Where is the morph market heading?

[the odds god]

How is the Cornsnake market doing after 40 years, its still thriving

Playing with ball python genetics is here to stay, not even worried one bit for the market, if you are only in this for the coin, best you invest somewhere else.

Personnaly, I can't wait till balls are only worth a few hundred dollars, it will weed out the greedy who are only in it for the money.

[Melicious]

Horrible economy, less disposable income = weeding out folks who are in this for money..... Its a hobby. I hope this makes sense.

It makes great sense. I "squandered" my entire Christmas fund to get my newest girl. She's so worth it. I told Adam at the expo that I was probably going to call him for a het. hypo girl eventually soon. This is supposed to be a hobby, and people like Adam are great examples of that. It's not just about the money. It's about the enjoyment of the reptiles.

[Markus Heinsohn]

How is the Cornsnake market doing after 40 years, its still thriving

Playing with ball python genetics is here to stay, not even worried one bit for the market, if you are only in this for the coin, best you invest somewhere else.

Personnaly, I can't wait till balls are only worth a few hundred dollars, it will weed out the greedy who are only in it for the money.

I never said I 'invested'... I'm not doing this for money, but for the love to special and rare animals. My point is that in a general sense, the basic morphs are getting less special and rare because of the big supply and countless combinations.

[Markus Heinsohn]

Marcus, just want to say I'm a BIG fan of OOTP! Happy to hear that you're into snakes too!

-PG

Thanks mate! I need to have a couple more hobbies than sitting in front of the PC all day, or I'd go nuts

[juddb]

I never said I 'invested'... I'm not doing this for money, but for the love to special and rare animals. My point is that in a general sense, the basic morphs are getting less special and rare because of the big supply and countless combinations.

I completely understand you. If people have the morphs to create all the combo's let them, but if a pastel x normal pairing is what you want to do then thats what is special to you. These snakes arent rare anymore but that doesnt mean they arent special.

[Wh00h0069]

I completely understand you. If people have the morphs to create all the combo's let them, but if a pastel x normal pairing is what you want to do then thats what is special to you. These snakes arent rare anymore but that doesnt mean they arent special.

I agree, if someone wants to breed just to breed then more power to them But in my opinion, if people want to breed to make money, then they need to be working towards combos.

[Markus Heinsohn]

If Im not mistaken the pastel butter kingpin is only 3 morphs (pastel, butter, pinstripe).

If it was 4 it would be a more white because it would be a pastel, butter, pin, and lesser).

It should be 4... a Kingpin is a Lesser-Pinstripe. So it's Lesser-Pinstripe-Butter-Pastel. And I think it already is pretty white ... Three would be just Pastel Kingpin, wouldn't it?

[Markus Heinsohn]

I completely understand you. If people have the morphs to create all the combo's let them, but if a pastel x normal pairing is what you want to do then thats what is special to you. These snakes arent rare anymore but that doesnt mean they arent special.

Maybe special was the wrong word to express what I meant. So lets just focus on 'rare'. Don't get me wrong, I love my animals, no matter if its the normal or the lesser... But my enthusiasm of owning a rare animal has suffered a bit in the past year because of all the crazy morphs and the dropping prices for 'standard' morphs.

[juddb]

Maybe special was the wrong word to express what I meant. So lets just focus on 'rare'. Don't get me wrong, I love my animals, no matter if its the normal or the lesser... But my enthusiasm of owning a rare animal has suffered a bit in the past year because of all the crazy morphs and the dropping prices for 'standard' morphs.

I gotcha buddy, maybe its time to bring that motivation back up with the purchase of a champagne.

[Wh00h0069]

I gotcha buddy, maybe its time to bring that motivation back up with the purchase of a champagne.

Champagnes have dropped from $10K to $4K in one season. I wonder what they will be next season?