Growing the consumer base is the key to a stable and improving market. Making sure these "bans" don't remove that consumer base is key. Look at how many more households have reptiles in them now than they did 5, 10, and 20 years ago. There are simply more people that want these animals now than at any time in the past. It really does help that many of these ball morphs are at a price that the average consumer can afford one. I remember seeing photos of albinos and pieds back in the mid 90s and hoping that some day I'd own one. Even if I didn't breed them, I could still pretty easily have a few of them as pets, because they don't cost as much as a car anymore.



Educating the public, along with promoting the industry in a positive manner, is the key to the market. Think about how children react to snakes now versus how your grandparents react to them. Big difference and it should only improve if we do our job right.



Garrick

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