I am so sorry it came to this. Its a shame that people at the top don't realize that their actions impact the industry that they make their living off of.

I have been in the industry for only 6 years but invested about $30,000 into my animals in the first year. Once in the industry for 2 years I realized what you have recently and sold all of my snakes for a loss. I was swindled by many dealers in the first year and was taken advantage of in numerous transaction not from small breeders but from the breeders considered the top dogs. I truly thought I could trust these people.

Purchased animals for $7,000 and found out from friends that the same breeders had sold the same morph from the same clutch for 3,000 to her two weeks later.

This is a volatile market with no regulations to control it. That is a dangerous combination for the.

I learned my lesson!

Something to think of when deciding to invest in ball pythons is that no matter what anyone says to you it is not as easy to sell your snakes as you think. It took me 3 years to sell 100 snakes. At first I tried to stay close to the market price at shows all over the Midwest and East. I made about $28,000 back from my investment including all offspring produced in that time.

Good luck!

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