20 at an expo, and she'd have been considerably higher had I purchased her online.
Wow, 20 bucks? That's insane! Around here we only have 2 shows. (and by "around here" I mean within 3 hours of me) And I guess they haven't got that memo. I bought my amel motley for 50. The same people had just a plain amel for 45. I haven't seen prices a whole lot less. It's still better than paying shipping I guess. I'm going to a repticon next week though, and I'm expecting it to be a lot better.
cornsnakeforsale_com
Just Another Corn Breeder
I generally figure 2-3x what the same thing as a hatchling would be worth. I just got back from the Tucson show 20 minutes ago and saw some adult amel proven breeders for $30. I think that's too low, but hey.
Susan
Go Ahead, Make My Day!
IMO, with today's current corn snake market, it is a buyer's market and the value of any given snake is only what the buyer will pay for it. There are snakes posted in the classifieds and on websites that 5-6 years ago would have sold in minutes at their original list price or more. But now, prices are being ridiculously slashed and the snakes still haven't sold. I basically begged, borrowed and stole the money to make my last purchase as I know I basically stole those hatchlings for the price I paid. Yet, only a few of the available hatchlings at that price actually sold with far too many, IMO, not being purchased which would indicate that the price was still too high. I love my snakes and I love breeding them, but I am seriously considering only continuing with my personal projects, keeping the target hatchlings and "eliminating" everything else by one of 3 methods. I may offer certain hatchlings for sale, but those will probably be far and few between.
Buzzard
two corny
Totally agree with Susan - the market is definitely a buyers market.
Chip
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒ&
If it was a normal, you could probably get it cheaper, but I wouldn't call a hundred bucks for an adult captive bred anything overpriced. Some one has been feeding it weekly, so there's bound to be over $100 just in the mice it's eaten. Then there is cleaning it's enclosure for three years (just guessing), which costs time and bedding. While it may seem "way overpriced" to you, I assure you, no one who has cared for a corn snake for three years and sells it for a hundred bucks is making any profit, in fact they are probably losing more than the hundred they are charging. Take your hatchling, and grow it up until 2015, and tell me how much you'd take for it! Just to put things in perspective -not trying to be rude.
