Below are the 2011 CITES export quotas for ball pythons.
(PDF can be found here: http://www.cites.org/common/quotas/2...Quotas2011.pdf)
I know not all of these go to the US, but I'm sure that all of the normals produced by all of the US breeders would barely make a dent in what is imported here. Even if I have to match import pricing it's more money than I would get sticking them in the freezer. I'm really just not sure how freezing them would make any sense
Benin
45,000 ranched
1,000 wild taken
Ghana
7,000 live, wild taken
60,000 live, ranched
200 live, captive bred
Niger
500 live, wild taken
Togo
1,500 wild taken
62,500 ranched
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