This is the alternative I see:

1) In general the cost of keeping breeding and shipping animals will go up.

2) As availible funds to buy snakes deminishes prices across the bored will follow.

3) Given increased production cost and decreasing return people will stop producing the more common forms.

4) Rare forms will provide a better margin and will persist as a commodity for a longer period.

All in all I think people will be keeping fewer animals and perhaps giving them better care.

I also think that there will be a move towards larger display type cages. If this is the case I think some of the more active and showy species will gain in popularity over ones that hide all the time.

Anyway just my two cents. Good thread though.
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