"Any snake is worth anything you are willing to pay."



AMEN BROTHER. So true. Just look at the BP market. A bunch of morphs that ALL result in similar earthy tones with NO real color, a few "kind of" cool patterns, coupled with sucky personalities...yet $2-3000. price tags are common place, and PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY IT. Im still not 100% convinced there's actually as many different genes as these guys claim. Too many of them look way too similar to begin with, and the co-dom supers result in virtually identical looking snakes. I really don't know though. What I do know, is that the BP masses are all VERY much still enthused about them, and they're going strong. Many colubrid enthusiasts are, well, NOT that enthused anymore it seems. LOL! I'm guessing the BP craze will eventually end up the same way. History tends to repeat itself. Also, most (or at least "a lot"of BP breeders only see $ signs. All of the colubrid people I know, and even the ones I don't know, but on this forum, seem to have a greater appreciation for the snakes they collect, breed, sell, study - whatever. Clearly, most of US, are NOT solely in this for the $...and although it has it's draw backs for those of us who do try to make a buck or two, I think it's not neccesarily a bad thing. I wish John Q Public would be as excited about kings and milks again, as all of us are. You get SO MUCH more for your money when you buy a giant, colorful, curious, and active florida morph, or tri-spectacularly colored king. Even the hog guys are going strong. $1800-2000 for an anery hog? More power to them.



Just my observations and opinion.

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