1. Do you like doing it?
I love it I can't remember my life with out snakes in it

2. Has it been more frustration or joy?
I get a smattering of both. There are times I'm ready to throw my hands up and just say forget it. But the times I'm jumping around like a little girl make up for it

3. Have you had success selling the results?
Haven't sold any yet but I have my normals presold.

4. Is the time and effort worth the payoff?
No the Payoff for someone that loves it is far more grand than the hours cleaning/feeding/keeping records/ and so on

5. Any other advice?
Forget the money to be made. If you set your eyes on the cash you will fail..Love the animals, the time you get to spend with them, relish the experence and the money is trivial.

I just want to make sure that any eventual expansion into the world or breeding won't imapct the fun I am having right now. Its like the girls that think raising kids is all giggles and gumdrops until they have their own and learn otherwise ... catch my drift?
Yes it will!!! Now whether its for the better or worse is going to depend on what your really in it for. People that are out for a quick buck get bored trying to raise up a female for 5 years cause she wont eat. Or get sick of cleaning and let the filth build up and the animals suffer.

People that love the animals are willing to get bit, peed on, pooped on, hissed at, struck at, shunned by family, pick on by friends, and called the "Snake guy" at work And all they can think when they go to bed is wow I really got to do that again tomorrow how lucky am I.