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[ravensgait]

Jeez Ad, I can't think of any carpet other than an Albion that I'd toss all my Jags for but then again I wont have to as some how the Albino's are out from down under. And I can't think of any Aussie reptile that I'd give up my Boeleni,Nauta's,Mol's,Papuan's,Emeralds both Northern and Basin, Amazon's, Grenada Banks tree boas, MAD's,BCI's, Dun's, Chondro's Ball's,Annulated's and there are many others that I now have or have had in my collection . So no I wouldn't give up anything to have one of your snakes heck I can get Jags, Zebra's Granites ETC ETC and yeah you can say you don't like them but I and most others seem to think they are rather nice. I have Carpets that came from Zoo's with locality collection data so getting Locality Coastals, Diamonds ETC isn't impossible for us. So please don't feel sorry for us we have the rest of the worlds animals to choose from.

And Jeremy was right Carpets are not the most popular snake here or in Europe, the Ball is king with the Boa running a close second and I think the corns and kings blow them all out of the water,. Carpets are a ways down the list and BHP and Woma's ETC are even farther down so don't delude yourself. From a price point Carpets are pretty inexpensive you can find them for as little as 75 bucks with Morphs running up to the thousands. BHP and Woma's used to cost a bit but as they become more common their prices are falling, you can get a Woma baby for a few hundred these days. I wont go into what some of the Balls have gone for or what a nice Basin Emerald would cost you or a really nice Chondro morph.

You also seem to forget than when most the carpets came into this country and Europe they were all considered one subspecies yeah people forget that some person just decided one day to separate them. So is it any wonder that after they were separated that we had a bunch of what where now crosses? Yeah only Crosses they are the same species even now. Sure we still cross them, hey there have been some pretty wild looking critters produced and from the popularity of some of these crosses I'd say that although you may not like them others do.. Funny how you seem to think what you like is more important than what others like..

Me I am for breeding and keeping what you want to have, it is no ones business what I decide to breed and here I am free to breed what I want to. Hey you don't like the looks of crosses and hybrids no big deal I can think of a number of animals that I don't really care for but then I don't visit the lizard forums or the Hot's forums ETC ETC and tell them I think their animals are ugly nor do I tell them they shouldn't breed them just because I don't like them. Funny how many people seem to feel the need to tell others what they should and shouldn't do with their animals. I guess that's just one difference between us .. Randy