I think one point he might have been trying to make, or at least one that I think about often, is how many "normal" phase, or at least normal looking, giant snakes such as Burms and retics are produced and sold relatively dirt cheap in the attempt to creat an expensive and/or novel morph? While the tiger retic is selling for big bucks, the normal looking ones are less than $200. I've seen normal phase retics sell as cheap as $75 at some shows. Doesn't that scare you that anyone on the street can buy a snake for $75 that will eventually grow to 30 feet? And a nasty disposition with it to boot? Ball pythons are a different matter, because there are still lots of beginners that want a small snake to start with, and I've seen lots of people as shows that want a nice but less expensive snake that were lamenting the lack of normal phase ball pythons. Plus, a ball python likely won't be making headlines when it attacks someone. The same can be said for corn snakes.

Katrina

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