Affordable single gene ball pythons isn't whats wrong with with the BP community...

I'm in Oregon so keep that in mind as that might be why I have formed some of these opinions, I don't live in a high density snake breeding state. If I wanted to buy a ball python in person my options are dismal with only a handful of good reptile stores in the state. The 1 reptile store that I know of sells Pastels for about 180 and Mojaves for about 350. I am guessing at the prices but I think it's close to accurate. The quality of those animals is decent but not too good.

I could go on craigslist and get a low-medium quality pastel for 70-120 dollars or buy online from a breeder for roughly 100 dollars AND pay 50 dollars for shipping. With 2 snakes, that could be around 160 dollars extra for 2 pastels that will sell for the same price locally no matter the quality. The breeders quality would be 1-2 generations better I assume depending on who you buy from and how they produced the pastel (I could elaborate more but I wont yet...). If you pick the correct snakes and do your research into this hobby then within a few breeding seasons you could be making quality animals that you can then sell online for the cost every one else is asking. The lower to mid quality animals that you produce in the mean time goes to other low budget potential breeders. These low budget potential breeders could help shape the future of the business/hobby. This creates more buyers of the 2+ gene snakes in the long run.

If only people that had the money and desire to jump into the hobby with 2+ gene snakes spending at least 600 got into the hobby then I wouldn't see this many breeders with collections growing every year and in some cases doubling, it's all over youtube from their mouths so I know it's happening. I do not at all believe that the market is saturated in anything besides normals. If this guy wants to breed a low quality lesser to low quality females at a low quality price so be it. I hope that the animals find great homes where they will be taken care of, that's my only concern. IMO of course