I guess you've never bred womas. Getting them to breed is one thing and getting good hatch rates is something else. Widespread knowledge of what it takes to successfully incubate woma eggs has has only happened relatively recently.

I bought a group a few years back for $1K each. One of the reasons for this (I believe), is that the previous owner was unable to successfully get the eggs to term. In fact, I saw a pair of stellar animals for sale about a year ago. The stated reason for sale? Can't get the eggs to hatch.

Lastly, once you own one of these snakes, you'll wonder why you waited so long...they're really, really cool!



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• Why are womas so expensive? - saikyan, Mon Mar 16 13:28:17 2009
• RE: Why are womas so expensive? - guttersnacks, Mon Mar 16 14:39:40 2009
• RE: Why are womas so expensive? - arta, Mon Mar 16 19:39:25 2009
• RE: Why are womas so expensive? - Guttersnacks, Tue Mar 17 07:11:22 2009
• RE: Why are womas so expensive? - captnemo, Mon Mar 16 15:01:33 2009
• RE: Why are womas so expensive? - saikyan, Mon Mar 16 17:44:41 2009
• RE: Why are womas so expensive? - e&t, Mon Mar 16 21:20:01 2009
• RE: Why are womas so expensive? - Guttersnacks, Tue Mar 17 08:20:20 2009
• RE: Why are womas so expensive? - boredfoot, Tue Mar 17 04:39:19 2009
• RE: Why are womas so expensive? - Doug T, Mon Mar 16 23:38:53 2009
• RE: Why are womas so expensive? - pooter, Tue Mar 17 07:55:24 2009
• RE: Why are womas so expensive? - TBrophy, Tue Mar 17 08:17:07 2009
• RE: Why are womas so expensive? - jaykis, Tue Mar 17 10:45:12 2009
• RE: "Cheap, green and Ugly"???... - TJ., Wed Mar 18 09:58:13 2009
• RE: Why are womas so expensive? - varanid, Fri Mar 20 17:53:23 2009