I really hope you are right about the market correcting itself. I would love to see things improve just a little, as I can accept the fact this dive happened, but it seemed very drastic and panic is the word I am associating with this situation the most. You are also correct that the fact is we simply don't have an organization of sorts that helps let breeders know what they feel is an appropriate price for snakes. In a way i have to wonder if things would be as they are now if the majority of people selling Hondos all offered them within a specific price range instead of the things we are experiencing now with " well this guy has them even cheaper now" things I hear about when I try and sell a snake. I think we all will agree the economy, mainly the price of gas and hurricane type things will affect basically everything so giving someone a break on the price of something is kinda normal for right now. I love my snakes, and thier offspring and though I have mentioned it,,,I will say it again...I do have way more time than average breeder who still works a job to devote to my animals. I am also not in a rush to sell them, I simply do not produce that many. This is why I realize I came off harsh in my original post,,,and I feel a little guilty about that but it seemed like those ahead of the game, established producers of these snakes were dumping them extremly cheap. Which hurt the market which hurts the little guys bigtime....the ones who paid hefty sums for snakes that dropped dramatically before we even produced any. All in all I am glad I made the post, as many people were thinking similar thoughts, but apparently did not want to bring it to the forum. Maybe now that it was discussed some balance will come to the pricing, maybe not, but we'll see who sticks with Hondurans and who bails. I have a nice group and I enjoy keeping them and hatched my first clutch this year. They are great snakes, and I can see myself working with them for a long time. Tom Stevens

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