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    Re: The Morphs

    Quote Originally Posted by Kaspar825 View Post
    What do you think the most profitable morph is. In need to buy the cages and incubator too. I want to start breeding but i dont think normals have any money in them. So what morph sells fastest, what morph will get them most money and which one meets in the middle. Im not only doing this to make money but dont want to loose money. Thanks
    As others have already mentioned - you WILL lose money while you're raising up your babies to become breeders, and you probably won't turn a profit for many years. While you're raising up your "profitable" morph, the prices will drop each year. And there's no guarantee when you breed that you'll produce babies, or even that the babies will be the morph that you are breeding for (out of 10 lemon pastel eggs, I produced 2 lemon pastels and 8 normals my first season - one I held back, the other I traded for another animal).

    Not only do you have the investment in the animals, caging, thermostats, incubator, you need to figure in feeding, veterinary care, marketing costs. If you're not someone that people know, it's going to be much harder to move your animals, than someone who people have seen and know and trust to buy their animals from. Doesn't mean you have to be a "big name", just means that people need to get to know you and see that you are reputable in your words and your actions.

    I also see from your first post that you are 13 years old. You are also going to have a very difficult time finding people willing to enter into a non-binding contract with a minor (a sale is a contract - if anything goes wrong with an animal that they purchase from you, they have no legal recourse).
    Last edited by rabernet; 01-10-2010 at 10:30 AM.

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