Quote Originally Posted by Bruce Whitehead View Post
I guess that part I left out... was that if a person was committed to the snakes after the fact, and did rehab them and get them back on track then it would not be as bad for me.

I mean we hate people that do this, but we all LOVE seeing the new morphs that come out of Africa... so I guess that is why I have no set opinion on it.

If I am going to hate anyone that brings in a WC, then I have to hate anyone that imports a WC morph as well.

Just my 0.02 cents.

Bruce
You've made a really good point. I'm undecided as well because of this reason. I don't se any problems in importing ball pythons, but I don't necessarily agree with bringing in obviously gravid females. Just think of how much stress they are already going through from being gravid, and then the stress of being picked up, bagged, sorted out and picked through again, bagged AGAIN, and then shipped out, only to arrive to go through the exact same process to go to who knows what kind of home (good or bad) has GOT to be even more stressful. That's really the main concern that I have with WC gravid imports. Otherwise, I say bring them in. Bringing in fresh blood can never hurt the BP economy. That is unless someone brings one in with a highly contagious BP virus/bacteria (hello another sickness worse than IBD!)