A few of my thoughts:
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A high % of the people that enter the hobby every year with the intent of breeding end up selling out by the end of the next year.
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There is constantly people moving into their own homes and finally being able to house a snake or finally having the time to dedicate.
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Snakes die/escape. For every 10 happy endings there is 1 bad ending.
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Wholesale. The normals, pos gets, single genes get thrown to the highest bidder to sell at their pet store.
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Chasing the new morph will always be a thing. Especially for the big guys.
In the 90s there was ~15/20 new morphs founded.
In the 00s it was closer to ~50
The 10s was ~ 100
20s have only just began
This is why when we say “don’t breed your normal”, we don’t mean it in a unethical degrading way, but you are producing animals that are worth less to the hobby and have higher chance of ending up in the care of someone with very little attachment.