>>>I see it as completely possible that one could feel that they've "done their homework" and still end up producing the occasional offspring that through the entire lineage into doubt.





This is absolutely possible. What is troublesome though is the trend to entirely skip the homework part and then offer up so called pure animals (I'm not pointing the finger at any one in particular). Too many time folks get the snakes first, then do the tracing, only to find out there is no information available past a certain point.



It's always going to be a buyers market in the regard that they are the ones who decide to part with the money for a particular snake. Obviously there are all types of buyers, some that are way picky and some that just don't care.



I don't keep the snakes for money, or for the intent of making money, however, I feel that breeders that wish to cater to the picky side of the market must keep better records, and ask better questions to begin with.
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