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[Snowy]

I would have to say it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. Luckily for some snakes wc is not realy happening anymore and where it is it tends to be for a boost into the blood line.

Royals are ones where I think it is us to blame and not the shops or those that cf them. My local shop has cf royals and gets them in every so often which means there should be a helathy population even with a high 40-50% mortality rate, which should not be happening I am just saying even with one that high. This would then mean there are more than enough for cbing yet never do cbs appear in the shops. Why? The reasons are two fold:

1. Those people who want to buy them want them cheap and baulk at paying too much for them.
2. Those that breed them understandably want to make some money and so they tend to price them up even for standard morphs.

Yes supply and demand comes into it too as the number of those breeding the snakes and the number of ofspring is so low compared to demand cb specimens are going to be more expensive.

That is just where I live, if we then add up al the ones in the UK then add EU wide, there should be quite a healthy breeding population out there. Even if we don't include the EU population it should be large enough.

I prefer corns, snows are my favourite, and I will if I have the money at the time happily pay the shop £60 odd for a snow as they tend not to appear that often. In general that is not a lot as corns tend to be the cheaper end of the snake scale anyway.

On the general question no but I think there should be stronger restrictions on the matter.

Generally though the only people to blame for wc are us the reptile keepers and newbies who baulk at the idea of paying a decent price for a cbn specimen. It is the price that is being payed for what is becoming a more popular aspect of pet keeping.

As to those used as food and medacine this would be low compared to the number taken for commercial sale. In general those that use them for food have over time learnt to maintain the population by taking only what is needed to feed and therefore this does not decimate the population.
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23/07/07 RIP Mousey a furry companion of 15 years.