Re: Are we the last of the old timers?
Genetic engineering does not necessitate cloning, it's simply the manipulation of DNA, which includes artificial selection (we have been genetically engineering dogs since the Neolithic Revolution, it's nothing new).
But you're right, this is not the place for that discussion... I'm sorry to have sidetracked your thread.
Well, at any rate, I think we all have lots to look forward to in terms of ball python morphs... the combinations really are endless.
Re: Are we the last of the old timers?
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corgigirl9
I very much enjoyed reading the pied thread. It really made me laugh at how far BPs have come.
Exactly, I remember only dreaming of owning Spiders and now I could have as many as I want.
Re: Are we the last of the old timers?
Yea no kidding. I spent 14 k from spiderballs.net in 2003 on one lol. I did make my money back the following year but man how things have changed.
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mainbutter
It's not about how the offspring you produce today *would* be valued if they were produced 5 years from now. It's about how the offspring you produce today will help you produce EVEN MORE AWESOME offspring tomorrow.
Mainbutter, I don't think you could say this any better. I completely agree. I have had ball pythons since 2006, reptiles and amphibians since I could barely walk. I had to sell all mine when I joined the Air Force. I am now building up my future female breeders. I have never bred a reptile in my life, yet I have dedicated the majority of my life to reptiles. I remember marching to tech school every morning thinking about the best base morphs to acquire to produce the best combos later on.
The other day I saw a visual female piebald for $575 shipped! In 2007 I flew from Wisconsin to the Daytona Florida show, pieds were selling well at $2-3000. The lower the cost goes for base morphs the more combos will be produced. I am all for prices getting lower and morph combo possibilities getting larger. Without it new breeders wouldn't be able to get into breeding. In reality most of us are breeding to sell to other breeders. Why not have a larger market to sell to?
