I need some reassurance here..

[Turbo Serpent]

Besides, I keep reading all over the place that those who really like snakes should be breeding them to keep wild populations from diminishing. So more power to your breeding enterprise!

I have to argue with you there.... What does private breeding have to do with wild population? No matter what, there will always be a wild caught market. How do you think the morphs came to be and continue to expand?

Even if the US was capable of breeding enough for the market of the animals alone, the high end breeders will still seek out new morphs and wild caught BPs for the sole purpose of finding the next new morph.