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MontyPython · 10-02-03, 12:43 AM

Thank you for your kind words. He is growing so fast!

ReptiZone · 10-02-03, 01:51 AM

MontyPython you are not a idiot for having an opinion or for thinking that a regular ball is beter looking then a morph.

I personaly think that the best looking snake on the earth is a regular burm and regular looking Retic (of all locals)

And some frendly Advice when you get jumped like that don't defend your self by using some ones Grammar agains't them it just shows that you have nothing on them other then there Grammar (And on this site that is actualy a compliment)

If you wana hit them where it hurts hit there knowlege.

Like sure Morph's look good at first sight but they will also never be as tough as a good old fasion regular ball cause they are geneticly weaker. So in the long run what looks better a morph you payed $20 000 and may live 25 years give or take, or a regular ball python that is just about to break the record of the longest living snake the world has seen that is in a well decorated cage and that has ben enjoyed for twise the time that 20 000 mrph that has ben dead and gone for 10 years now.

ppl like you are not easy to find you keep the animals Because you love them in there natural glory not because you are chasing the next BIG morph.

keep your chin up cause I can count on my 2 hands ppl like you and I that keep herps for the stated reasons.

Yes there will be a buch of claims that such and such person does this for all the right reasons but in all reality there is verry few.

I will give you a hint on how to spot the good from the bad apples.

pure fasination of the animal

study of the animal and want to help the wild population with such studys

and if a breeding project takes place the person in question would rather keep all the baby B4 considering selling one

look at jeff favelle I dont know the guy personaly but I have a good fealing that if he poped out 10 baby JCP tomarow morning and no one baught one he would be just as happy to keep them.

But tell me what a person is gona do if the just payed $40 000
on a pair af pied balls and no one wants the babys where is the fun in that.

you can put 10 JCP in a huge cage on display but I find Pied balls look horoble in a natural cage IMO. So now you have 6 pied balls in Rubermaids where no one can apprciat them.

But that is just Me

Marc Doiron

MontyPython · 10-02-03, 02:28 AM

Thank you Marc, I knew there was at least one person out there that shared my same opinion. I look at morphs as a rape of the natural world. Sure they may look good to some people, but would they exist in the wild? NO. If the morphs are weaker, like you said, then they may get certain diseases and pass them on to the offspring. Morphs seem to made more for the satisfaction of the people involved rather than the animals themselves. And the prices that they are being sold for is just crazy. I know cars that cost less than some morphs out there. I am glad that there are still people out there that respect the natural beauty of these animals and want to preserve them that way rather than change them to make them more colorful or what ever.

Brian

BoidKeeper · 10-02-03, 04:40 AM

Before I was seriouse about the hobby I used to share your opinion Monty. I actually used to refer to morphs as "freaks". Which they are but that is why I like them now. Personally I keep snakes because they are, relatively speaking, rare in the pet world. Keeping snakes makes us unique. Keeping snakes that are different from other snakes makes you even more unique. For example I'm the only school teacher that I know in the whole province with a corn in his classroom. I'm also the only herper in the province with Stockwell kenyans and I'm certainly the only person with anery kenyans. So although I believe that animals in their normal state are nice looking I prefer morphs for their added level of uniqness.
Cheers,
Trevor

RepTylE · 10-02-03, 04:45 AM

Since morphs came about from breeding activities it seems only natural that the abberants are a part of the hobby. Love or hate them I don't see them going away any time soon. Selective breeding for traits has been part of human culture since there has been human culture so it might be time to get used to it.