This is a quiet time of year for ball pythons. Breeders are largely sold out and new babies are just beginning to hatch. Combine that with the absurd number of shows on the east coast and you get lower attendance from vendors and customers. The latter makes for shows of increasingly poor quality.

In order to make trade shows consistently cool again both vendors and customers have to stop supporting every trade show that gets added to the schedule. Things are at a breaking point. Some trade shows simply need to go away while others need to dramatically decrease in frequency.

Here is a link to something I wrote on the topic several months ago. http://ballpythonbreeder.com/2009/11...e-showverload/