Imports

[heylookitsjon]

As much as I'd love to go to Ghana and maybe find them myself, I'd settle for being one of the privileged few who get to see the imports before anyone else, and pick out what they want first.

That would literally trump any and all experiences in my lifetime.

[Rat160]

As much as I'd love to go to Ghana and maybe find them myself, I'd settle for being one of the privileged few who get to see the imports before anyone else, and pick out what they want first.

That would literally trump any and all experiences in my lifetime.

Thats what Im talking about, I dont want to find them in the wild, I just want to be able to visit a snake farm and hand pick some babies.

[rabernet]

Thats what Im talking about, I dont want to find them in the wild, I just want to be able to visit a snake farm and hand pick some babies.

They don't sell to the general public a few hand picked babies. That isn't worth their time, nor does it make financial sense to them. You'd have to purchase thousands of babies at a time, and you'd have to have an import license to bring them into the country.

Additionally - even if you could hand select a few, the costs to get all the paperwork in order to import them would make it cost prohibitive for a few fancy normals (any new mutations are offered to the big boys for big bucks).

[Mike41793]

Imagine how awesome it would be to go on a trip to Ghana and collect them. Just the *idea* of finding something no one has seen... /dream

Yes please lol!

[meowmeowkazoo]

I think people tend to romanticize this. Brian from BHB paid $70,000 after all for his single sunset ball python.

There is no money to be made this way in ball pythons any longer, unless you're somebody who's been around long enough to have a guy in Africa working for you.

Not to mention that it would be dangerous and expensive to go yourself to see the snakes, and the fact that baby ball pythons are sold by the thousands as Robin mentioned.

All in all, while I can appreciate the importance of importation to the hobby, I personally find it to be a cruel practice considering all that the snakes go through before arriving here.