The #1 thing I believe this hobby teaches - Patience. From the time you purchase your first female with the dream of breeding you learn just how long it can take before she is mature enough and of size to breed. You learn about the 1000 gram wall. Males and females alike going off feed for months at a time. You go through the long breeding process..recording locks, trying to catch ovulations, watching for the glow, prelay shed. Then the countdown to the clutch. But then there is still the long wait in the incubator. Days 50, 51, 52, etc are agonizing as you wait for them to pip. Then to cut or not to cut...decisions. After they hatch it's getting them all feeding and thriving. Now how do you sell what you are not holding back? You set your price but you are not getting any interest...do you mark them down?...no...patience. They will sell, you just need patience and be prepared to house them sometimes into the next season. That's the advice I'll give and will say good luck and enjoy the ride
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