Beginning Breeder picking out 1 Male and 4 Females, what would you suggest?

:-) Thanks!

I'm a business major :)

Yes I had anticipated the slow turn on investment in theory. My rough calculations showed me that if I follwed this train of thought, I wouldn't see profits until at least yr 5, so with seeing your numbers, I am in the ball park. I had factored in the none product cost ( racks, food, electicity, and vet bills ), but not to the detail you had demonstrated. My train of thought was that I would have time to start from scratch get to know the snakes and industry. Also it would allow me to purchase product cheaper ( without sacrificing quality on 2 or 3 gene animals). Cost breakdown - I would raise my own food and rack costs is 3500 FB, my time is free- semi retired. The other theory is to buy 1 breeding male and 4 females, however the cost quadruples at least or if I can find the beeding age stock. Then it boils down if I could breed them immediatley to make up the cost in the 3 yrs, to make it up from the previous mentioned theory. Im not sure. Thank you very much for the amount of time and thought that went into your post. You are a credit to this posting site. You just showed how knowledgeable and passionate you are about snakes. Thank you again!

You are very welcome!

What if you just purchased lower end Beedable morphs such as albinos, spiders, Pastels, Piebald, pin stripe etc.

Maybe buy the cheapest morphs that you can combine to make the highest return on investment and the quickest turnaround of babies

I got my breed-able spider male for $200 (HUGE MALE). But yet the babies still sell for over $150 each.

Make spinners, spiders, albinos, piebalds. That way, you are breeding right away, you have decent foundation stock, you're getting your name out there, learning what there is to learn, spending a little money without spending it all or waiting years to see any return?

Then, you can build up money, knowledge, and buy one pair/trio of higher end morphs at a time. The worry with higher end morphs is finding a buyer.

But, if you also have the "lower" end morphs, you have both of your bases covered and WILL be making sales each season no matter what.

OR, buy the lower end morphs already ready to breed, AND buy high end hatchlings. That way, you are making some money with your lower end stuff, WHILE your hatchlings are growing.

For me, I hate to wait. It's nice to see SOME money and SOME babies coming in :)

I'm impatient, so I'd recommend picking up some adult females. If cost isn't an issue, get some nice proven morph girls. Your male should then be a combo that is complementary to the girls.

For example, you could pick up some co-dom girls like mojaves and lessers, and then get a male Kingpin or something.

If cost is actually more of a concern than that, then get some nice morph hatchling girls, and pick up some adult normal females to pair with your male morph. Like I said, I'm impatient. ;)