I agree with the others. I used to raise, train, show and breed miniature horses. You think wow easy money. WRONG, are farm is no longer a farm. Think of it this way. You have one female and 2 males. You introduce both males to that female and HOPE that you get a babie from each dad. You wait till she ovulates......you wait and they each get a turn to lock with her.......you wait till she dose her pre lay shed....you wait till she lays her eggs.......WOW now you got eggs BUT wiat......you wait till the first baby pips.... the excitment builds you think you see the color you want will it be YES it is a xyx girl, ok good I can keep her and in 3 YEARS breed her. The next one pips....it is a normal.. oh well that happens. The next one pips... YES it is a xyx male, he is nice but not exactly what you are looking for. And so on
Out of a clutch of 8 you get 100% hatch rate. 1 or 2 MIGHT be (if you are really lucky) Killer quality to hold back. So you have spent a year to get 8 babies. During that year you have had to clean, feed, heat, and take care of this one animal.
My point is this is NOT a business that has a quick turnaround. Yes you might buy 1000 girls and you might get 1000 clutches so say you get 8000 babies.... They you have to PRAY you can sell them. While you have them you have to get them started, feed, water and take care of them. All that cost money, but more than that it take something more valuable TIME.
Sorry for the ramble but snakes and horses take forever to finally get a baby. Only difference is (if you are lucky) you get more babies from a snake than a horse
I would like to know how many breeders (with say more than 10 females) get 1-2 keepers in each clutch. What is the rate you get that WOW.
I know of one big breeder said he spent big bucks (I think it was $10000) for a snake that proved that the trait he had was NOT passed on. Can you imanige that kind of loss? That is the kind of risk the top breeders that push forward the standard have.
LOL I am not that kind of gambler. I like the co dom traitsat least I know I will get (hopefully) one baby morph!
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