First of all, I don't deal in WC's, I have been breeding BRB's and am starting morphs in a couple of years (if all goes well)

IMO and mosty speculation:

It boils down to the almighty dollar. If you factor in labor, producing baby boas while not real expensive is not that cheap. Most of us at least from what I gather do this as a hobby that either pays for itself or brings in a modest income. To raise boas as a business, you would have to pay a crew (or replace your salary) all year to tend to them, feeding cleaning, breeding etc. Also would need a facility with electricity water phone etc. and of course need feeders, either you raise them yourself (another crew to tend to feeders) or purchase them from a supplier. Bottom line from a business standpoint, there are a lot of ongoing costs associated with raising babies.

WC on the other hand, they come mostly from poorer thirld world countries where a few dollars is a relatively larger sum of money, in some places $10-$20 dollars a DAY is a typical salary. Now if you could catch snakes and sell them for a few bucks apiece to a wholesale importer, could be a "well paying" job. Costs to the persons catching...minimal, cost to the importer could be as little as a few dollars. Even with a few middlemen each making some profit, the net cost when sold here could be significantly lower without having to pay to keep breeders all year.

I don't condone WC, I believe they should be left in the wild to do what nuture needs them doing. Just pointing out as long as there is a buck to be made, people will make it, especially in areas where there are all to few bucks to be made.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"


0.1 Wife
0.2 kids
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.1 Ball python
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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