I know the title may be a bit misleading but I couldn't think of a better way to articulate what I was asking. I myself plan to breed hognoses starting next year because I find them absolutely fascinating with their personalities and the morphs are stunning. I'm not going in with the mindset that I'm going to be making thousands of dollars even though I have a great number of combos that could produce snows or supercondas. I actually don't see myself making a profit in the 1st season but MAYBE break even on what I've spent on the hogs, feeders, housing, etc and that's dependent on how many we decide to keep as hold backs.

We've talked about breeding ball pythons as well but the market is so saturated that we go back and forth over whether that would be a hobby that would be more cost and time consuming than what it would be worth. Ideally, everyone would like to be in the green, not the red but it's a hobby and we're looking forward to being able to say we produced this or that and share the final result with others while also teaching people.


What makes you continue to breed year after year regardless of whether you have a pair or a dozen pairs?