Ball Python Breeding/Boarding Arrangement Question.

So this winter, two or three of my gals will be ready to go, and I'd love to try to breed them.

That being said, I'm probably moving this fall. I'm worried that it will interfere with the snakes.

A local reptile store has offered to board my snakes and breed them for me during the time that I'm moving. (and presumably through the breeding process.)

My question is, what is a fair arrangement here?

I would assume that I would pay for food.
Would the trade off be, they keep one/two/some of the snakes produced as payment for breeding/board?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Whatever you do, get it in writing...

Writing, photos of the snakes you have proof of everything. Hope you trust them to some degree because I wouldnt risk it unless I trusted them completely and I would still document everything.

Somewhere in these forums, someone talked about moving cross country and to make it easier they put their snakes in the same tubs and snuck them into hotels at night. The snakes bred on the trip and since then have hatched out the babies.

So consider taking them with you or leaving them with a friend or least someone you now has been in the area for awhile.

I do trust this shop.

I'll take photos and get the terms in writing, but I'm not worried about it.

Have a solid contract that will detail EVERYTHING:

How the animals are divided the type of split whether it is 50/50, 70/30 etc (split depends on the value of the animals if one is more valuable than the other obviously the person with the most valuable animal will get a bigger split.

Who gets the first pick

What happen if one animal becomes sick, requires a vet and who will pay for it.

What happens if the animal die how will it be replaced.

Etc

Keep in mind that a loan with a pet store can be VERY risky because there is so much turnover animals coming and going and with VERY little quarantine.

Also think about putting in with the writing what would happen if one or both become ill, injured, lost etc,god forbid one passes away. But you have to think about things like this. Who would be responsible, whom would pay for a vet?
How would you be compensated?

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Have a solid contract that will detail EVERYTHING:

How the animals are divided the type of split whether it is 50/50, 70/30 etc (split depends on the value of the animals if one is more valuable than the other obviously the person with the most valuable animal will get a bigger split.

Who gets the first pick

What happen if one animal becomes sick, requires a vet and who will pay for it.

What happens if the animal die how will it be replaced.

Etc

Keep in mind that a loan with a pet store can be VERY risky because there is so much turnover animals coming and going and with VERY little quarantine.

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Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

ALL the animals breeding will be mine. So payment would mostly be food/boarding/breeding costs.