For me personally, its just a hobby that (mostly) pays for itelf SOME of the time. I have no intentions of becoming a big breeder..not at all.No way I could deal with that many snakes! We actually shrunk our collection this year from 30 animals to 21, to cut down on expenses a little. Mostly, we breed for fun and excitement. This year well probably only produce two or three clutches if we're lucky. But, when we do produce we sell mostly to indviduals as pets, a few stores, and trade with other breeders for higher end multi gene animals. Last year, we might've come close to breaking even. This year it wont happen at all as weve spent a lot of money at the vets this year. But we did pick up some nice higher end animals for our collection through trade. So next year will be a good breeding year. If you do it for the fun of breeding, and the love of the animals, the $$$$ doesn't matter-whether you get some back or not. But, if your in it for the money and only for the money, STOP RIGHT THERE. Invest in something like houses or trading cards, or comics or collectibles. A person who is in it only for the money has NO business doing business with animals.