Thinking about starting my own private business in the future

[HypoPita]

From a pure investment standpoint, males are unless eaters until you have something to breed them to. also I would suggest you do as much research as possible, as you would find out, it doesn't matter if the pair is related or not.

also i would suggest reading over the threads that pretty much show 99% of people do not make profit doing this, its a poor thing to invest in, you pretty much have to see it as a hobby your sinking money into, or your bound for failure. Its not to say some people don't make a living doing it, but for the other 99% of us.... not a chance.

What WatA said. With the basics scribbled out on paper, it sounds like it could be lucrative, but there a whole lot of things that one doesn't think of in the beginning. For example..when i bought my male and female, I was intending to breed them that year. She went three years without producing a single clutch, till this year. My woma that I bought when on a huge hunger strike and even though she should have been to weight at least a year ago...she's still too skinny for me to be comfortable breeding her. Also, in those three years, prices of hypos have dropped somewhere along the lines of 300$. All the while, you are incurring the cost of their food, bedding, and heating. Just some food for thought.

IMO, it should be looked at as a hobby, a passion. And possibly a way to recoup some of your cash in the process. Unless you are taking morphs that are thousands of dollars a pop.

As for what morphs to get, I would pick what you personally like, or pick a combo you would like to produce, and buy accordingly. From an option-based standpoint, I would for sure get a bee, as that will provide you two morphs in one, to grow and diversify your collection.

[PastelPython]

What WatA said. With the basics scribbled out on paper, it sounds like it could be lucrative, but there a whole lot of things that one doesn't think of in the beginning. For example..when i bought my male and female, I was intending to breed them that year. She went three years without producing a single clutch, till this year. My woma that I bought when on a huge hunger strike and even though she should have been to weight at least a year ago...she's still too skinny for me to be comfortable breeding her. Also, in those three years, prices of hypos have dropped somewhere along the lines of 300$. All the while, you are incurring the cost of their food, bedding, and heating. Just some food for thought.

IMO, it should be looked at as a hobby, a passion. And possibly a way to recoup some of your cash in the process. Unless you are taking morphs that are thousands of dollars a pop.

As for what morphs to get, I would pick what you personally like, or pick a combo you would like to produce, and buy accordingly. From an option-based standpoint, I would for sure get a bee, as that will provide you two morphs in one, to grow and diversify your collection.

Thank you for the tips . I really actually thought it about turning it into a business but now that I've learned more, it's going to be much better for me to have a 9 to 5 type job and just use breeding and raising Ball Pythons as a hobby as it would really be something I really enjoy doing because BPs are my favorite snakes.

As for morphs, it's really hard deciding which I like because those I listed are among my favorite morphs. I'm going to wait until I go to next month's reptile show and see what I can find.

Thanks for the replies everyone