The numbers of animals that go into the the pet trade are staggering.
In the spring the U.S has about 50,000 c.h balls come in within a few week period, and come this time of year they are almost all gone. We have stores and jobbers calling all the time looking for normal baby balls and we cant come up with the numbers they are looking for....

That said the numbers that are imported each year are getting smaller and smaller 3 years ago there were 80-100k coming in each year.

Last year the importer I bought mine from brought in just under 15000 babies this year he got 3500. This year the importer I bought mine from brought in about 5000 3 years ago he brought in between 35-50k a year.

When Pet-co has 990 stores nation wide and they sell say an average of 30-40 ball pythons a year you are looking at 30-40 k just to pet co.

Not to mention all the mom and pop stores, wholesalers, and show vendors that sell c.h and w.c balls every year.

The demand for c.h, w.c and gravids will always be there as people will always want to try them. W.C balls can do just as well as c.b as long as they are taken care of properly....

Stopping imports is not the answer.