.....in this post, I'm sorry to say is money. A wise man (my father) once told me, do not go into a profession that is also your hobby. You will eventually lose your passion for the hobby and other bad things will happen.

On a related note, go back to and listen to some past episodes of Reptile Radio. The most recent one on it had Will Bird as a guest. He keeps and produces hundreds of snakes. You could hear the genuineness in his voice as he talked about his snakes. Not once in the hour episode, did he mention the almighty dollar or what a snake was "worth". I've never met the man personally but I have a feeling that money rarely interferes with his decisions involving snakes.

The point being, (and I'm not accusing the poster here), is that a lot of people "got into" ball pythons as soon as they started having commas in the price tags. The good thing about these people is that they never had the passion in the first place so at least that was never lost when their business when south, just their money.
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Jon F

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