Reptile expo expansion

[Jlassiter]

There are a ton of people that work with BPs because they think they can make it rich following a recipe set forth by those before them.....

A lot of the newbie BP breeders know nothing about the snakes natural history or habitat, but they surely know exactly how to produce a mutant spinner blast caramel clown ball....lol

And hardly none of those $20k BPs are ever actually sold but they are traded for 200 amels, clowns and spiders that sell to newbs.....

I've been to many shows across the nation and I see tons of BPs......but the BPs on breeders tables are never hatchlings but usually 1 to 3 year old snakes.....to me that means they aren't selling that easily.....

I doubt the novelty will wear off soon....because in this day and age keepers do not want to learn for themselves.....they'd rather follow a cookie cutter recipe and be told exactly how to do things.......thank those pioneers that figured it all out and thank the Internet fir sharing it all.....

My two cents
They are a novelty snake that are great for beginners.......but one cannot get rich off something others have already gotten rich from......


Btw the video was hilarious.....

[StudentoReptile]

Originally Posted by Jlassiter

A lot of the newbie BP breeders know nothing about the snakes natural history or habitat, but they surely know exactly how to produce a mutant spinner blast caramel clown ball....lol

LOL...I remember an interview with Tom Crutchfield, where he said that during a conversation with another "breeder" he asked him if he even knew what countries ball pythons came from. The other fellow replied, "Africa." Tom was stupefied. He said, "Did you say Africa the country?"

Sadly, I have also witnessed this level of understanding regarding other common mainstream herps. Not only do many of these winners know jack squat about the animals they keep and breed, they also know frighteningly little about basic geography.

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Jlassiter

....I doubt the novelty will wear off soon....because in this day and age keepers do not want to learn for themselves.....they'd rather follow a cookie cutter recipe and be told exactly how to do things.......thank those pioneers that figured it all out and thank the Internet fir sharing it all.....

The sad part is that those pioneers are never thanked. They should be. They made fricking rain chambers to first breed ball pythons!