Ok,i know i will get flamed for this,but it is what it is,,,i would love to have an open and respectable discussion on this if possible.

Basically,why do we still import normal ball pythons,among other common species,when they is MORE then enough normals being produced to supply pet chains and such already in captive programs?,i can understand importing new,or more rare morphs still,but why normals,and albinos,and pieds???

heres a small list of pros and cons i made up,just a quik one
if pet stores cant pay 7 dollars for that import,and have to pay 15-20 for a normal,thier prices will go up 10 dollars,which would really help some of the lower end morphs retain value,or even boost thier sales up a bit.

if we stop importing 50,000 normal babies a year(just a figure,could be way more or way less)then that would help with the wild population immensly,i think the numbers we import every year,are doing a number on afircan populations

healthier,often better looking,captive bred babies going to first time owners who dont know anything buying from a pet store,often times are hardier feeders,then a snake bagged the day it hatches and shipped across an ocean,and never really given proper care from day one,i think he would mean less dead snakes in the first 6 weeks of ownership,meaning happier owners more likely to add to thier collection,rather then giving up when thier baby snake died 6 weeks after they got it...as well as no new pet store owner goes a week without handling,so that CB baby would be more likely to still thrive and not be as stressed

cons:

pet stores and importers will take drastic needs to stop the thought of this

if anything passes any ban,it makes it a million times easier to pass the next one

as i said,i am not saying not to import any animals,just ones readily available at all times captive bred


could this be a response to 669,give them a cookie we wont really miss to shut the crying kids up???

ok,,alow the flaming and hanging of me to begin!!!!!!!!!!