Quote Originally Posted by blueapplepaste View Post
I agree 100%! Sure I might be able to get a pair of pastels for $150, but what will they look like when they get to breeding size? My guess is they'll brown out and just look like normals, then I've wasted money on snakes that look just like normals.

I paid $450 for my female pastel last year when others were going for way less than that. But her blushing was unreal, and her colors were neon. And now she's up to 800g and still looks amazing. I've even had a couple of people wonder if she was a super. She is going to throw amazing babies and she will be worth paying twice what other mediocre animals were going for. And I don't think I'm alone here with placing quality over quantity.

That being said, I don't think lower prices are a bad thing. They open the market up for more people. I've been wanting to get into bps for a long long time, but it was only last year that they became affordable for me. I'm sure its the same way with others as well.
Thats exactly waht i was thinking.

Someone else said it earlier in the thread, animals should go for how good they look, not just the name tag that goes along with them.

I've been trying to figure out what i eventually want to have in my collection and if breeding would be the right way to get to morphs i have no hope of affording currently. Ive been looking at pastels specifically. I've seen them low, 100 for males especially..but they haven't been good looking animals. They are orange mostly and dark which I assume will turn brown and end up looking like normals as they age. BUT i've seen some amazing pastels from other breeders that are more expensive that i swore were supers and i'm just dieing to fork over the cash to get an animal that speaks to me.

this hobby should be like anything else, you should do it for the love of the hobby and not just to make money..because when its just about that you start cutting corners and thats when the poo really hits the fan as far as animal care goes.