I stopped buying last year, not because of the recession, but due to the fact that I have enough projects to keep me going for years. I will still trade, but I do not put any more disposable cash into the "collection". But, yes, it will keep me from buying, I am paying a lot more in gas to get to my paying job so this job is on the back burner.

IRS check and selling some of my collection will probably go to buying a motorcycle. I drive 80 miles a day to work and here in S Florida, you can ride a bike year round.

Until I know for sure whether this ban passes or not, I am not putting any cash into the collection, if it passes, thousand dollar snakes are worthless and like I said, I have enough to keep me going for years if they are grandfathered in. If not, I sure hope they taste like chicken.

One thing I am wondering, have the feds thought of what is going to happen to all of these animals once they make selling or trading them illegal? I love my animals and have kept my collection to a size that is easily managed, but what about people with hundreds or even thousands of animals that are all of a sudden "worthless" .... Are they going to be subsidized by the government to pay to feed these animals....python welfare? Question for the bigger breeders? What are you going to do with your collections should this legislation pass? Are the feds going to "buy" all these animals for the going rate? I cannot see people "doing away" with their prized animals and many people may be financially ruined if this passes....makes ya wonder....Are we going to be buying and trading snakes on the "black market"? If what we have now is grandfathered in, will that put an end to the breeding? What do you do with all those possible het males....For all of you that think "no problem, I will just sell in my state", remember, Fed laws trump state laws...just ask the growers of medical marijuana in California.

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