I just recently purchased my first 2 snakes. A male pastel and a female cinnamon ( hoping for pewters when it is time). But I myself will probably never buy a normal for breeding I personally would rather save that money and put it towards a nasty looking 2 or 3 gene morph. Thus less potential for normal offspring which in my mind equals a profit loss ( most people sell off normals at whole sale price to make room for next year). The real business or money is in the high end morphs or exploring a gene more thoroughly. This process is an investment of more time then money.