Cheapest BP Breeder you know. (FIRST POST)

[Herpman97]

Hey, who is thr cheapest BP breeder you know. I'm trying to get a pair of yellow bellies, mochas, or mojaves to produce a white snake. Plus, how much is shipping.

[rabernet]

The "cheapest" generally don't have good reputations, aren't there after the sale if you have problems with your animals and so on. Please read the link in my signature about buying "cheap" before you go that route.

I would argue that if you plan to breed these animals yourself that you go for the best quality that you can, not the bottom of the barrel, especially if you hope to sell any of the offspring.

[BPelizabeth]

save more money...do your research...(fauna classifieds is a great site). When you are looking for cheap only ....you take a chance on ppl ripping you off. Not always...but do your research on the breeder.

Just my two cents!

[Herpman97]

The "cheapest" generally don't have good reputations, aren't there after the sale if you have problems with your animals and so on. Please read the link in my signature about buying "cheap" before you go that route.

I would argue that if you plan to breed these animals yourself that you go for the best quality that you can, not the bottom of the barrel, especially if you hope to sell any of the offspring.

Im sorry, what I meant was inexpensive. I guess I'll have to buy the ones at regular price, hopefully I will gain back the money from selling geckos.

[Jay_Bunny]

Even if you buy "inexpensive", the quality is not that great. You risk not only getting poor quality examples of the morph, you risk internal/external parasites, snakes with RIs, a breeder who WILL NOT take the snake back if it has any problems, a snake with feeding problems, etc. Why not just wait and save up your money and get high quality animals that you know are coming from a good source and will give you gorgeous offspring. My next snake is coming from a good, well-known breeder and its going to be a snake that I just have to have, and am willing to save up the money for.

[Elise.m]

The breeder I go through has very good prices, but I'm a returning customer and a regular feeder customer. I haven't had problems with the snakes I've gotten from him, except my pastel but that was all my fault.

Here is his website if you want to check out what he has. I'm sure he charges the usual shipping rate, $50. Good luck!

[OhhWatALoser]

Hey, who is thr cheapest BP breeder you know. I'm trying to get a pair of yellow bellies, mochas, or mojaves to produce a white snake. Plus, how much is shipping.

the nearest reptile expo is going to be your best bet

Im sorry, what I meant was inexpensive. I guess I'll have to buy the ones at regular price, hopefully I will gain back the money from selling geckos.

im sorry but are you just jumping into this planning to make money? search the 12948358 threads on this subject

[singingtothewheat]

Go to Ralph Davis's page and pm him asking about his prices. He's been reasonable for me and I have no doubt that what I'm getting is exactly what he says it is.

[Herpman97]

the nearest reptile expo is going to be your best bet



im sorry but are you just jumping into this planning to make money? search the 12948358 threads on this subject

Lissten, Im going to say this once, I'm tired of everyone accusing me of wanting to breed reptiles to make money. I'm a teen, so one, I don't have anything to spend the money on other than reptile food and other reptiles, and two, thats why I want some balls for a low price(My mom says I have to buy them myself). Of course I'm gonna want to make a small profit, otherwise we would all sell our animals or work for free. So no offense, but please stop jumping to conclusions.

[Jay_Bunny]

You must understand. There are a lot of people that get into these snakes just to make money and when we see someone who's asking about "cheap" morphs to breed, it kind of starts ringing alarm bells in our heads. While I have no problem with people wanting to make money with these animals, I really wish it wouldn't be the only reason to keep these beautiful creatures.

I understand about not having a lot of money. I have a wishlist longer than my arm but I don't have the money for any of these snakes just yet. But please take into consideration that when you breed your snakes, they make more of themselves, meaning you need to have the space and money to take care of them. When my snake collection jumped from 1 snake to 11 in less than 3 years, my feeding bill jumped from about $5 a month, to $100 a month, and depending on how many breeder animals you plan to get, you will have a lot of mouths to feed. I'm hoping for 3 clutches this season. Thats around 18 new babies if you average 6 eggs per clutch. And you have think about, what if you don't sell your babies as fast as you hoped. You have to house, feed, and care for all of those babies. This is a VERY expensive hobby and you CAN'T expect to make even a little profit if you are buying "cheap" morphs. I will be lucky to even make 1/2 of what I will spend this year in food, and that's just food. It doesn't include the money we spend on electricity for the racks, bedding, new racks I will have to buy to house the babies and future purchases.

If you really want to breed these wonderful animals and make a small profit, save up your money for some high quality snakes from respected breeders. Quality produces quality. You don't want to be the breeder selling low quality reptiles. I wish some of my morphs had come from some of the well known breeders on this forum.

Look, I don't mean to go on and on here but these snakes and this hobby is a passion of mine. If you are only getting into the snakes for the money, that's fine, but have some pride in what you produce and sell and wait and get some high quality animals. If you are getting into breeding snakes for the love of the hobby, then wouldn't you want beautiful snakes that come from good breeders?