is that in the early days, they had a well deserved reptutation for producing large numbers of small eggs that hatched difficult to start babies. Once they were outcrossed with hardier strains, their health improved, but the inbred "look" was diluted. So a lot of people got out of bloods for a long time. Recently, more people started working with them again as they realized the babies being produced now are not really any more difficult than other babies, and that there is a lot that can be done with them, both in improving that original "look" as well as combining with other morphs.



So the demand has been up the last few years, and breeders have been catching up to it. I suspect that soon the demand will be met as breeders gear up, and that prices may come down. But because they are quite variable, the price for a really nice one may stay high for a while.



Another factor is that once people start seeing the "pied sides" and they begin to be available, I think it might get new people excited about bloods. How much and how long that affects the market for normal bloods remains to be seen.

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