Quality of breeding stock

[RoseyReps]

Pet Quality - These are good quality python representatives of their morph; below breeding quality. (I wouldn't want even my pet to be lowest quality... lol Even BP owners with only 'pets' are super proud of their Balls )

Mid Quality - These pythons are mid range, showing decent coloration/pattern for the morph. The majority of our babies fall in this category. Market price. ( don't know if I'd label these as breeder quality; am I wrong? We're trying to weed out people buying 'lowER end' snakes to breed (I know we can't stop them, but like you said, make them think)... should we try to hold that to Superior Quality?)

Superior Quality - These pythons go above and beyond the morph standard, showing excellent coloring/pattern. Our breeders come from this group. Priced according to market, with additional quality mark up.

Holdbacks / Breeders - These are our personal stock. Sometimes we will have pythons here we have bred in the past, who have been replaced by their offspring. All of these are Superior Quality, and priced accordingly.



We can't MAKE them not breed them, unfortunately... but like Rosey Reps said... if there is a standard, maybe it will help potential new breeders to think twice and subconsciously strive to acquire higher standards for their breeding practices. We'll be hard pressed to completely get rid of bad breeders. Heck, people do it with dogs, too. Unfortunately there is no 'spay/neuter' program for snakes....


Yes

The reasoning I had for labeling the mid range and beginner breeder was this: many / most of your morph customers are looking to breed at some point. The mid range would be the bulk of your sales, and consist of snakes that represent the morph accurately, to the general mmorph standards (your pastel, for example.) But are not holymotherofgod amazing. They are still high enough quality to breed, but you would want to line breed and improve them. Where as superior quality would be the best of the best. Probably only aa handful of snakes the entire year, sometimes none at all.

That was just my concept, add another tier, switch around how you would standardize your babies. It's a work in progress