Bound to be a controversial post

[Mr. Misha]

I am honestly not overly concerned with morph breeding. I AM concerned that it seems like every new ball python owner out there seems to want to breed.

Agreed. I think breeding should be highly discouraged by our community and is completely out of control.

Instead, I constantly see encouragement to hoard and breed these snakes. Posts about buying 10 BPs in a month for someone who barely has started in this hobby. Months later come the "collection" sales. Rinse, repeat.

I'm not against hobby breeding but don't just breed and dump these creatures!

If you really want to breed then buy a juvenile female and raise her for at least 3 years. If you still have the passion to breed, then go for it.