Ok lately on Fauna or Kingsnake I have been seeing more and more "collections for sale" threads. From the looks of it (from NC that is) the shows are not getting as many people to come and causing vendors not to vend. And from reading about the big shows it looks like a lot of the top breeders in the Nation aren't coming out. I know there are still top guys going out but only about half are, where is the other guys at?
I see and hear all this but yet I go and read Brian's blog (BHB) and he is saying they sold more animals then they have before (my guess is he was the best out there and everyone flocked to him) and to him, it seems as though the hobby is still on the raise.
It's just weird to see such contradictions. It's not like a big breeder is selling the lot they are still producing and producing new stuff, I was just curious on the thoughts of the others on the boards.