Everyone is a breeder.

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Originally Posted by CptJack

It's not like we're doing agility classes or they won't stop barking :P

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Lol. That made my day. Thank you.

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Originally Posted by BiggBaddWolf

I love the.."I LOVE SNAKES" replies...it all comes down to $$$$$$ cha-ching, cha-ching$$$$$$

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Since I was one of the first "I love snakes" replies, I thought I should respond.

I caught my first snake when I was 4. That was in 1967. I have caught every species of snake that exists in Michigan and even kept many for a summer, releasing them as the weather turned so they could hibernate. One summer when I was 14, I happened to catch 5 fox snakes in one day that all turned out to be female, as they all had about 20 babies apiece. That was amazing, other then I think I may have skewed the population of the area a little by their removal. Since moving to Georgia seven years ago, I have caught 6 of the 26 or so species here.

I had my first ball python and first retic in 1979. I'll give you a hint, there was no ball python industry then. When I met my wife of 26 years now in 1985, she was surprised when I asked her to go to the pet shop with me to buy a mouse for my corn snake. I have three daughters who all "love snakes". My youngest is a ball python enthusiast and owns several as well. My middle daughter just got an "A" on a college presentation. It is a class for teaching as she is going for early childhood development. She did her presentation on ball pythons and took one of the hatchlings in with her. A nice side effect of which was, many of the girls in the class that were afraid of snakes were willing to hold the baby, since my daughter held it through the whole presentation. My oldest graduated from GTech and hopes to be attending UGA for for the veterinarian program next year.

I have spent thousands on the hobby. I've only hatched two clutches to date. Both were YB to Normal. After taking into consideration time, energy, and dollars spent for a hatchling rack and feeding, I have not netted enough to buy a Happy Meal from that Scottish hamburger joint. By the way I still haven't found buyers for 4 of them and they are normals so I am still spending money (negative return) to feed them.

Judging from your remark you may be a little jaded, so please allow me to reiterate. Oh, and you may want to lean in real close so you don't miss what I'm saying.

"I love snakes."

I have always loved snakes and if a hobby can generate income I'm all for it. But in reality not a lot of people are breeders.
We just have a bunch of like minded people in one area so it seems like a lot of breeders.

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