If money is an issue.

[JLC]

I think people toss around the idea of breeding too lightly. If you can't afford purchasing the morph you want then you won't be able to afford to purchase two animals, grow them up, breed them, and take care of and house their offspring.

I don't believe there is an absolute correlation between being able to afford a $1000 morph and being able to work toward acquiring, raising and breeding two $300 morphs. The individual morphs can be purchased separately (ie: buy the girl first and raise her for a year or two before buying the boy)...expensive bits of the equipment can also be planned for and bought over time. You don't have to shell out for an expensive incubator the same day you buy a baby female spider, for instance. The whole breeding process evolves over time (if done correctly and with foresight and planning) and does not necessarily require an immediate layout of hundreds and hundreds of dollars.

NOW....I do agree that we see WAY too many people get in way over their heads buying up all the snakes they can afford in an attempt to breed as much as they can as fast as they can without ever taking into consideration all the other overhead costs beyond what the snake itself was priced at.

But asking for advice on how best to plan for a way to afford those beautiful expensive morphs is not the same, I don't think...and does not imply an inability to care for the snakes in question.