The higher indigo prices are, the tougher a sell it is to convince the wife that you really, really need a couple more, plus cages and all that good stuff. Its been mentioned that demand is rising while the number of new breeders doesn't seem to be keeping pace. Its a lot easier to convince the wife that you need a couple pairs of $500 snakes than a couple pairs of $1000 snakes, thus making it that much harder to establish a colony as prices continue to rise. Not that prices shouldn't necessarily rise. Breeders can really ask whatever they want for their offspring and be justified in doing so. Its just sort of a catch-22 in some respects. higher prices=tougher sell=less indigos per married dude=potentially less breeding success=less new breeders=lower potential # of indigos in circulation=higher prices, etc.

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