Big breeders

I have only been producing and keeping reptiles for a few years now. I dont really like the term "big time breeder". I could have purchased 50 normals to breed and I guess that would make me a big time breeder. However, I chose to keep my collection as small and as expensive as possible. We did not necessarily stick to that rule with the other species we keep but definitely with BPs I decided to lighten my workload as much as possible. After all, a 20 gene BP worth $1,000,000 craps exactly the same amount as a $100 normal. So I would recommend keeping the collection as small as possible until your profits are high enough to hire help to take care of all of those animals.

I think quality more than quantity makes since, however not everyone can afford to start with ten thousand dollar snakes. One day I hope to sell enough lower end snakes to afford high end morphs. I would think that was how most big breeders get started.

1.1 pastels, 1.0 lesser, 0.1 het blurry, 0.1 spider, 1.1 norm. 0.1 dinker,

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Originally Posted by OctagonGecko729

I have only been producing and keeping reptiles for a few years now. I dont really like the term "big time breeder". I could have purchased 50 normals to breed and I guess that would make me a big time breeder. However, I chose to keep my collection as small and as expensive as possible. We did not necessarily stick to that rule with the other species we keep but definitely with BPs I decided to lighten my workload as much as possible. After all, a 20 gene BP worth $1,000,000 craps exactly the same amount as a $100 normal. So I would recommend keeping the collection as small as possible until your profits are high enough to hire help to take care of all of those animals.

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Sounds good in theory. What if your 20 gene BP doesnt go this year tho, or next year? If you hedge your bets, you have more chance of success