Hey all BP'ers...

I'm a carpet python guy, but still keep an eye on the ball "marlket" because it is interesting to say the least.

I have always loved pieds and the extreme look that they posess, and am considering a dinker pied project sometime soon.

I have noticed that the "asking" prices are very very stable on kingsnake, etc for pieds. I realize they are recessive, but they aren't dropping anywhere near as fast as some other recessive traits (ie albino). They seem to have been in the 1-2K price range for at a few years, and I rarely see any decent ones for under a grand.

So are people just not producing many of them or what? Is the demand that high for them that they can remain so relatively high priced?

There seems to be a glut on kingsnake but are people asking high prices and settling for less or what? I appreciate any thoughts on this.....again, I am a newbie to balls but not to pythons, and the carpet market acts like a whole different beast than balls.

Thanks,

Chris