piebald garter

[sschind]

That is my major concern about someone spending several grand on this snake it the chances of it dying seem very high looking at the pictures... I really truly hope she doesn't. I LOVE the way the pied trait is expressed here. Like the BPs with the washed yet rich in the colored areas. Sorry Shannon I think it's stunning! And how much prettier would it be if she was fat and healthy.

I had a thought about spending the $ in hopes to make more $ off her later. Maybe the people who are willing to shell out the money are more hoping just to keep her alive and breed her and it's the price they are willing to pay to keep that morph alive? Who knows...

Very few people in my opinion would spend that much money for a morph without the hopes of recouping their money, and then some, down the road. I know there are aficionados out there who simply want the rare stuff but the desire to have it without the intent to breed is rare these days. I know 1 person who has had BP morphs for about 6 years and has never attempted to breed them. I know of one other guy who has a nice number of morphs, some very expensive ($20,000 plus he paid for a couple of them), all males with no intentions of breeding them. The first guy is just a hobbyist who likes certain morphs, the other guy is a very wealthy man who has a very nice collection. People like this though are few and far between.

I'm not saying that is bad. I am sure a lot of people on this forum would like to have that snake for the rarity of it and would certainly appreciate that aspect but, and no offense is intended, I'd bet anything if they bought it they would try to breed it.

Personally it doesn't concern me in the least what others are willing to spend their money on. I just hope that whoever buys it is able to keep it alive. What they do with it is up to them as long as it is treated humanely.

[GartersRock]

Very few people in my opinion would spend that much money for a morph without the hopes of recouping their money, and then some, down the road. I know there are aficionados out there who simply want the rare stuff but the desire to have it without the intent to breed is rare these days. I know 1 person who has had BP morphs for about 6 years and has never attempted to breed them. I know of one other guy who has a nice number of morphs, some very expensive ($20,000 plus he paid for a couple of them), all males with no intentions of breeding them. The first guy is just a hobbyist who likes certain morphs, the other guy is a very wealthy man who has a very nice collection. People like this though are few and far between.

I'm not saying that is bad. I am sure a lot of people on this forum would like to have that snake for the rarity of it and would certainly appreciate that aspect but, and no offense is intended, I'd bet anything if they bought it they would try to breed it.

Personally it doesn't concern me in the least what others are willing to spend their money on. I just hope that whoever buys it is able to keep it alive. What they do with it is up to them as long as it is treated humanely.

I never said maybe they don't want to breed her. I said wouldn't it be cool if someone wanted to breed her to keep the color phase alive and take what they get for the babies but not worry about getting rich off her. Does that make sense? Obviously they will want to breed her. And obviously that is thinking very positively and I realize we live in a world where very few people think that way...

And Scott... You gotta keep trying man! I agree that we probably won't see her if you don't get her...

[sschind]

I never said maybe they don't want to breed her. I said wouldn't it be cool if someone wanted to breed her to keep the color phase alive and take what they get for the babies but not worry about getting rich off her. Does that make sense? Obviously they will want to breed her. And obviously that is thinking very positively and I realize we live in a world where very few people think that way...

And Scott... You gotta keep trying man! I agree that we probably won't see her if you don't get her...

Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. All I said was that anyone (or the vast majority of anyone) spending that kind of cash is going to be hoping to make a profit on this snake and not simply "taking what they can get for the babies." I'm not saying that preservation of the morph does not play into it but it plays into more from the aspect of the longer I can preserve this morph the more I can make off it than anything else. This is primarily an investment for someone.