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    Re: Best reptile species to breed

    Quote Originally Posted by Tyler Lawrence View Post
    Soon I am going to start a small reptile buisness and I have 4 ball pythons that will be great for breeding but I am wondering what other species would be good? Or if I should just keep getting
    ball pythons
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    Ok so business means profit mean having a plan and basically you ask others to make a plan for YOUR business? That to me is the first sign that you need to reconsider your idea.

    People who start a business have a business plan (short and long term goals, financials etc), they also know the market, it's not just about what is easy to breed there are tons of things easy to breed but are they are not profitable, is the market already saturated? What type of sizable investment are you willing to make?

    Small profitable business will be at least 30 to 60 animals if you want to be profitable and we are not talking single gene animals like Spider, Pinstripe, pastel Cinny etc, if you want to be on the lower side with 30 animals it will take you VERY HIGH END ANIMALS, of course you have to re-invest every year and upgrade your collection.

    Also remember part of the business is passion, breeding something because it's easy does not mean it's enjoyable or that you will be passionate about that species and if you are not, you will fail.

    If you do not have an idea on either of those things or really do not have that much to invest, than this is not gonna be a business it's gonna be a small hobby that might not even pay for itself and if that is the case breed what you like, do it for YOU, first thing of course is to know the species you like, have hands on experience and only then consider breeding.

    Not trying to shatter your dreams but business small or big means having a plan and I am not seeing this and sadly to many people every year jump into this head first and 5 years later have a collection sale because they were just lacking that plan, passion and commitment.
    Deborah Stewart


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