Quote Originally Posted by boyer.michael.s View Post
I am going to explain to you how I feel you should go about your choice of starting to breed your Ball Pythons (this is going based off the assumption that you are trying to either break even or simply have a self-sustaining hobby).

In my opinion, if you want to be successful with breeding you need to look at things a certain way. The first thing you should do is determine how much money you are willing to spend on startup costs. Although it is possible to make this startup money back, you should look at this initial investment as a sunk cost that you might not ever get back and you should be fine with never seeing that money again (after all, if this is a hobby of yours that you love, you shouldn’t be bothered by investing money that you may never see again anyway). By doing this you won’t put yourself in a situation where you may start to struggle financially if you don’t seeing a return of this money as soon as you would like. These startup costs should include all your enclosures (rack system), your initial snake investments (your first project), your incubation method, and other various essential supplies you will need at the start your breeding adventure...
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thank you. This is exactly the way I have been looking at it. If I never recover the initial investment that would be fine. I would like the breeding years to come close to break even. I really want to breed for the enjoyment and time with my daughter. Thanks for the post it confirms my thoughst and expectations.