Morning Gripe: A thought on lowering prices too far

[Badgemash]

In no time you are left with extremely nice snakes, but no value. Suddenyl you can't sell the snakes you still have either because no one is buying. Now you need a 9-5 to support yourself and your hobby, which you don't care for anymore because you can't make a quick buck off it anymore.

I was with you right up until this point. I am a hobbyist because I love my animals. My snakes are like a magical money pit that I throw cash into and they make it disappear, I doubt I will ever make money off them. In fact I would be thrilled to break even, but that's not what this is about for me. I clean cages every day and buy fancy absorbent liners and herpstats and racks and pay retail for feeders because I like my animals, not because I expect some kind of ROI. In fact I would happily GIVE a snake away for free to someone who will take good care of it, because at the end of the day it's about the well-being of the animal regardless of the morph.