Not true- I've seen a few folks who drop big money on ball python morphs because they think they're pretty and if they're going to do something, might as well go big. Seems to be a mentality that it must be easy if so many people are doing it, go ahead and spend big money on an animal they know nothing about. It's just a snake, they should be able to wing it, right?

I know one couple who bought an albino and I think a pastel (maybe a lesser?) and didn't know anything about them, just that they were pretty. They meant well and eventually were steered in the direction of purchasing adequate setups for each snake, but at first they were trying to feed them pinkies and had them without heat. They'd spent over $1000 on snakes, but less than $30 on the cage and absolutely zero time learning about them.

You know what they say about assuming... it makes an a** out of u and me!
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"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words."
- Anna Sewell (1820-1878)

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