Guys, this is disposable income. I already have a house, a retirement fund, college money for the kids and savings. I make pretty good money with my day job. My goal in all of this isn't to make money, and I'm not being irresponsible.
Like I've said, I've been a BP owner for nearly a decade. I love these snakes, and I absolutely love the variety of morphs that are available. However, if given a choice, I'd rather have the snakes with multiple genes. Like all of you, I would love to produce the snakes that the big guys are producing, but I'm not willing to invest *that* much money in what will hopefully end up being a hobby that simply pays for itself. My ultimate goal is the satisfaction of accomplishing successful breeding, along with being able to own the various morphs I desire.
Think of my question as, if I were to hand you $10k and tell you that you have to spend all of it on ball python morphs, along with my list of goals and criteria, what would you buy?
Thanks for all the responses! I'm getting close to deciding what I'm going to go with.