Just kidding!!!!

Most of us would purchase morphs regardless of how much they drop over time because they enhance the quality of our lives. Animals just have a unique way of doing that for some reason. Having said that I really wish breeders had access to information that shows percentage drops for specific morphs over a given period of time so they might be able to predict within reason the price drop of other morphs in a given period of time. For example I knew when I purchased an albino ball python for $2,000 in 04' that the price would drop a certain percentage per year until I produced my own this year, Which I'm totally cool with. I also knew that since I'm not an established breeder that I might get 20%-40% less for my offspring than what some of the established breeders were asking which I'm also totally cool with. The point is I knew this information ahead of time so it never bothered me, but I'm one of those guys who was around when the only way to get prices for offspring was from a price sheet that were sent through the mail. I've followed the price of certain morphs such as Albino boas from $10,000 in 93' to where they are at now. That information combined with dozens of other recessive/dominant/co dominant morphs and their respective percentage price drops over the years was used to forecast other newer morphs. Now I know it's not that simple. There are many other factors that effect price drops other than just time. Keep in mind that boas can have a few dozen babies. It's also not a bad idea to consider combining two or more morphs to hold or stabilize offspring values over the long run. I've also noticed that most local specific boas don't follow the same rules for price fluctuations.



I'm a small time breeder with limited knowledge , but I really don't expect major breeders to chime in with specifics for obvious reasons. I'm also being very careful not to be too specific and get my post deleted. I hope this is some help to you.. if not just send me a pm and I'll try to help a bit more with the little that I do know.



Chris

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