Keeping offspring vs. selling..

So.. for what you are breeding this year.. do you have an idea of how many/which ones you want to holdback and which ones you will sell?
I have two clutches this year; both normal x pastel. One is possibly normal x spider. My plan, if the ratio gods bless me, is to keep two female pastels, and go for Supers and Bees in the future. I might also keep a normal if it speaks to me and I cannot part with it, or a male Pastel. :) Now if I get a Spider or two, any female would automatically be a keeper. Unless I sell it off to get an albino and het albino..
Fun stuff!

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

So.. for what you are breeding this year.. do you have an idea of how many/which ones you want to holdback and which ones you will sell?
I have two clutches this year; both normal x pastel. One is possibly normal x spider. My plan, if the ratio gods bless me, is to keep two female pastels, and go for Supers and Bees in the future. I might also keep a normal if it speaks to me and I cannot part with it, or a male Pastel. :) Now if I get a Spider or two, any female would automatically be a keeper. Unless I sell it off to get an albino and het albino..
Fun stuff!

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I want to hold back a female spider or two and another female pastel. I want to hold back another genetic banded female and male.

I want to hold back everything, but I just don't have the room, and need a little money to pay for all the consumables.

yeah; holding everything back would be ideal :) And there does have to be money for those pesky things like utility bills.. internet service.. car payments.. can't they all just go away and let us spend all of our $$ on snakes? Now that would be fun..

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

yeah; holding everything back would be ideal :) And there does have to be money for those pesky things like utility bills.. internet service.. car payments.. can't they all just go away and let us spend all of our $$ on snakes? Now that would be fun..

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Just do what I do don't pay them and in like 3 months of not answering the phone **PUFFFF** no bills.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Just do what I do don't pay them and in like 3 months of not answering the phone **PUFFFF** no bills.

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Last time I tried that, I had a different outcome. **PUFFFF** no house.

So this is a bit off topic, but for the smallers breeders, or those who are just starting to breed, who do you sell the babies to? I'm hoping I can breed next year, but I'm kinda unsure as to how to go about selling the babies I don't want to (well, can't) keep....I'd probablly keep them all if it was possible. ^_^

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Originally Posted by muddoc

Last time I tried that, I had a different outcome. **PUFFFF** no house.

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Oh don't be such a kill joy..LOL thats just something be banks tell you to keep you under their thumb. Its all a conspiracy man. :D

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Originally Posted by tweets_4611

So this is a bit off topic, but for the smallers breeders, or those who are just starting to breed, who do you sell the babies to? I'm hoping I can breed next year, but I'm kinda unsure as to how to go about selling the babies I don't want to (well, can't) keep....I'd probablly keep them all if it was possible. ^_^

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Before you breed you need to make sure you can reach the market. If you can't afford a web site or have a table at a couple of expos or there isn't a local market for them you might want to wait.
You'll also need to be prepared to house feed and care for every snake you produce for at least 4-5 feedings (or until their eating good) and also in case they don't sale as quickly as you expect. If you can't at this point in time for what ever reason you might want to wait.

How ever I am planning to sale at small local expos, local people that know I'm breeding and have already placed orders, I have a website I'm gearing up, you sale here to a point, and I'm going to be selling my normals to a reptile pet shop here in Jackson.

Lets see ....

Keeping 1 or 2 female pastels.
I think I have to keep whatever females come out of the poss het albino girl that dropped eggs, unless I get some albinos. Even at that I would keep at least
a female.
Probably keeping 2 poss het pied girls.

This is definitely the hard decision, don't want to keep too many, but I would keep tham all if I had the space, $$ , time, etc ...

Neil