How Much?

[Andy]

How much would you say is an acceptable amount to spend on a pet? A days wage? A weeks? Or even a few months worth of scrimping and saving? Most of my snakes are a couple of days wage.

[Anthony]

Depends how much you get a day :wink:

[captaincaveman]

Ive spent upto £1500 before(not very often though :wink: ) but usually around the £30 to £350 mark. I was going to buy a black headed python a few years back for £2500 but held off and i think the prices are slowly dropping.

money no object id get an axanthic black headed python but at £10000 cant justify at moment :wink: maybe a jaguar x jungle carpet at £1500 and a piebald royal at £2500. just gotta win some money

[asnakecalled?]

it depends on how much you get paid. i wouldn`t pay more then £200 or £300 for a rep unelss i realy wanted it then i might pay a bit more. it all depends if i want it bad enought

[cornmorphs]

yeh similar here..
i've not spent too much on one, maybe 500 or so, but in one go i have spent about 5/6k i guess

[PendleHog]

I havent got anything very expensive right now (mostly because the things I like arent huge money thankfully!) but if I really wanted something I would scrimp and save for a few months to get it.
I wouldnt like to spend more than £300 on a single animal, but thats a reflection of my lacklustre bank balance. If I had the extra money or could save it up, I'd be willing to spend it.

[Simon]

My wifes parrot is worth around £800, but that's hers so I can use it as a bargaining chip when I want an Albino Royal... I don't think it will work though...

[Dexter]

I think it's a very personal question, because it's not necessarily related to the amount of money a person has.

I've said here before that even if I won £ 100 million on the lottery tomorrow, I'd not pay more than £ 1000.00 for a snake. I'm sorry, but I don't think any snake should be worth more than that at a push (even the trendy morphs).

Also, I know a few people who are a lot worse off than I am, and have much more expensive snakes. For me it's a lot to do with the gratification I get from my pets rather than how mcuh it cost. For instance, I've got an adult anery corn that I paid £ 100.00 and I'm sure I would struggle to get my money back if I decided to sell her, but for me she's priceless.

I also have some moral problems, in theory I would not buy or sell animals (specially cats and dogs). I have some problems looking at them as commodity (although it doesn't upset me at all that people trade them), but I would rather rehome an animal than buy one.

Of course I do buy snakes, because there are no other ways to get certain breeds, etc, but I've rehomed some snakes in the past and would rehome again if needed.

[cornmorphs]

the thing is, it costs so much money to produce and establish a new morph, that the amount is bound to be a high asking price to begin with.. they always drop though if you wat to wait a bit.

[CBR1100XX]

Not sure on this as there wouldn't really be a limit as to what I would spend if I had it, I said to the wife last week I wouldn't be buying anything now for a few months and have already bought a pair of Candy Canes and a BCI and my list for when I go to Hamm is growing by the minute.

I always look ahead though before buying at what they need to be housed in the future. I have started to get a couple of things that will need 4ft+ vivs, so have to look at space.

In reality though I think it would be about £300-£400, The most expensive so far was are Tort at £200. Snake wise everything has been under £100 each, with a lot at bargain prices.