I need some reassurance here..

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Craigslist. You have to really screen out the buyers, but there are plenty out there that are looking.

[Mitch21]

Really? I never knew CL allowed the sale of animals... Awesome! Thanks Mike!

[Wh00h0069]

How do you even sell your normals? With normal ball pythons being around the corner at every pet store, how do you get people informed about your normals? Or do you send your normals to the pet shops?

I sell some of them online, but most locally. Some are from classifieds, and some are from word of mouth. I have sold some to pet shops also. I try to sell them for $20 each, but have sold them for $10 each.

[Wh00h0069]

Really? I never knew CL allowed the sale of animals... Awesome! Thanks Mike!

They don't. If you want to sell on CL you have to go against their TOS, which I don't agree with.

[SlitherinSisters]

It takes a lot of time to start making money, especially if you buy babies. Then if you keep buying snakes because of your addiction then it takes even longer to get your money back. It's fun either way!

[twistedtails]

I am not going to lie- we want to make money. DH especially- but he does love the snakes. I want to raise dogs too, and plan to some day. That's my passion; I'd do it for free happily- but wow, it does pay so even better. But I love both and enjoy the snakes. I would have snakes even if we didn't breed them, simply because I love them. But we wouldn't have so many or have gone out and bought all these snakes if we didn't think we'd at least break even and make a little... and if we can make a lot, why is that bad? Why is it assumed someone who makes money off their snakes (or dogs for that matter) is the scum of the earth? Can't you love animals AND make money?

Ahh.....Another honest person. I think that all of us would love to create some killer looking snakes and make some money while we're at it.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

How do you even sell your normals? With normal ball pythons being around the corner at every pet store, how do you get people informed about your normals? Or do you send your normals to the pet shops?

kijiji.com, if marketed at a fair price they will sell in no time, I sold mine in less than a week last year and could have sold a lot more.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Really? I never knew CL allowed the sale of animals... Awesome! Thanks Mike!

They aren't... you can however charge rehoming fees.. your best bet is to post pics of the snakes with description, then tell them to contact you for the rehoming fee.

[Shadera]

Ahh.....Another honest person. I think that all of us would love to create some killer looking snakes and make some money while we're at it.

So those of us that have said we aren't in it for the money are lying? Honestly, I've given away more than I've sold, and the animals I do eventually produce will probably be wholesaled out to middlemen anyways just so I don't have to deal with the advertising side of it. If I make a few bucks then great, but this is a hobby and not a business for me.

[twistedtails]

So those of us that have said we aren't in it for the money are lying? Honestly, I've given away more than I've sold, and the animals I do eventually produce will probably be wholesaled out to middlemen anyways just so I don't have to deal with the advertising side of it. If I make a few bucks then great, but this is a hobby and not a business for me.

So what do you do when you have 1,000 snakes? Work just to feed them? What about feeding your family? What about putting your kids through college? By the way I'm open for free handouts. Obviously people are miss reading this thread. When I originally posted it, I asked how many of you have snakes that are paying for themselves not how many of you are rich because of it. I took this hobby up because of the killer snakes that are coming out of it not because of the money, but if I can have these snakes pay for themselves while I'm on the road to making some of them then great. When I say pay for themselves I mean make just enough to feed, house, and care for them(e.g. vet bills, cleaning solutions, substrate etc.). My wife and I make great money aside from anything else. Even if I was making miilions at this I would never quit my day job.