Quote Originally Posted by elevatethis View Post


I could be "out of the know," but I'm not convinced that the price or supply of albino ball pythons will be at the levels appropriate for mass retail in 1-2 years...to sell at petco/petsmart, we're talking hundreds to many thousands of individual animals....if anyone else has anything concrete to share contrary to that, be all means go ahead...

I called one supplier to get some albino balls from him and he said his price had gone up, as he was down to 80 albino's. He produced around 400-600 albino balls last year. There are a few other big breeders in Florida sitting on 100 female albino's right now for Petco production. Its easier for them to sell a 100 lot of albino's all at once and get 1 check, and make 1 shipment and be done instead of selling 1 at a time to the public. Its also more cost effective to sell in large lots than to piece meal them out.

The good thing about it is it will bring a LOT more people into the hobby, and strengthen it even more.