Appeal of indigos

Posted by Tim Brophy on September 10, 1999 at 16:23:18:

It appears from what I have read in this forum that indigo fanciers are sort of a different breed of snake keeper. Maybe its the same type of attachment to a species some keepers have for womas, black-headed pythons or green tree pythons. It's an attraction to something rare and attractive. With indigos, there are not a bunch of morphs to choose from; there are no hypomelanistics, heterozygous hypomelanistics, anerythristics, albinos, albino lavenders, candy canes, motleys, clowns, jungles or any of the 101 different pattern mutations that have glutted the market for kingsnakes, milksnakes, corn snakes, boa constrictors or ball pythons. Seems like what we used to call "individual variation" has been artificially defined as something more bizarre and glamorous. I believe it is a marketing ploy.

On the other hand, eastern indigos have varying degrees of red on the throat (or none), but that's about it. With the apparent difficulty in breeding indigos, it is doubtful that the market for them will ever experience the precipitous decline in price seen in many other snakes. Just my opinion. Thanks.

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: It appears from what I have read in this forum that indigo fanciers are sort of a different breed of snake keeper. Maybe its the same type of attachment to a species some keepers have for womas, black-headed pythons or green tree pythons. It's an attraction to something rare and attractive. With indigos, there are not a bunch of morphs to choose from; there are no hypomelanistics, heterozygous hypomelanistics, anerythristics, albinos, albino lavenders, candy canes, motleys, clowns, jungles or any of the 101 different pattern mutations that have glutted the market for kingsnakes, milksnakes, corn snakes, boa constrictors or ball pythons. Seems like what we used to call "individual variation" has been artificially defined as something more bizarre and glamorous. I believe it is a marketing ploy. : On the other hand, eastern indigos have varying degrees of red on the throat (or none), but that's about it. With the apparent difficulty in breeding indigos, it is doubtful that the market for them will ever experience the precipitous decline in price seen in many other snakes. Just my opinion. Thanks.

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