Prices of reptiles dropping

[Hammerheadc]

I notice a lot of price dropping also. But there's all a lot of over pricing. I can get the same snake that basically boas is selling for 1000,00 from somewhere else for 650 to 700. Some people just use there name

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Mikoh4792

I wasn't being defensive, I was questioning your point. Trying to have a healthy debate as well. However you did imply that there was something ironic about complimenting high yellow jungle carpet pythons. Just curious as to how that would be.

It is ironic because you have a thread about normals and people wanting them and the prices of them but the animal pictured isn't normal! It's fine to compliment them but it's just funny that it's here in a thread about "normals".

As others have stated now, it's been line bred and yes it makes it pure jungle but doesn't mean it's much of a "wild type".

You said you don't want to see what happened to ball pythons happen to other species. My point is that it already has! People line breed animals like jungles for black or yellows or cleaner bands because they don't want "normals". Already happened.

For the record, it wasn't morphs that dropped normal ball pythons. It's the fact they reproduce like crazy in Africa and can be shipped for dirt cheap and about $10 bucks a head. Nothing to do with morphs dropping the prices. In fact, morphs propped up normal prices for a long time. Female normals were 400 at one point!

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

You said you don't want to see what happened to ball pythons happen to other species. My point is that it already has! People line breed animals like jungles for black or yellows or cleaner bands because they don't want "normals". Already happened.

For the record, it wasn't morphs that dropped normal ball pythons. It's the fact they reproduce like crazy in Africa and can be shipped for dirt cheap and about $10 bucks a head. Nothing to do with morphs dropping the prices. In fact, morphs propped up normal prices for a long time. Female normals were 400 at one point!

Didn't know that. Thanks for clearing that up.

[smy_749]

What Aaron said about the jungles is the point I was trying to make...not whether they are pure or not, just that they are a bad choice for this particular topic.

[Sublimeballs]

As stated by others, yes as morphs become more and more available their prices drop. As do the normal/wild type animals. People are greedy, it's in our nature. But I feel there are exceptions to the rules. I don't see pure kalatoa super dwarf retics dropping dramatically in price due to the insane amount of crossing with mainlands to make money off morphs. I talked to Bob Clark recently and he doesn't even produce pure kalatoas anymore, they are slowly being crossed out of existence. Which is why I'm getting my pair ASAP. Not to make money, but to make sure these animals don't disappear from the hobby altogether. The mind set for preserving what will be lost isn't there(for most) because of the mindset of making big bucks. I just hope that people realize this before its too late.