Albino prices held for a long time because it was a completely different market place. There were no other morphs, limited producers and the few people that were breeding the first morphs had no reason to dump prices like Average Joe Breeder does today. It's not amazing at all it was just a different time a different mindset and whole lot less people pissing in the pool. Look at the more recent morphs - they are $20K this year and $2K by the time those babies drop eggs. That is the reality of todays market - so saying "look at albinos" and "look at pieds" is a bit deceptive don't ya think?



I also don't get the idea behind the "when they hit the pet trade" thing -- cause they're already in the pet trade have been for years. Where is this great impact it was supposed to bring? Guess I'll have to catch the next wave.



Telling people to produce volume amounts of balls to sell cheaply is why the market tanked to begin with. A little less volume all around would go a long way in stabilizing the market. Not going to happen, I know, why beat the dead horse.



Seems like I keep hearing the same rhetoric year after year but I'm not seeing any of the fruition. I'm still waiting for the "it will be worth more as an adult breeder" one to kick in. Someone let me know when my proven yellowbelly is worth $2500 again.



Keep it real folks and enjoy your animals.
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