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I don't know many working people that can justify paying thousands of dollars for a snake. There are quite a few people who are willing to pay under 100$ for a pet,but when you expect to get 5000$ or more you are getting into a very small segment of our society. So naturally 20$ corn snakes sell much better than 1500$ ball python morphs. I have seen the ball pythons at the Daytona show and see 25$ (normal) ball pythons that don't appear very diffrent from 1000$ morphs right next to it.

I guess you just wanted to make a general statement and leave it at that....correct?

Ball pythons cost money.....so do alot of other reptiles. Most ball python morphs just started hitting the scene a few years ago. Do you think that corn snake morphs cost $20 when during the first few years they became available? Research the history of the reptile business and you might learn some very interesting stuff.

Of course, you have to produce, feed, and sell 75 corn snakes to make $1,500 - but only one bp .

Christy

Its called the reptile trade, in a since. most of the people that do purchase these high dollar morphs have expensive snakes themselves or are looking to get into it. Some are just wealthy " Snake collectors that just appriciate the way that they look. but mostly its people that breed snakes and produce more "high dollar" snakes and sell them to more breeders that have the money from what they breed. Hints the name "the reptile trade". Or at least thats the way that I look at it.

Everyone can have their own opinion!

Yes, everybody can have a $20 ball python and very few in our society would spend $5 000 on a snake right!

Did you know some very educated people will spend $20 000 on a show dog! Wonder why, perhaps to just keep it as a pet or maybe, just maybe they might show the dog, win big at some show and then breed their said show dogs to make 5 times back their initial investment!

Should I go on with a $500 000 stalion horse as an example?

There are many walks of life on this planet, some work part time at 7/11 for minimum wage and can only aford a $20 ball python, some might invest 2-300$ and buy a pastel and build a decent collection from that and some will get that $20 000 ball python BUT only keep it as a pet!

Your statement was very uneducated to say the least.

Brian A.

AMEN BROTHER!!

Some people are just collectors!
Like coin collectors , They just have to have that 1912 dime .......Sure they could go to the bank and buy all they want of a standard dime ..They got to have that rare oddity!
Some of us just love reptiles period so if we can produce a piebald with some hets we can afford that clown next year. Man I love this stuff.....Gives me chills HE HE !!!!!!!!!!

I own a pet store an have people who stop in all the time and ask this same question. Most of which are spending $7-$10 for a bone(the 3rd or 4th of the week) for a dog they spend $1000 for and just got back from spending $50 for a haircut and shampoo and possibly spending the extra $10 to have there nails painted. This ritual being done monthly. I in turn will ask them why they are willing to spend that kind of money over and over on there pet; in which they usually respond "but I love my baby"....My response to them is, do you think I love my baby's less you then you love yours? The less intelligent will usually still try to argue with me but most will see the point and understand. Snakes are pets too and deserve the same respect.