Future Breeder - Asking for Advice from the Pros

[GhostEchoes92]

This is a great post! You make some really good points.

My only advice to add, that helps slightly with the patience, have more than one female lol. The more you have the better chance each year that you'll get a girl to go. When I first got into the breeding part of the hobby, I only bred one female and got lucky she gave me a nice healthy clutch. I thought, this is so easy, pair up 10 females, get 10 clutches. LOL, not the case! Not every female is going to go for you every year. So if you have 3 females and 3 don't go, it's a super frustrating experience and it will test your patience having to wait another year. But if you pair 10 females and 3 don't go, it's still a great season imo. Of course make sure you have the means to house and feed all those babies if they do go for you, no guarantee on how quickly you will sell them. I've also noticed how much quicker time goes growing out females when you are working with others, it takes the focus off any individual female you may want to breed in the future, instead you're focused on what you're working on that year and I've had females shock me, like how the heck are you 2000g already haha.

It is definitely an extremely enjoyable hobby, I think about it all the time. Good luck with your plans.

thats great advice too! I have 5 females currently, and do plan to get more. I only mentioned breeding the one at first just so that I get a feel for it. But I totally agree with multiple females per year. I have noticed how quickly time goes when you’re growing out multiples. When I got my normal male years ago, it was torture watching him grow up. Now I look at him and he’s 650 grams. It’s like where did my lil baby go?