Quote Originally Posted by ShiftyPowers4444 View Post
Ah I see well thank you again this is why I wanted to ask about it all. I would have trouble housing them all but could do it with a rack system. No to answer your question about giving them away before their first meal or shed, I would not. I merely dont have room to house them for a year or life. If no one would buy them I know I could give them away to say a pet store or someone as long as they were semi-healthy. I dont mind, actually, I plan on losing money on the deal having to purchase a rack system and making an incubator with all the food I have to purchase and vermiculite, tubs, and a breeder female. I really just want to get experience in the matter so later when I actually have a collection I know what i'm doing when it counts.
BPs definitely aren't going anywhere. They will still be here in a few years when you're in a better living situation for the animals. I wanted my first snake when I was 10. I FINALLY got my first snake when I was 20. That was literally 10 years I had to research and find out exactly what I wanted. Its really only within the last 4 years that I became interested in morphs and breeding. But i still have my first snake. She's an educational animal and helps other people learn about ball pythons.

I wouldn't even recommend that you get your first snake now. I wont tell you to do something thats against your dorm rules. I know in my college dorms they SERIOUSLY had problems with people who disrespected the housing rules. (and i graduated college in May of this year). What happens to the animals if you get caught? Do you have a room mate? How do they feel about this? What about having frozen rodents in your freezer? What happens if a snake gets sick? What happens over breaks when they do room checks and cleaning? They often shut off POWER to the rooms to save on utility bills (i know my college did, and they made you clean out your freezers/fridges and open and unplug them).

To me, having pets in a dorm room that dosent allow them is a logistical nightmare, and the animals are the ones who end up suffering. Are you planning on living in the dorms next year? I got my first snake within months of moving out of college housing. I asked my house-mates and they were ok with it. I also had a freezer i used for food. When i moved into my own apartment, i could store feeders in the main freezer (because dorm freezers are SO bad for keeping stuff frozen).

Now, in my current living situation (a nightmare actually..) my land lord failed to disclose that i HAD snakes with me even though they are on my lease and they ALL have a problem with me storing feeders in the communal freezer. Now my animals are in my room only and i had to BUY a freezer (not such a bad thing) to store my feeders.

You lose a ton of money to start up a breeding venture. The amount of equipment you have to buy, etc. I couldnt even fit my stuff in a dorm room, and dont even ask about my room mates...

The only advice i can give you is to wait.