Quote Originally Posted by albinos_rule View Post
But the "best looking animals" mean different things to different people, and even though most breeders say it isn't about the money I know better. No breeder wants a normal that they can only sell for MAYBE $50. They wanna hit the jackpot with a multi-gene snake that will sell for several thousand dollars.
Well of course. That multi gene snake could be the long odds they hit on and boost their program to the next level several years ahead of time. It's not all about the money. You stock your own shelves before you stock the shelves of other breeders. With my first season I should be hitting on a 5k snake. Will I be selling that snake? Nope. You improve your own stock then sell extras. But yes no one wants to add more cheap normals and single genes to further saturate the market. And big breeders have invested a lot of time and money, they've gotta get something back so they have more money to put into the hobby.