So I've been taking what everyone has been saying into consideration, and here's a couple of things I have realized about desires for breeding:



-I don't want to make money (well, money is nice, but you get what I mean). If I could make enough to pay for a portion of what I spend on reptiles, then I would be happy with that. The reason I want to breed is mostly the excitement of it (waiting for successful breeding, eggs hatching, etc.). When I said in the other post that I would like to get it to a point where it could be kind of a 'small business' type thing, I meant like what some of you are doing (internet site and whatnot). Not necessarily a business that is turning a recognizable profit.



-The reason I like morphs is the look of them and their uniqueness, as well as the excitement factor of waiting for a clutch of eggs to hatch out to see what you have gotten. I know there are a lot of people out there that depend on the high prices of morphs, and they'll probably hate me for saying this, but I can't wait for the price of albinos and pastels to drop. As some of you have said, the price of pastels is dropping. Once they get down into my range (meaning $200-400), then I will get a pair. I just can't justify paying over $1000 for a snake, no matter how much I like the snake. I'm only 17 and have other things that really need to be paid for (gas, vet bills, etc.). I can't wait for albinos and pastels to come down in price though.



-As far as getting some females and raising them to adulthood to sell them...I know exactly what would happen in that scenario. I would get too attached to the snakes It will be tough enough selling hatchlings, but I couldn't keep a snake around for a couple years and then try to sell it.





So with that in consideration, I'm going to keep it slow and simple to start. I'm just going to get a female normal this summer (as planned) since I already have the male normal that I got before I even started thinking about this. I'll raise them to adulthood, breed them, see how I like it, and hopefully by then some of the morphs will have gone down in price so I could actually afford to work with them.

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