That is exactly how we feel about it Ruben! I always try to get the absolute nicest stock that I can. That's just how I like to do it. If I'm in the market for a Motley Boa or a Sunglow Boa or whatever other morph catches my eye, I will take a look at what's available and most likely go after what I consider to be the nicest looking animal.

We do the same with our Ball Python collection or our Corn Snake collection or whatever else we are interested in. We were in the market for a Super Pastel Ball Python last year and saw two available at the time. One was priced at $10,000 and was an average looking Super. The other was priced at $15,000 but was absolutely spectacular. He was a personal holdback animal of the breeders. Well needless to say, we went with the $15,000 animal. Why? Because he was spectacular and in our eyes, worth the extra money. The price difference was realistic because you had buyers willing to pay the extra price tag.

Another case in point, our Clown Ball Python is an extremely nice looking animal. He is very reduced pattern with nice coloration. And simply because of the way he looked, we had a pretty long wait list of interested customers for his babies before he was even breeding!

You can also make the argument that regardless of what the animal looks like, it carries the genetics for the morph which is absolutely true. And that is why both the higher priced animals and the lower priced animals WILL sell!

Thanks,
Celia
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Celia Chien
www.ExoticsByNature.com

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