Heres the deal- I am moving back home to Michigan and I am wanting to start my own business. I am thinking it is going to be a pet shop mostly herp oriented but, I will carry a little of everything. Here is the question how much would it take to open a decent store-front and how many animals of each should I carry at a time. I know I have to think about quarantine and all of that. I would buy a lot of my snake stock at first from reputible (sp) breeders until I can get enough breeders of my own to stay self sufficent. Lizards and gecko's and alll of the other stuff would be the same. I am not looking to get rich off of this but to make enough to pay the bills and have a little extra. Is this even a good idea? I hate seeing people buy animals from the chain stores and not knowing anything about what they are getting. What are your guy's thoughts and comments about this? I can build a lot of the display cases and the racks myself. I am estimating to get a decent stock of animals and supplies going it will cost about 10,000 is that a good estimate?

Thanks for the comments and suggestions whether they are good or bad.