Quote Originally Posted by cletus View Post
I'm very interested in this as well. You look at how many some the larger breeders are pumping out and wonder where the demand for so many of them comes from. You hear them talk producing huge amounts of hatchlings per season. I didn't know there was such a high demand for retics. I asked a local breeder about this once and he told me that he sells lots of ball pythons in bulk to wholesale dealers. Pretty much anything that doesn't go up on his website goes to a wholesale dealer.
Yeah, from what I've heard most of the single gene animals and even some of the double/triple gene codoms are given to a wholesale dealers. I know this is an unpopular opinion but logically and economically it makes sense as the breeders producing hundreds or even high tens of clutches might not have the time or rats to feed all those excess babies. It's better to stick to the animals with a higher return so that they can make a higher profit with their time and money invested and continue to breed full time or close to full time.