I have only been producing and keeping reptiles for a few years now. I dont really like the term "big time breeder". I could have purchased 50 normals to breed and I guess that would make me a big time breeder. However, I chose to keep my collection as small and as expensive as possible. We did not necessarily stick to that rule with the other species we keep but definitely with BPs I decided to lighten my workload as much as possible. After all, a 20 gene BP worth $1,000,000 craps exactly the same amount as a $100 normal. So I would recommend keeping the collection as small as possible until your profits are high enough to hire help to take care of all of those animals.