Where do you sell most of your normal hatchlings?

[RoseyReps]

I think I agree with most of that but the last example is a little foggy and I don't really have the logic worked out in my own head too well. Why would you say that culling to feed a BP to other snakes is ok but culling a BP so you wouldn't have to feed it and so you could pay for mice to feed other snakes is unacceptable? The intention is the same in this example, the point is to feed the kingsnake by getting rid of lower morphs. I'm not saying I'd ever do it, nor have I this entire thread.

I think that is the intention part of it. For example her example of euthanizing a dog, because it was less money or the same to buy a new dog.
You are killing an animal (not you, like YOU but you as in general) to save money. Where / what is that money spent on? Irrelevant. Bottom line is you are killing an animal to save money.
USING said animal to feed another animal, is not the same intention IMO. Now you could argue, well breeding your own, and culling them to feed is saving money, so it's similar / the same. Yes and no, now it seems the hairs begin to be split. We have to draw the line somewhere in our heads, or we end up logically making excuses for things that by themselves are against our beliefs.

Example: I am against taking another humans life. I will take another humans life in defense of my own life, or my family's. Well, if that is the case, someone who is threatening my life...is it then alright to take the life of someone who hits my car with my family in it? They threatened my life, and my family's life, after all. Or what about financially? If my job is the only thing keeping my family with food in their mouths, and someone fires me for unjust reasons, they are threatening my life, and my family's life...so do I have the right to take theirs?

Those are extreme, but you can bridge logical arguments to the point of insanity and inhumanity. You, as a person (we) have to draw the line somewhere. It's that entire "Gray area" people talk about. Nothing is black or white, murder is not always wrong. Killing an animal is not always wrong. There is gray area in every aspect of life, it's up to us as people to judge where our morals draw the line.

I think her meaning was, if you do not financially plan on caring and raising for all of the babies you produce, you shouldn't breed to begin with. This is often the advice given to people who are breeding for the first time. Because, as rare as the case may be, there is always a chance you do not sell your clutch, and you should be able to care for them. If you cannot care for them, you should not pair in the first place.

I probably screwed that up entirely, but my brain went on a road trip so...yea...rambles for all!