It really depends on what you want out of breeding. Are you going to quit your job and breed snakes full time or are you looking to breed because it’s fun and you would to have a hobby that pays for itself. I’m an educator, and I love my job. I’m planning on breeding snakes for fun and maybe some extra cash. Being creative and seeing what I can make is a huge part of breeding for me.
this is how I would recommend starting. Research everything.
You need to know how you will sell your snakes, online, at shows, local pet stores, whatever. Without a plan you might end up with a ton of babies and no place to sell them.
Research the morphs and choose something to work with. For me it made since to start kind of small. I had a bamboo male and I researched what would go good with that morph. I purchased several females that should pair well with bamboo. Clowns, pieds, and a lot of other stuff are awesome, but they are on the back burner for now because I don’t have a male to work with those genes.
Start with females. I have several cheaper multi gene girls that I am working on getting up to size. In a few years I plan on buying one great male that can breed with multiple females. Females will take a few years to reach breeding age a male maybe one year.
Buy nice snakes. Cheap snakes make cheap snakes. I’d rather have one three gene female that three pastels. You really do get what you pay for.
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