Quote Originally Posted by PYTH0N BOY View Post
I plan on breeding about 50 adults. now thats no alot and its going to take me a while to build that but its my goal.

Id like to sell the babies for around the prices i paid for them. i dont want to breed and then sell for nothing as whatever i make will be going into racks and more ball pythons

i will never take money put of what i make for eny other reason. its a hobby that i plan in keeping
I would say that 50 adults is pretty standard if you are thinking about becoming a full time breeder and having a storefront and all. My distributor has that many in his house and hes a breeder/owner/and storefront owner.

I would say good luck with selling the babies for the prices you paid for them. No disrespect, but the prices are dropping, not going higher. I bought my female pastel for $425 2 years ago and now you can get one for $200-250. Because your starting out you have to see that by the time your female (if shes a morph) gets to be of breeding age, the price to breed her get babies will be lower than what you paid for her. Unless your trying to come out with some special never done morph, your going to be selling them for less.

Thats why you should never enter into this hobby thinking that your going to become rich or make a profit. Housing 50 snakes is going to get very expensive in food, heating (your electric will go up), and if any of them get sick than your making a hefty trip to the vet.

Thats why I'm keeping my collection small. I wrote out the morphs I want and what I want to breed. Everyone on here is wanting to produce BELs. They are beautiful, but think about it, if it becomes a common project the price is going to be dropping on them. Do this hobby because you like it not because your expecting to get paid.