Quote Originally Posted by frankykeno View Post
Dave I wouldn't blame it on the small breeders particularily. There's been some big players that played hell with the BP market in the last year or so.

I figure it this way, why mess up a market you yourself want to be part of just to make a fast buck. It's not like me holding a snake until I get what I consider an appropriate price for it is devaluing that snake. Every day it's here it's eating, growing, representing the quality of it's genetics and becoming I figure even more interesting for a buyer to purchase as it matures. So I spend some cash on feeding and housing it while I wait for the right buyer. I'd rather do that then screw up a market, and my friends in it, just to quickly line my own pockets.

Big time or small time breeders - I don't think it matters really. For me and my family what matters is the value we personally place on these snakes and the value of our time, care and years of planning to produce a hatchling. If a person sees them as only scaley dollar signs, then I think some very poor long term decisions get made. You have to know your bottom line, that's only smart business sense but for me anyways, that bottom line cannot be the driving force in why we ever decided to breed or sell a snake in the first place.
I totally agree. I mean think about it, when those eggs start hatching do you think of the money that your getting? NO! Your thinking about how beautiful those babies that you worked SO hard for are, and how amazing the moment is.

I don't want to breed in the future for money. Money is of course a nice + after all your hard work, but the experience is worth millions to me. I love these animals, not because I want to make some money, but because I want to see if I can assist in creation of new beautiful creatures that thrive.

But just because money isn't that important to me doesn't mean I'll lower the prices insanely! I will watch the market, and attempt to contribute my amount to stabilization.