On a serious marketing standpoint by the year 1990 albino Burms were already then only a few hundred dollars each I believe primarily because of Bob Clark and Mark Bell.Hets were the cheap rage in Herpetoculture then. I didn't have time to try to produce big numbers and I knew the price would drop rapidly. Even by the time of 1988 I believe I was only selling them then [albino's] for about $1,000 ea. That's about the point I lost interest because breeding for me was a sideline and not important in my business plan. I always strived to get the newest best herps for potential breeders. I alwas bred stuff but things I really liked and not just for money. My real passion then and today are West Indian Herps. I first bred Rhino Iguanas in the late 70's [huge deal then]. Cyclura and West Indian Boas were my real love. You have to remember EVERYONE was buying het albino's and any other het Burmese morph they could find. For a short few years the import of wild normal Burmese were almost if not completely stopped because Thailand shut down exports of living snakes and allowed only skins to be exported. Amazon Doc, if you're really interested and not just getting your jollies from trying to ridicule people you don't even know why don't you check the records of TRAFFIC. I have before for a program I developed. It means TRADE RECORD ANALYSIS OF FAUNA AND FLORA IN COMMERCE and is the arm of the world wildlife fund that monitors who's doing what and where worldwide. Give us the numbers and origin of all Burmese exported say from 1985 through 1995. I'm really interested in the year of Hurricane Andrew [not sure but maybe 1992]. This would be important in trying to track the origin of the feral snakes. I just don't have time and have mentioned it to several other folks but to the best of my knowledge it hasn't been done. Make sure to NOT confuse the records for skins with the living snakes. I can't put my finger on it but there is something about the feral populaion that doesn't make sense and doesn't add up. The fact that NO morphs show up is only one factor and locations of the snakes is another. The TRAFFIC info would be welcomed by me and others and if you do I promise to put my bug spray up and buy you a tiny Malaysian Chicken like Patty has. Really good ones are much smaller than Banty Chickens even. I'm not sure what they are but look like tiny Jungle Fowl [wild ones]....




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