It's simple-the price of normals sets a "floor" for the market as a whole. once very common morphs drop in price, they will never drop below a point somewhat above the price of normals. Right now that "floor" is $7-$15, depending on season.



The effect of substantially raising that floor price (and I submit that eliminating the african babies would lead to far more than a "$10" price hike)on the long-term prospects for morph pricing should be obvious to all.



When I first started breeding normal balls in the 80s, I sold every baby I produced at $60-$70 ea. I'm not saying prices would jump that much immediately, but think of the demand that has been built over the years by all these tens of thousands of imported juvies. The law of supply and demand would force normal prices way up if those snakes were to disappear! And that would support prices of pastels, spiders etc at a nice comfortable level, at least for a while.
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