best investment?

[mason]

Btw, I don't have the extra 100 to spend on a nicer example, not even 50, I'm on a very tight budget. So just by genetics what's the best deal?

ignoring the obvious points that otherposters have made (affording to care for your pets/breeders) this is very worth considering:


IF you're in this to make some cash then the QUALITY you buy will determine the QUALITY you produce.

EG buy the cheapest, crappiest exampleof any co-dom morph you can find and you will, in the future, find yourself producing more cheap, crappy examples of the morph.

If you buy as cheap as possible to start with then you're simply setting yourself up to basically be the guy you bought from, ie someone having to sell low grade examples of ball morphs at the lowest possible end of market value.

"invest" in crap, and you'll produce crap yourself. Buy the best example(or most pleasing to you) of each morph and you'll produce those incredible looking snakes selling for the top end of whatever that particular morph is worth.

[rabernet]

ignoring the obvious points that otherposters have made (affording to care for your pets/breeders) this is very worth considering:


IF you're in this to make some cash then the QUALITY you buy will determine the QUALITY you produce.

EG buy the cheapest, crappiest exampleof any co-dom morph you can find and you will, in the future, find yourself producing more cheap, crappy examples of the morph.

If you buy as cheap as possible to start with then you're simply setting yourself up to basically be the guy you bought from, ie someone having to sell low grade examples of ball morphs at the lowest possible end of market value.

"invest" in crap, and you'll produce crap yourself. Buy the best example(or most pleasing to you) of each morph and you'll produce those incredible looking snakes selling for the top end of whatever that particular morph is worth.

I think I hear an echo!

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Btw, I don't have the extra 100 to spend on a nicer example, not even 50, I'm on a very tight budget. So just by genetics what's the best deal?

Well I hate to state the obvious but than why ask what the best investment is?

When talking purely about investment here is something YOU need to think about.

You buy the best example of a morph you can find you will produce good looking to outstanding babies you buy a poor example of a morph and you will produce more of the same.

Now let's say you produce poor example of the morph you pick what do you think will happen when you put them on the market?

You might be able to sell them at a very low price, but are also very likely to get stuck with them……so how is that a good investment???

Also if you can’t afford an extra $50 or $100 what else can’t you afford? Vet Cost? Feeding? Housing?

Can you even afford breeding because I can tell you it does not come cheap (Hatchling rack, incubator, rodent rack etc)

banana:itold you guys! he is legit and is willing to go lower, i had a chat with him.

I am glad you are happy about your “deal” but again not the average this is a desperate situation apparently.

Something else you need to wonder when you see “good deals” it is whether or not there might be some issues.

Don’t you wonder why someone would sell an animal that is a proven breeder at that price?

Yeah she might have laid but did she lay slugs, were all the babies viable and healthy etc, is she a picky feeder etc?

Other thing how will the breeder take care of you, will he be there before and after the sale or will he pocket your money and be gone next day?

And again those prices are not the norm YOU are shopping for the “deal” rather than the animal and I doubt in the long run it will be a worthy investment.

[rabernet]

Well I hate to state the obvious but than why ask what the best investment is?

When talking purely about investment here is something YOU need to think about.

You buy the best example of a morph you can find you will produce good looking to outstanding babies you buy a poor example of a morph and you will produce more of the same.

Now let's say you produce poor example of the morph you pick what do you think will happen when you put them on the market?

You might be able to sell them at a very low price, but are also very likely to get stuck with them……so how is that a good investment???

Also if you can’t afford an extra $50 or $100 what else can’t you afford? Vet Cost? Feeding? Housing?

Can you even afford breeding because I can tell you it does not come cheap (Hatchling rack, incubator, rodent rack etc)



I am glad you are happy about your “deal” but again not the average this is a desperate situation apparently.

Something else you need to wonder when you see “good deals” it is whether or not there might be some issues.

Don’t you wonder why someone would sell an animal that is a proven breeder at that price?

Yeah she might have laid but did she lay slugs, were all the babies viable and healthy etc, is she a picky feeder etc?

Other thing how will the breeder take care of you, will he be there before and after the sale or will he pocket your money and be gone next day?

And again those prices are not the norm YOU are shopping for the “deal” rather than the animal and I doubt in the long run it will be a worthy investment.

Amen sister!!!!

[Maurice Tebele]

And again those prices are not the norm YOU are shopping for the “deal” rather than the animal and I doubt in the long run it will be a worthy investment.

that realy went to heart. im going to tell the guy i dont want the snake, i dont realy like the color. i have my eyes on a reeeeely nice butterscotch x orange ghost!, the color is almost like a caramel bp. its 200+ shipping, im going to see if i can get it down to to 175 shipped . but if i cant, i GESS i would do 200 shipped... thanks from keeping me from the dark side lol