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Originally Posted by Snakesitter
First off, congratulations on your new selection!
Second, the store owners are correct: the bug-eye effect is fairly common on a baby Brazilian.
Third, you made a good choice if you want iridescence. It shows up much better on darker snakes.
Finally, I would respectfully disagree on these two points (although the poster is usually spot-on).
For price, the average baby Brazilian goes for $150-200. You can find as low as $100, representing lower-end animals at shows; and as high as $400, representing top picks from high-end litters of top breeders. But $150 is a pretty normal price.
For shows, I feel you run a huge risk ever buying from a show, as with so many animals and dealers and owners in one small location, you are bound to have at least some disease, obvious or not. In other words, any price break is offset by an increased disease risk. Plus, I oddly rarely find top rainbows at shows. You are better off going to a private breeder or specialty shop that practices active quarantine (which is rare, so be sure to check!).
Again, congrats on a nice selection.
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Thanks for correcting me. I find expos aren't necessarily a great place to purchase animals, but a good way to meet breeders who may have higher quality animals that they didn't breed. However the last two shows I was at had some very nice normal rainbows priced 75-100, I don't recall the breeder's names however.
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