I forgot to include something in my last reply.

There's actually not a whole lot of difference between your main opinion and mine concerning responsible breeding.

I've kept snakes for 40yrs. and have always liked "normals" of all species over their morphs. I never had a desire to breed any of them because I've always felt there were plenty of them available and I didn't want to add it.

I hadn't had a Burmese in years and a few years ago I my son wanted one. I found a small-time breeder not too far away thru a classified paper ad that had baby normal Burmese. When I met the guy he told me that they were both double het (albino/labyrinth) for $65 each. I thought for a minute and decided that under those conditions I might want to try breeding a few years down the road, so I got a male & female just in case.

Even though my normals are 66% double het I am feverishly trying to eliminate producing them. I've still got the one normal that survived my breeding/incubating blunders of last year. I've never tried to sell it.

I can't, don't, won't, knock anyone for breeding normals. There are lots of qualified keepers out there to sell to. There's no money in breeding normals. It is a good opportunity to gain experience at a low cost. It's "entry level." And from what I've seen over the last several years the market seems to balance itself out.

Later!
HH
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