I personally DO feel the market is flooded. You are GOING to have normals in most of the co dom and recessive morphs you work with, selling those normals can be difficult. A petstore isn't going to buy from somebody just cause they have normals, you need to have a reputation with them for good animals. They don't want their customers complaining to them because the animals aren't up to quality.

Also when it comes to selling your animals, There is currently only one company that will ship them legally and you need to be certified, FedEx. Selling local is almost impossible, unless you have a friend with a vendor table at a local expo.

The market is flooded with pastels, spiders, mojaves, cinnamons, lessers, about every single simple morph is out there by the hundreds and it's just an all out war to see who can grab the customers attention with the lowest price SHIPPED!!!!

I thought about breeding and bought an albino and a spider, sold them. Then bought a bumble bee, pinstripe and a large normal, sold them. Then i decided to stop worrying about breeding a just buy what i wanted. Now i have BRB's, a GTP, my dream piebald, and my rescued normals.

I bought some possible het piebalds since it's worth the risk for the price i paid, so in a couple years if i want to take the risk, i can go ahead and breed them for that elusive piebald!!

From my perspective, this is not the hobby to get into unless your willing to spend $10,000 on just snakes to get the hottest morphs. But then you have to create a reputation, get good feedback, buy all the necessary supplies, and that all takes time and even more money.

I've been keeping snakes for about 2 years and have spent almost $4,000. The snakes i sold i either made my money back or lost a good bit. I never have made money because the prices of morphs keeps going down every season.

You have a lot to think about, I'm done, my fingers hurt .