Quote Originally Posted by Freakie_frog View Post
Things to consider.
1-feeding bill, don't spend all your money on snakes you have to feed them. Whether it breeding your own rats or buying them it can get expensive especially around hatching season.
2- Caging you have the money now go ahead and get all the caging your going to need for the next three years. Even if you don't use it have it.
3- Marketing do a budget for marketing, website, Magazine adds, business cards, swag, show equipment ect, you might not need them now but in 3 years when your hatching 1500.00 animals you want people to see a professional business front.
4- Animals Choose wisely!! just running out buying the biggest baddest thing out might not be the best idea. Instead of a Pastel clown of 6500 you might consider 1.3 Pastels het for clown find a way to give your money some legs.. To many times I've seen people spend mass amounts of money on big time morphs to "become a breeder" and after 2 years of keeping feeding and trying to breed they get frustrated and realize they wasted 2 years because either they have no clue what they are doing and have all this money tied up, or they can't sell the animals they produce cause they didn't market themselves or whatever.. Out of that 20K I'd say spend 10 on snakes and the other 10 on getting your feet on the ground. Buy some big normal female and a couple of super males. Nothing will frustrate your investor more than spending 8K+ on two females that become picky eaters and don't breed for 3 more years.

Just my two cents
The Frog speaks wisdom. It isn't enough to have a load of high end animals. People may buy a pastel for 100.00 off a no body, but they will go to those who are well known for the high end stuff because they are trusted. Start small and build. Build the collection, build the breeders and feeders, build your Rep...Time sweat and knowledge will help you succeed where money will not.