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HERICUS
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 08/07/2011 : 08:26:13
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Does the morph of the snake affect the price at which they are for sale? if so why?
Or is it purely based on the looks of the snake?
eg...
Why would an amber strip hatchling be offered for £150.00 yet a reverse okeetee be only £50.00 |
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Figs
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3319 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2011 : 09:50:47
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Yes is does 
I'm not sure who decides on prices and why, but number of genes and rarity of that morph certainly makes a difference.
So your reverse okeetee only has the one gene; amel.
But your amber stripe has 3; caramel, hypo and stripe. Much more breeding potential there |
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ptmbradley
Yearling
United Kingdom
676 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2011 : 11:25:46
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Supply and demand. Some morphs are 2 a penny, some are quite rare. People are very interested in some morphs and not interested in others.
Normals are 2 a penny and not much in demand, so they're cheap. Tesseras for example are not very common but are desired by the public, so therefore command a much higher price. |
Corns: 1.1 Anery, 1.1 Butter, 1.0 Carolina, 0.1 Hypo, 1.1 Snow, 1.0 Sunkissed
Boas: 0.1 Arabesque, 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow, 0.1 Crawl Cay, 1.1 Hogg Island X, 0.1 Hypo Hogg, 0.1 Kahl Albino (poss coral)
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
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HERICUS
Hatchling
United Kingdom
106 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2011 : 18:28:42
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so the more combos, the more work the higher the cost. economics really.
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
4335 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2011 : 19:08:33
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as an example, imagine you discovered a new morph that nobody else has. The first thing you'd need to do is breed it with a normal to determine whether its dominant or recessive.
Thats two to three years gone already, so lets say all the babies come out looking normal. This means the morph is either not inheritable, or its recessive.
Now wait another two or three years for those babies to grow up so you can breed them to prove 100% they are recessive. After a minimum of four years you have your sparkly new proven morph, and now you want to combine it with others.
If you choose to combine with another recessive then it all starts again........ |
Forum - Guide to Cornsnake Morphs - Punnett Square Calculator - Breeder Directory
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HERICUS
Hatchling
United Kingdom
106 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2011 : 21:11:42
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bloody hell, i had no idea finding and creating new morphs was so complex and time consuming!?
i can imagine then, once you find a rare and unique morph, potentially theres alot of money to be made.
i read a post on here somewhere, some one was selling a morph for £1000 each! red sided pied or something?? do people actually pay that amount of money for a rare morph!!?!? |
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gmac
The Scottish Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/07/2011 : 22:14:28
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Originally posted by HERICUS
bloody hell, i had no idea finding and creating new morphs was so complex and time consuming!?
i can imagine then, once you find a rare and unique morph, potentially theres alot of money to be made.
i read a post on here somewhere, some one was selling a morph for £1000 each! red sided pied or something?? do people actually pay that amount of money for a rare morph!!?!?
some have been more expensive than that |
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reptiledanny
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1809 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2011 : 22:20:08
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you should see the royal python world  |
1.1 royal pythons 0.1 hog island boa 1.0 corn snake
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HERICUS
Hatchling
United Kingdom
106 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2011 : 09:43:01
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really!?!!!?
i better start saving then as i fancied a python!!! thats if the other half lets me anyway!!!!!! |
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/07/2011 : 13:22:43
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there are people that will quite happily pay £2000+ for the latest and greatest cornsnake morph, which are comparatively 'cheap' compared to other species, eg for a snow hognose (only a double comination) you're looking well over £5000 and royal morphs get to ridiculous prices.
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Forum - Guide to Cornsnake Morphs - Punnett Square Calculator - Breeder Directory
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