The Ball Python bubble has broke and prices dropped quick. Those thinking they were going to make all the money back for the morphs they bought 2 years ago are experiencing a lot of disappointment. You constantly see people selling off collections.

The idea that was pushed by a lot of breeders of Ball Pythons as an investment was bad investment advice. (Actually most breeders have removed their pages that were giving this advice.) The market was flooded using that advice and supply caught up with demand, then other economic conditions best left in QT occured and the purchase of Ball Pythons have left a lot of peoples mind and we are now dealing with a situation where supply is well above demand.

It is hard to say if something like Ball Pythons will pick back up along with the rest of the economy as a lot of factors can weigh in here.
1. Will large amounts of breeders, mostly smaller ones, get out of the business due to it not being profitable or larger ones may decide to move on to something else that is more profitable? (either of these could have profound affects on supply.)
2. Will people see the difference between line bred animals and selective bred animals when making their purchases and be willing to pay the extra for selective bred morphs? (You get a spider and a pastel and breed them together to make a bee, is the end result worth X dollars when compared to breeder A's bee's? Are breeders going to be willing to sideline the breeding of low quality morphs?)
3. Will any future legislation be brought forward that impacts the herp lovers community and if so what is the affect?
4. Can new demand be created for the product?

A lot of other questions need to be answered as well, but most of them are impossible to answer on your own. You have to wait and see, but if you wait too long you may miss the upswing or you could end up breeding animals who have a monetary value less than the cost of producing them and not be able to sell them resulting in additional mouths to feed.