Why is he out?

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Originally Posted by missi182

I wish I had the collection, money and knowledge to breed, but i would never want to sell or give them away so it would be mildly pointless:)

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Heck no! Gotta get them all! It's an addiction. ;)

He also had not eaten in 2 weeks.

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Originally Posted by missi182

I wish I had the collection, money and knowledge to breed, but i would never want to sell or give them away so it would be mildly pointless:)

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Their like chips you can never have just one:rolleye2:

If you selectively breed you could play around with it in a limited amount of space. The cost of some of the equipment you need is what will kill you. You need to be able to nite cycle temps which require a minumim of a Helix DBS-1000. Then you can choose to let mama naturally incubate the eggs or you will have to buy an incubator and good ones that give you better than a 50% success rate are expensive. (We are at a toss with the big apple and Natures Spirits units.) Then you have to keep a close eye on them and learn how to spot signs. (Still trying to figure all this out.) My wife and I are setting up and making plans to do it and so far we are over 2 Grand in just basic equipment. (This doesn't include snakes.) We still need to build a rack for the hatchlings! Also since we are not breeding our own mice yet we are spending $50.00 or more on feeder food! By the time our BumbleBee is ready to breed her morph will be old news and not worth as much as we paid for her so we will probably see some loss in that department as well initially. Once you get all your set up costs together figure about 2 years of breeding before you even cut even and that does not even include the year or two you spend raising the hatchlings you bought with the intent to breed or your personal time! Oh yea I almost forgot if you make more than $3000.00 in a year selling snakes you have to get a small bussiness tax ID and pay taxes! :salute: :mad: Government has to get their share. Not an undertaking for the faint at heart to think about a full time business with and it would be hard to get a business loan since it will be a while before you actually have product to sell! :( Then you can throw in the problem if you make a business name and don't get it registered and pay a small business registration fee someone can come along and steal your business name for their own. (exception to this is if it has part of your actual name in it.) In the long run I think the business could be very good, but I don't think it will ever make you a multi millioniar.

Yea i figured the expenses would be beyond what i can manage. perhaps someday:) anyway, I got him to a eat another fuzzy, but hes sitting in his vine again! and hes been there for hours. he also looks like he breathing pretty hard and I dont think he has an RI.