Quote Originally Posted by artgecko View Post
I agree with the other posters. You want to try to pair animals that won't produce normals, at least as much as possible. You can achieve this by pairing a super animal (i.e. super pastel or a BEL, etc.) to another non-super, that way, you will always end up with animals that are at least one morph and easier to sell. You can also do this by breeding 2 recessive visual animals (i.e. 2 pieds, ghosts, clowns, etc.) as that will always produce the recessive morph.

People who produce a lot of snakes a year, say, people that do this for a living, can sell their normals and cheaper animals at wholesale prices to large pet store chains, etc. Some people can work out a similar deal with a local (non-chain) pet store as well, but this is not very common. Many people sell their unwanted animals to flippers / re-sellers to then sell at reptile shows, etc. But again, for way less than the animals' normal "market value".

Normals are sold at reptile shows for as little as $25 (or even less) so consider that at that price, you aren't really even making any money considering the cost of food and housing. This is why it is best to go very slowly and be prepared to keep an entire clutch until they sell (unless you have the means to make a deal with a local store, etc.).

I'm not trying to be a downer, just trying to be realistic about things.
I have just now begun my first breeding project after ~5 years of keeping and I intend to only breed 1-2 clutches my first year with plans to sell at a local reptile show and online. I will have to wait for my breeders to mature, and purchase all the equipment, so I won't be making any money off this venture to say the least lol.
I agree with you completely. I know I'm asking a lot of questions in a short period of time but I'm not in a hurry.

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