I think North American Colubrid keepers are what made this hobby what it is.......We are still TRUE Herpetoculturists not some fly-by-night pipe dreamer.......

We are snake keepers before breeders.....BP guys are just breeders that are in it for the money......

And we are more passionate about what we do because we know what we are talking about. Most BP keepers know nothing about their natural history or habitat but they sure as heck can tell you how to make a yellow belly soul sucker pied pastel.......

I like to think I've grown up from the fascination of owning a "cool" boa or python as they were my first snakes decades ago......lol

I also like to think that folks like us that specialize in something will endure.....Newbies jumping on the BP band wagon will be gone in a couple years......

Those experienced BP keepers or those experienced snake keepers that became BP keepers will make it.....Don Soderberg told me years ago..."you will never get rich off of something someone else already did.....never."
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

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