I’ve always used the site in the post above mine. It’s the AB of BPs. Found it via Google a long long time ago
kingsnake is not nearly as good as it used to be. Many forums are no longer active. Used to be a great site.
Morph Market eclipsed kingsnake.com from a classifieds/vendor point of view awhile ago and I believe they also have forums for discussions as well.
kingsnake is not nearly as good as it used to be. Many forums are no longer active. Used to be
Not sure on the forum part
In and of themselves, pied (piebald) BP's really aren't expensive. I wouldn't expect a single gene pied to be more than a couple hundred dollars at this point (if you could ever find one). Just like other designer animals, they start to really get expensive when other genetics (especially other recessives) are layered in. If you really want to experience sticker shock, have a look at some of the paradox ball pythons, the ocelot reticulated pythons, or the pied burmese pythons.
I will check those out. I still don't understand why some morph types are so expensive.
Appearance, supply and demand, as well as how recently it was proven out are huge factors in the costs of different genes. Take an animal that visually has 3 or 4 different recessive genes. Depending on the parent's genetics, sometimes the odds of producing that animal can be 1 in 600 or more. If you're typical ball python clutch is 6-8, it might take 10 years or longer just to produce that animal.
Wow.....thank you for explaining this to me. Now I understand.
The good old days, it's like this post was stuck in a time capsule for 15 years!