Woma Python

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Originally Posted by Lucas339

i agree. that is a great article.

skiploder im going to relate what you said to GTP. you can still find GTPs advertised as local speicmens but the ones that are most sought after are the outcrosses that produce the best colors. i see no difference in wanting a highly colored GTP to having a highly colored woma. some people like locals and good for them. me, i prefer color and thats what ill buy. i don't plan on buying from a broker. i plan on buying form someone that breeds them so i can get pictures of the parents.

its your money....spend it on what you want. if you want local then go local. but can you really prove that it is truly that local.

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Lucas:

I'll take it a step farther and let's look at ball pythons. What's the difference between a $10,000.00 morph and a normal? Just because a snake is more colorful or visually unique doesn't mean it's a better quality animal.

If you want to pay more for an outcross or an animal bred for high color - there is nothing wrong with that. However, somehow equating that color to quality is where I don't agree.

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Originally Posted by Skiploder

Lucas:

I'll take it a step farther and let's look at ball pythons. What's the difference between a $10,000.00 morph and a normal? Just because a snake is more colorful or visually unique doesn't mean it's a better quality animal.

If you want to pay more for an outcross or an animal bred for high color - there is nothing wrong with that. However, somehow equating that color to quality is where I don't agree.

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unless of course to him/her dont member who your talking to.... quality means looks and color of the snake.
kinda like a quality car to you might not be a quality car to someone else

well the rufous they have are over priced, glades herp gets those same snakes and sells them for $200. then the regular rufous are brown with the black by the eye, those are r. rostratus, those go for $120. and mitch from diamond reptile gets those in, as well as ben siegel & exoticsrus also, they just have those babies over priced by $100. if they went down to $200 id purchase one. i check kingsnake everyday no luck on my rufous. only other snake i really want is a cobra, but i dont have a permit and nobody will sell to me without a permit, ive kept venomous snakes before so im not stupid on how to treat them, just its not worth the hassle of getting the permit because they i have to lie about 500 hour sof experience.

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Originally Posted by azpythons

unless of course to him/her dont member who your talking to.... quality means looks and color of the snake.
kinda like a quality car to you might not be a quality car to someone else

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Can you run this by me one more time?

I'm having a hard time figuring out what the first part of your statement means.

Thanks in advance.

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Originally Posted by azpythons

unless of course to him/her dont member who your talking to.... quality means looks and color of the snake.
kinda like a quality car to you might not be a quality car to someone else

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me too.

and skip if it sounds like i meant that the snake would be subpar as an animal becasue of the price then you misunderstood me. i do see how it would sound like that. to me, if im buying a snake, i want one that is going to look great and be healthy.

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Originally Posted by Lucas339

me too.

and skip if it sounds like i meant that the snake would be subpar as an animal becasue of the price then you misunderstood me. i do see how it would sound like that. to me, if im buying a snake, i want one that is going to look great and be healthy.

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Lucas:

I understand where you're coming from. A quality animal is first and foremost a healthy animal that is a good representative of its species.

The aesthetics of the animal can be broken down into two variants - (Mandatory) those essential and/or expected of the species and (Discretionary) those pleasing to the ideals of the prospective owner.

The value of the animal is ideally based on a combination of both. If the going price for a standard healthy woma is $400, then an $800 high-color variant isn't a better animal quality-wise. It's just an animal that someone may be willing to pay a few more bucks for.

atleast skip sees my point.