I think you could have asked $1000 each this year and found enough buyers to sell off your stock.

We'll see what the short term effects of the Disaster in the Gulf states are in how they affect fuel prices, and indirectly the personal dispensable income that is the life blood of our hobby.

In the past 10 years, Eastern Indigo prices have remained relatively level. If inflation is added to the equation, they have actually slowly dropped in value for the past 10 years. I think next year is going to be a year of correction with average prices probably doubling the price of the "low-end" breeder prices. $800-$1000 is the number I expect to see.

The number of breeders is not increasing it seems, while demand is definately increasing.

I also think that the few offspring produced of the other drymarchon species will keep their prices up for some years to come.

The species that are legally imported will drop in price much more quickly while sub's whose stock is artificially limited by exportation bans will show the longest stability.

Personally, I won't have any indigo babies next year to sell, so the business side of my hobby will take a short term hit.

MOST IMPORTANTLY: Those who work with all drymarchon will have 5 times the enjoyment than those working with oddball BP morphs at just 1/5 the price.

This concludes the statement.

Doug T

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