I think we will see the morphs start to come down rather especially in 10 years. Customers are only going to buy Ball Python morphs for a certain time period, after that something new will hit the market, and thats what everyone will want. The best part about Ball Pythons being popular morphs, is because they are obviously beautiful snakes, but they are also wonderful pets. This helps with selling morphs once they are "cheap". In five years I think albinos will be $300-$500. I think even 10 years from now they will still fetch around $200 and may never go much lower. This is definatly seen in other morphs or other species. Albino Burms (for example) have never been and will never be as cheap as a normal. Thats plain and simple. So I think once Albino Ball Pythons fall to the $300-$500 range, they will stay there for quite some time. And it could be that once they reach the $1000 range (like the albino boa) they will stay put. I bought an albino boa 3 years ago for $1200, and it seems most breeders will sell babies foro $1000-$1200 this year, really no change from 3 years ago. If Ball Pythons stay that popular, all the people investing will have great pay-offs for many years to come. This is just my two cents, it could end up way differantly.

Jason Stoots
Circle City Serpents

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