breeding as a hobby

Okay, I know that there are large scale breeders that make a living from breeding herps. My question is, how many people just breed on a small scale as a hobby? And who do you sell the offspring too?

I am... :D

and I don't have any offspring yet but I have a deal with a local petshop to buy my normal sibs and my morphs I have a website and am going to be going to the Birmingham expo every month.

kewl.. what morphs are you selling? and how much is the petstore buying your normals for?

I have one clutch comming fairly soon, but for now i have one friend who is gonna buy one, and a few others on the fence.


~mike

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Originally Posted by Ladydragon

kewl.. what morphs are you selling? and how much is the petstore buying your normals for?

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I'll be selling lessers, pastels, spiders, mojaves, poss het pieds.

And as for what the pet store is paying for my normals..I'd rather not say.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

I'll be selling lessers, pastels, spiders, mojaves, poss het pieds.

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ooohh.. I'll have to check out your web site.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

And as for what the pet store is paying for my normals..I'd rather not say.

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ooh sorry my bad for asking. :oops:

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Originally Posted by Ladydragon

ooohh.. I'll have to check out your web site.

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yea once its up and running I'll put the address on here

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ooh sorry my bad for asking. :oops:

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No biggie..I just believe in keeping business between me and the person I'm dealing with.

I bred last year, and ended up with 1.3 poss het pieds. I consider those my 'practice' clutch. the 3 females went to someone who wants pieds but can't afford 100% hets. I sold those to her at basically normal pricing I think. The last male will be sent off to someone else who wants het pied, and again, can't afford a 100% het, and I'm sending it off as a normal(pay for shipping basically).
This year I should have normals and possibly some morphs to sell. I'll advertise online, sell through the network of people I've met, and check in with the local petstore(does reptiles and inverts only).
Since there is no way I'll "make money" this year, I guess I'm a hobbiest, and so far, I only have one clutch in the incubator this year. At some point I'd love to at least break even, and since I breed my own rats right now, it's possible.
Wolfy

I haven't bred yet, but planning my first pairings for this fall. I hope to break even. A little profit would be nice, but I don't expect this to be terribly lucrative...it's just for fun and experience. I intend to produce pastels and pinstripes by next year, and albinos the year after that. At this point, I don't have a plan to sell the normals...if i have to give them away to ensure good homes, that's fine. If I sell them for a little here and there, that's okay too but not essential. I have a domain name registered and am working on a website to market both the normals and the morphs. I also hope to use morphs I have produced in trade for other morphs to improve my collection and diversify the bloodlines.

I breed on a decent scale. Mainly what I produce are AfRocks, Burms, and some hybrids. Who I sell the offspring to, I cannot answer...mainly for the reason that Freakie_Frog stated.

I plan on breeding and producing pastels/super pastels/ spiders and some Bee's in the next 2-3 years. I think that it would be fun to try to 'bust out' into the big time breeding, but it would be a blast just seeing babies of the animals that I admire and respect. If I have to keep them all, that's just fine with me ^^ I'll start my own personal zoo with them, lol. I also have a lot of friends who are interested in getting some of the babies that I will eventually produce, and I will be starting a website as well as putting ad's in the paper when the time comes.

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Originally Posted by slartibartfast

I intend to produce pastels and pinstripes by next year, and albinos the year after that. At this point, I don't have a plan to sell the normals...if i have to give them away to ensure good homes, that's fine. If I also hope to use morphs I have produced in trade for other morphs to improve my collection and diversify the bloodlines.

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I'm up for trading some of my morphs with you in the future! Can't pass up a chance to help out a fellow Okie! lol

I think for Mike and I it will always just be about our love and fascination for the snakes and whatever we breed to either sell or trade with our friends for other morphs or hets, well that's just a very nice side benefit. We really enjoy the snake collection as a family, love watching our kids learn about life and nature through snake ownership and doing a bit of rescuing/public education.

Might be nice down the road to sell a morph and put the money into a family vacation or whatever, but I don't see us as big timers in this business. Just hobbyists with a passion to own and produce some quality snakes at some point. :)

Right now it's more about building a nice collection, enjoying watching our friends walking this same road, dreaming with them about someday trading some of their babies with ours, that sort of good stuff. As far as what we'll do with any normals produced, it's our committment to keep any snake hatched here until a proper home is found for it. Whether that takes 6 weeks or 6 months, that's fine with us. We won't be producing on a large scale and already have folks interested in babies that we haven't even produced yet. Just a matter of a few extra rat litters and we'll feed and care for whatever we've chosen to bring into this world.