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Curious how the hobby is going in your area (different parts of the Country/World)

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I've noticed that certain aspects of the hobby are all but completely tanked, (Here's looking at you Ball Pythons). While other segments are still doing reasonably well. I was curious to know how the hobby is doing in your area? I'm in Kansas, near Wichita, and outside of Ball Pythons, Leopard Geckos and Crested Geckos (These 3 seem to be difficult to even give away around here currently) you can still find a decent number of local hobbyists working with things and having success either selling directly or at shows. I know of a solid Boa community, Blood Python, Pituophis, hognose and colubrids in general.
 
Things have been pretty slow for me, with a lot of window shoppers and people looking for stupid deals. Did a show in SC last month, and didn't move anything of my own there. With that, granted, there had been 2 major shows the 2 preceding weekends prior, and it was the same weekend as the Daytona show, but I'd heard that Daytona was also pretty slow this year. I'd also had a lot of high tag items on my table as well (various Drymarchon).
 
More ghosting and fake interest than ever before, but still going well for the things I work with.

My impression is that animals with short generation times and high fecundity will drop in demand per breeder/seller as supply skyrockets due to more breeders producing more animals rapidly. Likewise for dominant morphs. Even more for dominant morphs where there is an abundance of males to breed to inexpensive normal females to blow the numbers up. Something slow-growing and rare with small clutch sizes should maintain better for the breeder. I imagine the most commonly kept species have reached a saturation point and it would be good for existing breeders to calibrate expectations with an equilibrium, but the problem then becomes people who want to get into the game combined with those who incorrectly think that more is the answer (or that they will "sneak" through success by producing more while others are producing less), which then runs against the incumbent breeders who would hypothetically be trying to come to terms with a production reduction for the sake of harmonizing with the new equilibrium. Regular customers have lots of options and simpleton sellers will often compete by racing to the bottom just out of a little anxiety. More people breed than those who should be breeders. Supply is high. I imagine the people selling the food products are making out well.
 
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