Nothing wrong with trying to make a little money with a hobby. As for bringing on the affordable snakes, there are 100's of morphs and combos that are plenty affordable.
What seems to be spreading like a disease is the ill founded logic that "if a male black pastel costs $XX, and a female hypo costs$YY, then the cost of a black pastel hypo should only be the sum of the two ingredients."
thanks i dont mean to come off as the cash cow but i dont think any one would spend 17K for S&G's
If you used that logic a Albino pied would cost a grand
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Colubrids and Sand Boas
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