Sounds just like the puppy mills...no difference...and we all know what we think about those!
I also wonder how many "cute" juvenile wholesale snakes end up back on the market once people see how big they get? Not in length, or "bitey", and nothing like Retics, but just because of the size the buyers weren't expecting since the buyers didn't do their homework. Then there's the food procurement, etc., etc., etc.
And shipped overseas? Snake burgers or kabobs? We know what the Chinese do to dogs...in the thousands!
Meh, just sounding off as I clean my cages today and decided to climb up on the soap box...
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Originally Posted by Aaron_S
So I have friends who produce hundreds and into the thousands of ball pythons a year. A lot are shipped off to wholesalers who sell to pet stores because it's a massive demand on the pet level.
A lot are are then shipped overseas, particularly Asia, where the high end stuff is bought up quickly and in large amounts.
So yes, there's still a demand. It might be better to believe there's a "refined" demand because some morphs just aren't popular as they once were and you'd have a hard time selling them...like genetic stripe.
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