I have to agree with both of you there. Wanting some amount of money return doesn't make you greedy, it just ensures that you can keep enjoying your hobby without totally emptying out your wallet.

The color of a snake has nothing to do with personality, so why did I pay nearly $200 a flame baby this summer? Because I want to breed it to my snake in the future, and it can produce flame babies in the first generation. Those babies will likely be pretty easy to sell to family, friends, and people online because they are a popular morph. It'd be difficult to even get rid of a litter of normal babies, and I hate the idea of selling snakes dirt cheap because they'd probably end up as feeders. I'm not doing that just to make money (clearly; her mate is going to be a Florida Blue), but I would like to at least break even on supplies so that I can continue my hobby.