i've only been in the hobby for 3.5 years and i've recently decided i want to try my hand at breeding. at MINIMUM i'm maybe a year and a half away before i can even think about putting two snakes together, and this isn't even taking the research part of this into consideration; this is just when i think my snakes will be mature enough. realistically i'm probably 5 years out. TBH i think i've jumped the gun by saying i want to breed, but i'm in no way rushing to acquire animals or pushing the animals i have to grow faster. i will breed when i'm confident in my knowledge and i have the resources to do it right; whether that takes 1 year or 10 years. i know my husbandry and my animals like the back of my hand, and to me, breeding is that next level in snake ownership and husbandry.
you've gotten great advice about being young and the future already, so i'll just say this: if your passion is strong enough, then the wait until you're ready to do it right won't bother you too much.
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