Imports

Hey everyone.

So I just had a quick question that's been on my mind lately. What's the average amount of ball pythons that are imported each year? Are we causing ball pythons to become endangered at all in the wild or is their population remaining stable and completely fine? I just get a guilty conscience easily and was wondering this. Thanks for any info you can provide!

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They are CITES regulated, so they are in no danger. In some areas they are considered pests.

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I read an annual report study done from 1997-2003? It stated that they used to catch wild gravid females and after Latin eggs they released the female back into the wild. That has recently changed as the government in Ghana has told people to sell the females because they are an invasive species and the population is growing so fast. The US is currently the biggest importer of ball pythons I want to say roughly 100k a year but they are in no danger.


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Awesome thanks for the replies :).

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Imagine how awesome it would be to go on a trip to Ghana and collect them. Just the *idea* of finding something no one has seen... /dream :please:

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Imagine how awesome it would be to go on a trip to Ghana and collect them. Just the *idea* of finding something no one has seen... /dream :please:

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Haha I would totally love to do this! :D
Would definitely help with Ghana's tourism as well.

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We should all plan a trip there together :D

I already talked to the girlfriend about taking a trip to Africa an she's ok with it. Can't get anyone to help me out with snake farmer contacts once I get there though. Everyone is so hush hush about it. Kinda sucks.


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I already talked to the girlfriend about taking a trip to Africa an she's ok with it. Can't get anyone to help me out with snake farmer contacts once I get there though. Everyone is so hush hush about it. Kinda sucks.


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with alot of people trying to produce the next big morph the people that do have connections will never give em up. kinda sucks but thats the way things go.

Round trip from Toronto is only 1500 lol