Quote Originally Posted by olstyn View Post
As to the other poster who asked why someone would buy an expensive animal w/o understanding the genetics, I'd imagine the answer goes something like this: They have no plans to breed, but they like it because it's pretty, and they have more money than the average person, quite possibly by several orders of magnitude.
I think he was referring to "breeders" who jump into the hobby head first spending 10's of thousands of dollars with no understanding of any of it. No understanding of the breeding habits, the husbandry, the genetics, the terminology, the realization its a lot of time and effort.