Personally I kind of like morph ball pythons and the idea that eventually everyone that wants one will be able to have it.



Like it or not, the free market has a built in mechanism for making this happen as quickly as possible. High prices stimulate production. The higher priced animals tend to go to more experienced breeders and they get more resources (more frequent feedings etc.). Even within a collection most breeders will dedicate more females to their higher priced projects. Of course they shouldn't be bred to the point that their health is at risk but to try to limit production to hold up prices is to fight against the natural tendency of markets. Maybe a cartel could actually pull it off at the very beginning when only a few own the morph but all it would accomplish is delaying eventually getting it out there for the masses. I suppose it would be less work for the early cartel members to produce fewer higher priced animals but eventually the profits will go to those who are willing to do the huge amount of work to produce enough to go around at a more commonly attainable price.

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