I'm new to the whole ball python "market" and was wondering why some of you are thinking the ball python market is going down. I'm not on every forum, but the ones I go to always compare that forum's snake to the ball pythons. I personally think the ball python market is one of the more expensive and lively ones on here. I originally wanted sand boas and blood pythons but saw a nice yellow ball python for sale. My first snake was a ball python instead of a sand boa or blood python because everyone I met kept saying the ball python was a good first snake. Even my friends who keep RTBs advised me to get a ball first. If you compare the forums and classifieds, ball pythons have more ads and posts each day. Sometimes looking for a nice blood python is hard for me cause I don't see any I like or can afford (god I really want an ultra-breit or Ash's red leopard male). Was the market stronger before (please don't hate me for not knowing)? I just want to know how expensive balls used to be cause I think they're still pretty expensive right now. The ones I really want I plan to breed on my own. Don't worry I'm not planning on selling any of them. I already promised my friends dibs on my first clutch (if I ever get one, hopefully). Hopefully in three years I can finally have a nice yellow bumble bee, cause they are way too expensive as of right now. I think the fun part of having snakes as pets is that you can get more diverse pets in the future if you breed them right. Well that and playing with them and showing them to people who are afraid of snakes and then seeing them playing with it in the next 30 minutes or so.
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1.0 Graziani Pastel Ball Python (Baldwin)

0.1 Spider Ball Python

1.1 Kenyan Sand Boa

1.0 Snow Kenyan Sand Boa (Gaara)

1.0 Blue Garter Snake (Blue)

0.1 Sumatran Blood Python (Medusa)

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