Well, you sound like one of those who got taken in some Emu scheme.....

I don't know very many people who would want a $5,000.... (40) pound bird running around their yard, that has to sleep in a horse barn, and most likely will eat you out of house and home!.....And then maybe give you a bunch of eggs, that the local predators are going to fight you for!

Sounds like lack of research...on the part of those who bought in!

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I do however, know alot of people ....some get this....never even liked snakes before, that would like one as a pet, and for some people....not all but some...money is not a real factor.

I know people who have spent $3000. and up!... on a puppy...now I like dogs, but I am not spending $3,000 on a dog! Yet many of the people I know have spent that on them, and then they get it nuetered or spayed besides!.... But I would spend $25,000 on a snake if I had it.....Their is a wide range of people out there who love reptiles....they have been buying them for many many years, and the pet trade continues to flurish!

Imagine seeing an Albino boa in a pet shop for $400 or $500 each....and they are totally healthy besides!!! I know there would be a ton of people waiting in line to buy them...and they would have no intentions of breeding them for a profit!

I think this market will continue to flourish and if and when an animal becomes oversold in a breeder market, the pet trade will become an added market to absorb the overflow....and prices would still be worth breeding them.

Just my .02 cents....

Andy

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