What's your thoughts on this one?

[Pythonfriend]

i doubt that it is wild caught, and if it would be: shame on you.

there is enough breeding going on, we DO NOT NEED to cut into the wild population unless its something extraordinary.

the whole morph bonanza going on in ball pythons should make ball pythons in the wild MORE SAFE instead of LESS SAFE.

That being said, what you have there is NOT a WILD CAUGHT. its a captive hatched or farm bred. worst case: gravid female got caught, got kept without feed until she produced eggs, got released back into the wild losing months of food and one reproductive cycle. best case: its from a farm, semi-captive, attracted by food, lured to produce eggs.

i just hate it that so much breeding is going on, and people go out of their way just to find a window to still put pressure on the wild population, even when it is entirely unneccesary.

very reduced pattern normal, congratulations.

EDIT: why dont breeders sell their normals as "wild caught" just to poison the well? seems like a smart thing to do: get some suckers to pay, reduce stress on the wild population.