Quote Originally Posted by Mike41793 View Post
Ahhh ok i interpreted that wrong then. Not all bps, gotcha.

Your fire is hot. The pastel is pretty nice too. Id say youve done pretty well for only 3months
I didn't mean to come off in a negative way by any means. There is always misinterpretation through text of any sort.
I just want to shed some light to people like myself that are new to this. A majority of younger people I talk to that want to get into this think they need to Max out every credit card and pull small business loans out to be a name in the game.
If it was that easy, wouldn't everyone do it? It takes a real dedication that I imagine every breeder, large or small realizes. I spend roughly 2-5 hrs each day after work in my snake room. I have barely seen any of my best friends in the last two months. If it wasn't for my girlfriend, who also is as passionate about this as myself, I would probably seem weird to people that don't understand.
I think the point I'm getting at now is that you have to have a real passion for this to succeed.
I see the original poster has taken the time to lay out a budget, and seek the necessary information to make revisions to that budget. But with no prior experience with keeping a large collection or exotic animals, it may become overwhelming.
I can probably say with certainty, that a large majority of breeders on this site, and most breeders in general become overwhelmed at times.
There are many other aspects involved with this besides budgeting for the project. You need a well established herp vet that has exp with bp's. I wouldn't trust the life of a 20,000$ snake in any ones hands. Depending on the state of residence, there are also necessary permits needed to breed for profit.
His budget also didn't include thermostats, quarantine rack ( or separate room to guarantee the health of 10,000$ collection) oil heaters on a separate thermostat, an increase in home owners/ renters insurance to cover the collection. He would also need a way to document an record his information. A high quality camera and some way to take a professional photo.
There are many many others things I am not hitting on, but I would like to hear from people with more thantype 3 months experience I have.