Hi people,
Having read the threads countless times and seeing the same questions posted again and again on whether the market is falling..these are my own 2 cents
1) It's hard to predict market trends...its fallin because lotsa people are jumping into the bandwagon, and breeding and selling snakes at uncontrolled prices - making quick buck to sell...
2) If prices keep falling, some of these make-it-quick breeders will probably concentrate on other stuff, and then slowly but steadily...the market free fall will taper off
3) In the long run - its the quality and not quantity that counts. Drawing an analogy with the pedigree dog business.... you can grab a puppymill chihuahua for a fraction of what you need to cough up for a champion pedigreed chihuahua from a reputable breeder
4) Among spiders - you have different qualities, even among piebalds...some are simply more spectacular than others...even normals have variants...what is the perfect spider or pastel? If there's a standard to breed for like in dogs, would that help to control the quality and pricing? Having a specific morph pattern type standard...it's mind boggling but thoughts on this?
5) There's many ways to make money... but if you genuinely love balls, then as long as your returns are sufficient enough to help you maintain your snakes or give them a better life and not overwhelming then its great. Any surplus is bonus. If you are into Balls for the money...then remember that you gotta factor in lotsa stuff and that it's not an overnight success thing.
6) In the end, it's those who genuinely love Balls and who also choose to breed them that get the most out of the breeding venture.
7) Lastly from what I have learnt here, if you breeding for investments - go for the recessives, and combination designer ones... not co-dom or dom
