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Posted by Dwight Sayers on December 09, 2001 at 12:58:37:
In Reply to: Mmmm... posted by Keith Hillson on December 08, 2001 at 11:50:47:
: Sorry thats not the kind of insight im looking for. Im not doubting how cool of a snake they are but because something is cool does not mean you have to pay alot of money for it. Im also not saying they are not worth whatever I just want to know why they have been over 300.00 dollars for as long as I can remember.
: Keith
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Your right if something is considered "cool" it doesn't have to be expensive, however most of the time it is. Indigos are valuable because 1st and foremost they are a federally protected species, their big and black and a mystical cachet has developed around them. Secondly they are not easy to breed. We are not talking corns & kings here, we are not talking double clutching and 90-100% hatching rate. I have been involved with keeping and breeding drymarchon for thirty years. This last spring is the first time I hatched couperi in numbers (24). This coming season might be a disaster. As far as natural populations go, the other day on the news they anounced that another "gazillion" people were moving to Florida the "SUNSHINE STATE". Not encouraging news for Drymarchon corais couperi. Lastly, the time and effort that goes into building a viable colony, four years of heat and food, animals to raised, large cages to be built, light cycles, ventalation, temp. cycles etc. Finally the day comes, day 16, 17, 18, 19 and still no eggs. Four years of work and your snake lays five eggs out of eight. She is egg bound and dies quickly. This happened to me this year. Indigos are cool and they are worth every penny that a breeder asks. Fair price..400.00 to 600.00...I was recently offered 1500.00/U.S. for a lone redthroat female, to bad that I live in Canada. I had to pay to get my stock over the years. My two cents worth.
