Getting back into snakes... Need some advice

[CloudtheBoa]

I honestly wouldn't even depend on that much. You're a lot more likely to sink more money in than you get out, let alone to earn enough to buy those snakes. Especially with the breeding plan you have.

If you want to breed because it interests you, then that's definitely a more sustainable approach. Buying a few cheap, likely low-quality examples of a morph and breeding a clutch or two a year won't get you to the moonglow carpet and Amazon Basin ETB. Which is where my comment was focused, as I don't think you elaborated much on wanting to breed bps for the sake of breeding bps. It seemed you were hoping breeding them was going to be solely responsible for buying the more expensive snakes you wanted. It may barely even pay for the food for the snakes, depending on how long they sit with you. Small mice won't last beyond a few feedings. And definitely won't get your money back for caging, thermostats, heating elements, and the breeder snakes themselves for several breeding seasons.


Again, if you breed the bps because you want to breed them, and not to pay for other snakes or make a profit, that will be a much better goal. Then, if you decide to expand on your plan and continue to aim for the ETB and carpet, then you're taking things in bite-sized pieces and laying the groundwork for it to happen. You would need a pretty decent breeding operation going pumping out more than a handful of clutches every year to make it to a goal of $14,000 for both snakes, or even $4,000 just for the ETB. That scale of operation would probably need a couple employees to help you out, just from the sheer number of snakes, or more expensive and desirable morphs.