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joshhutto
at Tue Nov 27 18:22:20 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by joshhutto ]
actually I wouldn't be surprised if by then that snake was worth anywhere from $250-500. One of the problems with the bp market is that we have been targeting people to "invest" with the intent of breeding and making a profit. We have ignored the hobbyist and by doing so have hurt the market in general. Now everyone comes on here and they see a pastel and according to the mentallity that is on pretty much all forums they are supposed to breed it and then sale babies. I look forward to the days when morphs are priced on the looks of the animal. The idea now-a-days is that pastels are worth $X and so on. Well this shouldn't be the case. A person that selectively breeds their animals and produces screaming pastels that don't brown out should be able to get a premium for their animals not get the dreaded phone call "I like your snake better but you have to match breeder X's price for an inferior animal. I know of too many people out there that have racks of average to below average normals and they breed as many co-dom males to them as possible making average to below average morph animals. Once the huge bucks are out on these snakes the average hobbyist will buy them without hesitation. Remember when chondro's where selling for a grand, very few people bought them, now the imports sell for just a couple hundred bucks and the importers can't keep them in stock. This sucks for the breeder that produces cb babies and gets them established but that's the name of the game. But back to ball pythons, I know of several breeders with websites that are sitting on recessive morphs from 2 years ago that they can't sell and these lists have breeder co-doms that have been on these same online price list for years and the lists are up to date. Prices come down people will buy them, to the average hobbyist $2000 for an ivory is just way out of their range and the price for female yb's is still more than they are willing to pay. Ok that is my rant and I'm pretty sure it's all over the place and probably doesn't make sence but oh well.
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Josh & Krysty Hutto
J&K Reptiles
Various Ball Pythons, boas, dogs, cats, fish, an amel tiger retic female, a couple sulcatas and a few other odds and ends.
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RE: Ball python prices - joshhutto, Tue Nov 27 18:22:20 2007