my original post was to help me find ball pythons at a wholesale price from africa. To those of you who have helped and offered me the proper resources thank you very much. I have found a few breeders in Canada(where i am) who place large orders and have been for years. The orders are usually made in the spring and thats when i will be ordering them. Sorry that this thread got a little out of hand but those were not my intentions, I was just wondering if i could get some knowledgable help from some experts, not start an argument about python farms and the import/export trade. Obviously some people are against taking snakes out of the wild but they have to realize that the ball pythons they own came from the wild just like any other pet. Alot of breeders in Canada import WC ball pythons and they are the ones responsible for the amazing colour/patterned morphs you see out there now, there are probably even some wild pythons out there with genes or morphs we havent even seen yet. I dont know about you guys but when one of my females lays her eggs and the first little head that pokes out of those eggs makes me feel like a little kid on Christmas, now image ordering a large quantity of ball pythons from africa and finding some normals with crazy designs or even something new nobody has seen im sure that would be a great feeling aswell, but that is not the reason i want to order them. I am a breeder but I am just starting out(second season) and the last few weeks i have spent building a room for my pythons i currently own 12 ball pythons and my room is capable or housing 100-150 ball pythons depending on size, i also have a partner who helps me with the cleaning, feeding, and other maintenance. I'm not breeding to make money thats just a bonus, i have a huge love for ball pythons and other reptiles, to me spreading knowledge and getting more people into snakes and reptiles is what i like doing, i remember when i got my first ball python and how excited i was and to me giving that same feeling to others is the best thing in the world!!
i just hope that everyone who has posted in this thread and reads it realizes why they got into pythons in the first place. i also hope that the people who said they were against importing/exporting realize how silly they sound especially owning BP's themselves but thats why sites like reptilescanada.com and bp.net are around to help spread knowledge and to help eachother out and if your not willing to do that then maybe your in this for the wrong reasons.
thanks again to everyone who posted to help me out and to the ones who spread knowledge to the people who needed it!! HAPPY BREEDING SEASON EVERYONE AND BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!
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