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Diskboy12

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So, I plan on starting up a breeding setup out of my house. The problem is I am not sure what I want to breed. I have numerous ideas, I have the space and once I get another job will have the funds. Here is what I have been toying around in my head, breeding one of the following listed.

1.) Ball Pythons
2.) Reticulated Pythons
3.) Burmese Pythons
4.) Red tailed boa (morphs)
5.) Leopard Geckos
6.) Crested Geckos
7.) Tree Frogs (Whites/Red-Eyed/and Milk)
8.) Poison Dart Frogs
9.) Corn Snakes
or
10.) Tortoises

I would love to breed all of these, but right now I do not have THAT kind of space lol.

I have narrowed it down to what I would like to start out trying my hand at breeding and its down to.

1.) Leopard Geckos
2.) Reticulated Pythons
3.) BCI (Red Tailed Boas)
and
4.) Cornsnakes


My question is what morphs would be best to start out with so if I do produce some good offspring I can sell them for a decent amount of coin?

Any opinions would be great.
 
No leopards...

Retics if.u got the cash imo.

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Corns are just downright cheap, for just about any non-scaleless morph. I say either BCI or Retics, Im more of a snake guy so its a bit biased, but BCI have quite a numerous amount of babies so even for a clutch(? don't think its the right name since they are live bearers) of normals you'd make decent coin. Also for BCI I would suggest trying for a motley, but if not go for hypos, salmons, albinos, etc. And retics are, cool but I'm not too sure on pricing, I do know, however that feeding them will be costly(even more so than BCI) but for a decent morph you can make some serious bank.
 
If you haven't kept reptiles before I wouldn't recommended retics as your first, especially if this is something you will be doing on your own.
I vote for red tails
 
Well, I have been doing alot of research on the prices of the different snakes and rectics rate the highest for price tag. Some going for over $10k. Most averaging around $7-800 the ones I am looking at getting. The BCI are also pretty hefty priced with the morphs I want. I was thinking leos just becasue I think it owuld be fun. I may just get a pair of BCI, Rectics, and 5 pairs of leos. Just so I can have some fun combinations.

Here are some of the morphs I have been looking at.

BCI: Sunglows, Sunglow Jungles, Coral Sunglows, Albinos, Coral Albinos, Snows, Salmons, and hypos.

Retics: Tigers, Albinos, Lavander Albinos, White Phase Albinos

Leos: Enigmas, Snows, Patternless, Carrot Tails, Jungles, Raptors, Tremper Albinos
 
1.) Leopard Geckos - Easy to care for and easy to rehome offspring. A great choice for someone new to reptile breeding.

2.) Reticulated Pythons Massive growing snakes that take specialized experience to properly care for much less breed. The same facts also make rehoming offspring to healthy homes difficult. Also keep in mind every year there are bills being considered to make keeping these guys illegal. I've spoken with several established breeders of Reticulated and Burmese Pythons that have gotten out of the business due to such concerns.

3.) BCI (Red Tailed Boas) - Great snakes but again, due to their larger size there are fewer people able to give them a suitable home, not to mention more difficult to provide suitable care for in the breeding process.

4.) Cornsnakes - Easy to care for and easy to rehome offspring. A great choice for someone new to reptile breeding.

　
If you are new to reptile breeding, I would suggest Corns, Balls or Leos as they are easy to care for, easier to breed and much easier to rehome offspring into suitable homes. It's very easy to quickly get in over your head when working with very large animals, especially when breeding them. Such simple, common and innocent mistakes are the root of most of the ammunition that opposes the reptile trade/hobby.
 
ceeej31;4895835; said:
If you haven't kept reptiles before I wouldn't recommended retics as your first, especially if this is something you will be doing on your own.
I vote for red tails
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I have kept reptiles before, not many snakes but I have had beardies, anoles, chameleons, turtles, and a pair of garter snakes. I realize that rectics get HUGE (20ft average), and that it's not really for beginners as I could be strangeled to death, biten, ect. However, I feel that IF I do enough research, talk to some breeders, and get an understanding of the animals themselves I should be okay, plus I wouldn't be alone. I am also incorperating the help of my father for feedings, cage cleanings, ect. I may not get any rectics right now, and start out with some BCI and some BP's and move up from there, just so I can get the hang of having a larger snake. My ultimate goal is to make this my living, or atleast a steady source of income. We will see what happens, I have been doing lots of research bought a couple books and have read them cover to cover. I won't be getting any snakes until probably late summer/early fall. So I have some time to maul it over and figure out what I really want, do loads for research, and get the appropriate caging system setup (building them all by hand).
 
nc_nutcase;4895849; said:
1.) Leopard Geckos - Easy to care for and easy to rehome offspring. A great choice for someone new to reptile breeding.

2.) Reticulated Pythons Massive growing snakes that take specialized experience to properly care for much less breed. The same facts also make rehoming offspring to healthy homes difficult. Also keep in mind every year there are bills being considered to make keeping these guys illegal. I've spoken with several established breeders of Reticulated and Burmese Pythons that have gotten out of the business due to such concerns.

3.) BCI (Red Tailed Boas) - Great snakes but again, due to their larger size there are fewer people able to give them a suitable home, not to mention more difficult to provide suitable care for in the breeding process.

4.) Cornsnakes - Easy to care for and easy to rehome offspring. A great choice for someone new to reptile breeding.

　
If you are new to reptile breeding, I would suggest Corns, Balls or Leos as they are easy to care for, easier to breed and much easier to rehome offspring into suitable homes. It's very easy to quickly get in over your head when working with very large animals, especially when breeding them. Such simple, common and innocent mistakes are the root of most of the ammunition that opposes the reptile trade/hobby.
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Thank you for the information. I will take it into serious consideration when I come to my final plans. As I said in the last post none of this is set in stone. I am simply having ideas of what I want, not saying as if I will get them, but just ideas.

Thanks again.
 
There isnt much money in leos from what I hear

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To be honest, the majority of what you have listed are flooded markets........


In todays market, you need to think outside the box if you think you want to profitable........


You also need to have outlets before you even consider Breeding.......Don't consider the retail market as an outlet either.......You'll be sorely mistaken if you do......


I do this for a living, and I can't tell you how hard this really is......You need a business mindset to do this, not a hobbiest who just dinks around.......

I have animals that are part of the business collection, and I have animals that are my personal collection......You can't really mix the two.......The point is, it takes alot to get to the point of being profitable, and by that time, 95% of people who try to make a hobby a business fail.......
 
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