You know, I'm not all that sure why people seem to love morphs so much.I admit, some of the ball python morphs look nice, but isn't there much more to the reptile hobby than keeping animals that 'look nice' (and keeping them in drawers...though I won't criticize that, as it seems necessary most of the time). I love keeping reptiles because I get to see what they do (though it is really only an extremely small portion of what they would do in the wild). I also like trying to make their environments as suitable as possible.



Just wondering. I own a ball python myself, and I plan on breeding him in the future (purchasing a female this summer...another normal). Every once in a while I get caught up in the morphs, but I have to admit that that's almost always because of thoughts of breeding them and selling the expensive babies, which isn't my goal as a keeper of exotic animals. I'd rather breed some normals and make some great pet snakes then breed reptiles for other people to buy as an 'investment'. The thing that attracts me to breeding reptiles is the excitement (waiting for eggs to be laid/hatch), and I bet it must be a pretty rewarding experience. Anyways, just something that I was turning over in my head.



By the way, I love what you do (with the monitors). I'd like to get a trio of ackies in the future in an attempt at breeding them, but I am too worried I wouldn't be able to provide them with a good enough environment (deep enough soil, mainly).

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