You can make money if you design and execute a good business plan.
I’m not going to go into all the details of what makes a business profitable, as we could all just go to experts, MBAs and business gurus for that info. (Highly recommended btw)
To make a profit breeding royal python morphs in 2019 requires copious sums of money invested upfront, and/or years of dedication breeding your stock. The risk is much higher, but if you are an expert at marketing, and you hit the right odds, the rewards can be profitable.
Breeding snake food on the other hand, is simpler, it is much faster, it is much safer investment, it requires a lot less money upfront.
If you want to make your hobby pay for itself, breed feeder rodents and market them to reptile keepers.
If you want to take thousands of dollars and speculate on ball python morphs, knowing you could lose it all, but willing to take the chance of hitting it big and producing some amazingly rare beautiful animals, then ball python breeding is for you.
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