Why do some reptile enthusiasts have a problem with ball pythons.

[JLC]

I'm guilty at making fun of ball pythons and the mutant, errr morph craze. Never saw the point in buying a snake for $2500 that will be worth $400 in a few years. Seems like a ponzi scheme to me. It's not a reflection on the animals as much as the culture surrounding them.

It's good natured, but for a lot of "serious" people in the hobby who are focused on locality variants and the like, ball pythons represent the foo foo poodle culture of the reptile world.

I personally love ball pythons, they make fat, nutritious and tasty snacks for my drys. They come in yummy flavors like toffee, banana, cinnamon, lemon, caramel, champagne, orange blast, butter, pie(d), vanilla, candy, chocolate, citrus, leche, mimosa. etc. etc. My drys appreciate the many different flavors.

LOL...funny! And an excellent point, too. The feeding frenzy pricing over the latest morph crazes and the outright gushiness over them must seem ridiculous to many, and definitely easy to mock...no doubt about that.