We got issues.... Lol

[I-KandyReptiles]

Plus if your parents don't want you to do something, and you live under their roof, it's a good idea to comply to their rules.

You can try all you want to change their minds, but I can see why your mom says no.

[Ridinandreptiles]

Plus if your parents don't want you to do something, and you live under their roof, it's a good idea to comply to their rules.

You can try all you want to change their minds, but I can see why your mom says no.

thats why im not just gonna buy it anyways, REMEMBER i started this thread to give me idea on how to convince!

[1nstinct]

Ill be honest, if you have 12 grand sitting around, why do you still need your parents permission? How many is a "decent" amount of snakes? Think about it in the long run. Have you breed bps yet? How quickly did they sell? do you have the space for all these babies you plan to hatch?Feeding them? Do not waste money now thinking about how much you "could" make selling the babies. If you just thinking about money to me your in the "ball game" for all the wrong reasons. Ball pythons start as a hobby/passion then can possible turn into a job, not the other way around IMHO. I think you need to sit down and do some thinking, and see if you want to spend 12k on a snake. If you do more power to you, just dont look at it as a a quick way to get your money back.

[DavidMundy]

As much as I love ball pythons, if I had $10,000+ sitting around it would be spent on a car or saved for a down payment on a house not a snake. I know you could potentially make triple or more of what you put into it but $10,000 is a lot of money for someone under 18 to have and spend on a snake. Maybe you should spend it on some less expensive morphs and put the rest in the bank?

[I-KandyReptiles]

Or move out of your parents house and get it then

[Ridinandreptiles]

its a hobby, not quick money, i just want to rekoop/produce cool animals. i have succesfully bre dbps many times and i have the space. my 50 tub baby rack had 15 spaces. that can support a clutch.

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i have all necessities, i got my money from selling my race quad i put money in since i was 10 years old!

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maybe i shouldnt have mantioned what morph of snke im trying to get my hands on

[1nstinct]

i have been saving since i was 14, im 22 turning 23, but im saving for a house. Once you hit 18, things take a big turn, you find yourself with lots of bills. I am over 100K in school loans and i still dont have my BA in bio yet, car payments, car insurance all add up trust me. I see where your mom is saying no since you under 18, yes theres a possibility you could make 10 times the amount you spend in one year, but unless you plan to do this for the rest of your life as a full time job, i would take half the money saved and keep saving it because soon your going to wish you had that money to help pay off some of the bills that keep adding up.

[Vesper]

I may not be the greatest example, as I usually just did it anyway when it came to my mother saying no...but I look back now and realize I should have just listened most of the time. Especially when it came to money.
Most of those things I regret was listening to her say "Stop spending your money." Put the cash away and save it. Save up some extra cash on top of that and then buy your snake, and by then they'll probably be cheaper anyway. But you'll want that 10-12k later on when you're older and getting ready to goto college. Or just moving out, or getting a job and need a down payment (or possible straight out by a vehicle) for a car.
If I would have put up my money from work during high school, I would have had a nice nest egg. Instead, I struggled from paycheck to paycheck. I sold off a lot of the things I bought when I was younger to help me get by when I lost my job...three times. I didn't have the money to take care of pets. Not a dog, not a cat, not anything.

[I-KandyReptiles]

I wish I could go back and tell myself that I need to save. I'd never drop $10k on a snake, especially if I wasn't even on my own yet.

Do you pay rent? Pay for
Grocceries? If not, maybe you should considering you have the money to blow on snakes :/

[Ridinandreptiles]

I wish I could go back and tell myself that I need to save. I'd never drop $10k on a snake, especially if I wasn't even on my own yet.

Do you pay rent? Pay for
Grocceries? If not, maybe you should considering you have the money to blow on snakes :/

as far as education i scored a scholarship for my first 4 years and its local. however, y'all have made me seriously think about it.