How many of you

Intend to become breeders, ball pythons or any other species.

I actually intend to be breeding mine when the females hit the right size, 1500+ grams. I might also buy one or two more females, because Runt just might be male :)

Thats about as fr as it'll ever go for me though. Small time normal breeder who breeds for fun, no profit. I honestly don't ever see myself breeding morphs or anything serious. Maybe a few clutches every season, ect. As far as anything else... I might breed corn snakes, just because it's so easy, maybe leopard geckos some time. Nothing bigger, anything else takes too much space and time.

So, what about everyone else? I know Randy plans on breeding his 8 (?), he also has 2 het pieds and a het albino from Randy Remington.

What are all your plans? Hobbyist or breeder?

Sorta along the same lines as you Godfather, I plan on breeding Sumatran STP,s just for the fun of getting more involved in the hobby. Im hoping to get a female towards the end of the year. Itll give me a few "snake years" of caring for them before they are ready to breed.

Smulkin and I plan on breeding eventually. The one BP pair we have, which I think are both het albino (I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong), are still about 3 years away from being breeding size, though. One of our males is probably 1 1/2 to 2 years from being breeding size, and I think Smulkin has ordered a larger or comparably-sized female. We have a ways to go yet before we're ready, but we definitely want to do it, first with the ball pythons, and then, if we're successful, with our other species as well.

Well I hope to be able to be well known in the herp world some day. I like many different reptiles. Currently I am breeding:
Corns - several different colors/patterns
Sambava Panther Chams
Albino leopard geckos
Bearded Dragons
Crested Geckos
BP's-
Normals
Het pied
Albinos
Het Albino
I also have Yellow Ackies, and Nosey Be Panther Chams that will be breedable next year.
My problem is I am not sure if I should stay involved with so many different reptiles or If I should focus on the Chams, and the BP's. Money is an issue but I really love all my reptiles and enjoy breeding all of them. But considering time and space vs. income potential i know the best bet is the BP's and the Chams. I have decided to sell off my collection of 12 Bearded dragons after this breeding season and purchase a small group of Red or Citrus Dragons. That will help with space and time.
I AM SO CONFUSED.. Not sure what to do.
Hockeymom

I actually breed some amphibians (african clawed frogs, wood frogs) and fancy goldfish (lionheads and telescopeys.) I breed feeder rats too. I had a gravid garter snake who laid eggs, but she was pregnant when I got her, so I am not sure if that counts. :)
I really want to get into breeding Balls. My female is only a baby yet, at barely 2 feet long, but I am patiently waiting for her to be a big mama-size. My two males are mature now, and I actually am looking into several places where I could buy a female who'd be ready to breed next season.
I would LOVE to get into morphs, but I am not financially able to buy anything expensive in that department right now. Once I hopefully breed these normals I have, I may consider buying some hets for albino and trying for an albino of my own.
I may also breed my bci to my boyfriend's cousin's once his gets larger. It is suspected to be female. :)

My plans are many years down the road, after hubby retires from the AF and we move into a permanent home. My dream, when that time comes, is to work toward being a somewhat large-scale breeder. Not on the lines of NERD, but as large as a one or two person outfit can be...and as Hockeymom mentioned, well known and trusted in the hobby. There are several bp morphs I want to work with someday and they will be my primary focus, but I'm sure there are some other animals that I'll be in love with by then as well and will enjoy breeding and offering to the discriminating herper. :D

I breed humans in my basement, A higher grade quality human then anyone has ever seen. I wonder how much they are worth..lol:)

We aren't big on breeding. The animals that we are interested in breeding, would be "true bloodlines" from animals that are still being wild caught in huge numbers. Such as Russian Tortoises. Beautiful species, but damned if you can find one that wasn't wild caught! We have a few others up our sleeves but we will just have to wait and see what happens.
Rusty

I do intend to breed, but on a fairly small scale so that I can keep it a family operation and still give the animals the attention and care they deserve. I would like to make a profit, but I'd like to do it through quality rather than quantity.

Right now hobbyist but future plans may say different i wanna breed BP's and Carpets.
Andrew

I'm going to start off with ball pythons and then some other species for fun and if i make enough money off that i will go further all the money made from breeding will go directly back into my snakes and other breeding projects and basically pay for itself if it gets big enough to pay my bills so be it if it doesn't it's fun anyways.

Im done with breeding...The doctor made sure of that. Oh, your talking about herps........Never mind....Guess not. lol

The Mrs. has talked about getting Bob a girlfriend at some point. I know I need alot more experience before I would really consider it. We also would need to be in a much better financial situation too.

i definatley want to breed. ive got a female BP that will be ready to go next year. and i got a job so ill have a little money to get started. you cant really go into it looking for profit, but keeping the money you make to go back into your collection is smart. maybe when im grown and have my own place ill get into breeding boas. my ultimate goal would be to breed high quality amazon basin emerald tree boas. but thats obviously quite far off. oh ya, and ill also hopefully be breeding tarantulas and leopard geckos. and who wouldnt want to be known, trusted and respected in the herp community. i know id like to be.

I just got my BP to be my friend (low maintnence relationship :) ) as I get lonely out here away from home sometimes. I think when he grows up and I do too I may breed him to a reduced pattern female to produce some nice reduced pattern normals but I would likely only breed them once and that's it. I would like to witness the breeding/egg laying/ hatching experience at least once so I'll probably breed a nice batch of reduced normals and then call it quits as far as breeding goes. I just love hangin' out with my BP.

For me just a hobby and a pet
When I was younger I bred chameleons, fancy goldfish and myself :)
Now I am in it just for relaxation and a hobby.

I do plan on breeding my BP i am currently looking for a girlfriend for Jojo. And also the only thing better then 1 ball python is 2 ball pythons and the only thing better then 2 is 3 and so on. I am in the process of building a rack system for breeding, as soon as its up and running i plan on getting a Het albino male. Jojo is sexually mature so i will breed him to the female first then when the Het albino reaches maturity then the fun really starts.