How much have you paid for ball python morph?

[Skitals]

to answer the question on if you ever make your money back,i was listening to an interview with kevin from nerd,and brian from bhb,and brian brought that point up,and said for example,if you buy a lavender albino now,a high quality one for 10,000,and a het for 5,000,,in 2 years when you breed them,hets may only be 1,500,and lavenders,4,500,but sell 3 lavenders,and 2 hets,,and your even,,every year after that not matter price drop,is profit,

i paid 250 for my blonde pastel male,hes being bred with 3 girls,that i bought as breeder size girls for 30 each,,so for them pairing,in just animal costs i have 340,,plus figure 100 a year to feed each one,,640,,if i sell my blonde males for 125,females for 245,,i will make that back easily,,that is also the most i spent on a morph,,,250

but i also have a breeding deal,for atleast one lesser,,maybe more depending on what hatches,,for the 65 bucks it costed me to ship the female

All true, but that doesnt take into account males not interested in breeding, girls that wont feed, girls that only throw slugs, etc. The "safe" thing is to buy groups of 2.3, but then things start getting really expensive It's still taking a gamble if you are relying on making some of your money back in the next 2-4 years.

And its not ALL profit... electricity and RATS really start to add up