Re: Has desert female breeding got anywhere?
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Originally Posted by
JLC
Really? Does a ball python HAVE to breed and reproduce in order to have value? Or does every loved pet ball python (including my own, as I am no breeder) have no more value than a paper weight?
Interesting...
Only needs to be able to breed to justify the $1000 price tag. I'll still buy a female desert for the right price.
Re: Has desert female breeding got anywhere?
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Originally Posted by
Dragoon
Only needs to be able to breed to justify the $1000 price tag. I'll still buy a female desert for the right price.
:confuzd: I spent $1000 for my doberman...and another couple hundred to get her spayed so she couldn't/wouldn't breed.
That's not to say that I don't understand MOST people's reluctance to spend a grand on a snake just because it's pretty. But my point was to question the statement that the animals have NO value for no other reason than that they can't breed.
I just find the whole discussion very...eye opening.
Re: Has desert female breeding got anywhere?
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Originally Posted by
JLC
I just find the whole discussion very...eye opening.
At the risk of taking this thread in a very strange direction, my snakes help me deal with my PTSD, and allow me to relax when things get stressful for me and I want to go off the deep end.
I can't put a price tag or value on how much that is worth to me.
Ok, weird rant off, back to your regular programing ;)
Re: Has desert female breeding got anywhere?
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Originally Posted by
JLC
I just find the whole discussion very...eye opening.
Indeed :weirdface. However I wouldn't think badly of some of the people who probably surprised you in a negative way lol, a lot of people these days are more interested in the business aspect of ball pythons. They want to INVEST in ball pythons and ball python morphs. Of course a morph that can't produce would be useless to them.
I don't think deserts themselves should be worth 1k because they're not that cool looking. I would have gotten a bumblebee for $800 (that's how much they were when I joined) and I had no intention of breeding lol. I think bee's are freakn HOT. Even to this day, if you see a sweet bee, you gotta have it :gj:!! It's a beautiful snake even if it's just a pet.