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Where to begin breeding?
Hi! I've had snakes for about 10 years now. Have loved them my whole life, but could never have one until I left for college because my mom said she'd disown me if I brought one into her house. The first week at college I got my first ball and had the cage in my dorm room. Had to pay my RA $100 bucks to keep quiet about it, but it was a sacrifice I was willing to make. I still have Fluffy, and he is my baby. I have 3 balls now (Fluffy, Tigger, and Waldo), 2 corns (Temper, and Raven), 2 milk snakes (Red and Spastic), and 2 red tailed boas (Cookie and Crackers). I adopted every snake I have accept for my first, Fluffy. I just bought my first house and have decided to take the plunge into breeding now that I really have the space to set up a reptile room. I already spent $2,500 on stackable cages (finally getting rid of all my tanks!), and a 24 tub hatchling rack unit. I've never bred before, and while I've bought several books and have been doing some online research, I wanted to check in with other breeders to get y'alls two cents. Let me be clear that I'm not starting breeding with the intent to get rich. I teach, and I have wanted to be a teacher since I was a little girl, so I'll never quit my day job. I want to start breeding so that I can A) cover the cost of food and other expenses, and B) make enough money to buy some of the more exotic balls I've admired for years. I don't want this to be a huge business, and I am well aware that it could take many years and substantial further investment before I reach those two goals, but as many of you probably are, I'm obsessed with snakes and am in this for the long haul. So here are my questions:
1. What type of incubators should I use?
2. Where do I sell the clutches?
3. Do I have to have a small business license?
4. Do I have to claim any money I make on my taxes if I'm only aiming to make enough to buy more pets?
5. Is a website necessary? And if so how hard is it to make one for a computer idiot like me?
6. I have a male pastel and a female spider right now, but what should I aim for to make enough profit to buy the really expensive ones I want?
7. How do you sell? How do you separate the obsession from the business? I've never sold or traded one of my snakes before. I get so very attached. My red tails soak in the tub with me from time to time, and I see myself getting all emotional over any babies I breed.
Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated. I'm also open to any tips for newbies like me. Again, I have never bred any snakes before so I'm expecting to hit snags all along the way. I had one guy at the NARBC last month tell me not to expect to hatch any out of my first breeding because I probably won't set the incubator up right. He offered to come set everything up for me and help me get started for $200, but I suspect he was just looking to make money.
Again, thanks for any help.
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