I'm not saying that that is the way it should be just there are some things that should be considered before spending upwards of $5-$6000 on anything het.If you want to spend that kind of money on a chance at nothing then go right ahead but me i can think of alot more appeasing things to spend $5 grand on than a snake that cant produce a morph of any kind.



Paperwork again is not a guarantee of nothing.It can be rewritten,copied,forged,reprinted,etc. and if the potential breeders want to use the paperwork and guarantee you the chance of producing a morph of some kind then they should stand behind it 100%,if not then they dont belong in this business.If i was selling het for piebald babies and someone bought a clutch from me and i guaranteed them that when they breed them they would get at least one piebald,and they dont,i dont care if it was 5 years down the road if they didnt produce at least one piebald then i would live up to my guarantee and either give them the money back or give them a piebald to produce piebalds with.As i said before honesty is the best policy,if you're not then stay the hell out of the business of selling snakes.So far this business isnt as corrupt as the corporate management is but give it time and we'll be right there with them.



Microchipping would be good if it was cost effective.If and only if you chipped the morphs or potential morphs then it might would work,but if thats all you produced was morphs then chipping could get a little expensive.The pricing in the last post was hypothetical but i got your point about it being worth that if it were that cheap,but i dont think it is,although i could be wrong.If it run as high as say $100 a snake and you produced 50 morphs (hypothetical) then you would be spending in excess of $5 grand just for chipping.Thats not including housing,food,equipment,bedding,water bowls,etc,etc,etc.After you get through calculating all of that into the price of say a het for albino then you would have to sell the het for about 5 grand just to get the money back for the chipping.Also you have to take into consideration of the guaranteeing aspect too.If you guaranteed that it would produce albinos and it doesnt then you're out the $5 grand so your now in the whole. Regards Bill McLeod

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