what types of pythons make what?

[pavlovk1025]

My post was definitely not aimed at anyone who gave honest constructive criticism or advice. It was mainly aimed at this. Like you said, you didn't know anything 2 weeks ago, either. Now, after 2 weeks of asking questions, you are so full of snake wisdom that you can tell someone to ignore the advise of experienced, seasoned keepers and breeders here, and to only listen to you, a complete rookie who tells people that they shouldn't buy a single snake, and will never be able to sell future offspring, etc. Aren't you the one who thought albinos and lavender albinos were compatible, only a couple of days ago?

Usually, the people who have a couple of weeks of research and ownership under their belts stick to regurgitating forum dogma. You should stick to educating yourself for a while, imho, before attempting to hand out advice. You don't have experience, so all you are capable of doing is regurgitating internet dogma, or giving bad information.

He definitely knows that he's unlikely to break even breeding a pair or two of ball pythons, let alone make money. But for the record, there are plenty of people out there who breed way more snakes than any one person could ever love on a personal level, for the purpose of making money. I don't see a problem with it, as long as the snakes are taken care of. Congratulations on being such an "amazing owner", with such a deep passion for snakes, but don't assume that your passion gives you any special wisdom that a new owner won't receive from someone who likely has the same passion as you, but who actually has a little experience under his belt. Just my $0.02.

All I said was if he is just looking to breed snakes for money, then he should not jump into it head first. It has been my personal life experience that whenever somebody deals with animals on a small scale for the sole purpose of making money, they tend not to care as much about the animal as they do about the potential income. Sure, some big breeders began small and then turned it into a business, and treat it as a business. They respect and care for the animals. 8ballpythons.com has a journal entry geared towards those thinking that BP breeding is the new "dot bomb." If the question was posed the way he back tracked, or the way you defended him, that indeed he was just interested in learning about a little to be able to sell off his extra animals...well then I would have responded in a whole different manner. The fact that he posed his first question as an inquiry as to whether or not he can make "bald pythons" "saleable" gave off an air of ignorance and a desire to own BPs driven by the potential money to be made.

Now onto your opinion of me and my "snake wisdom," as you call it. I am not a seasoned breeder by any means. What "I didnt know anything until 2 weeks ago" means is that I had no clue the hundreds of morphs available, that a tub is better at holding humidity than a tank, that lavender albinos and albinos are not compatible. Whoops, how did I ever miss such BASIC information. But I am no rookie to housing and caring for snakes. You assuming I have no experience is interesting to me. You umm..don't really know me. This is not my first walk in the park, thank you very much. Sure, I can regurgitate the info that I get from the forum and be a nice ole lad, but that would mean I would have to remain neutral towards owners that just might be heading the wrong path. The last thing I would like to see is some guy who thought he could make money breeding BPs and then ditching them in random places when his E/I ratio caused him to back out. HR 669 w00t w00t.

And I agree, there is no issue with people breeding more snakes than they can love for the purpose of profit, but like I said in the beginning, they at least care for the animals to the best of their ability until they are sold.

Bottom line...I saw a possible bad situation for a BP in the making, I reacted to it, and that's that. My bad for having a passion for bald pythons.