WTF is wrong with my BP

[LadyOhh]

All I have to say is that you have a LOT to learn

Good luck!!!!

[littleindiangirl]

I don't understand what your saying my slogan was "the most affordable morphs anywhere" not the best morphs anywhere
what I was going to do was make morphs like pieds,albinos,mojaves,super pastels more affordable to people on a budget or teens who cant pay $2000 for a BP so what I was going to do was drop the price on these morphs. i.e. A Super Pastel goes for about $1000 but what I was going to do was sell mines for 250-300 SO you got me all wrong!

Well, once you buy your first female het pied, raise her to size, breed, get some eggs, incubate them, and perhaps get some hatchlings....

Perhaps you'll learn why not only are your plans a bit short sighted, but you'll quickly learn why people sell morphs for as much as they do.

As I said, countin your chickens before they hatch?

It's good to be really excited about the hobby, but saying your going to breed when you just bought your first normal snakes, and actually having done it before, is a gap wider than the Mississippi River during flooding season.

Just be excited about the snakes you have, and learn a thing or two before you advertise what your gonna do in 08.

[ExoticsBySize]

OK. WHOA. I don't think you have the slightest clue the costs involved. First to acquire those animals, the housing, the feeding, incubators... Not to mention why would you want to undercut a market that's constantly dropping prices anyway. I'm just

Acquiring the morphs - Both my parents are very supportive of my hobby.

Housing-Got rack plus I am building another

Feeding-going to raise ASF's

Incubators-Got a nice post of the 1 I will soon be build

Market price - come on how bad can the market undercut from a kid in his basement. It not like Ima be putting out 1000's of babies
maybe 24 at the max this is if I get a clutch of 8 from each female so this has never crossed my mind!

[darkangel]

Acquiring the morphs - Both my parents are very supportive of my hobby.

Housing-Got rack plus I am building another

Feeding-going to raise ASF's

Incubators-Got a nice post of the 1 I will soon be build

Market price - come on how bad can the market undercut from a kid in his basement. It not like Ima be putting out 1000's of babies
maybe 24 at the max this is if I get a clutch of 8 from each female so this has never crossed my mind!

You are being so short-sighted and dense that there isn't a whole lot of point in continuing this conversation. However... the market wouldn't be undercutting you, you would be devaluing a snake that is worth considerably more, therefore YOU would be undercutting the market. I sincerely hope you spend a lot more time doing research before you take responsibility for even more snakes, and I can't wait to see the reality of this hit you.

[jglass38]

You are being so short-sighted and dense that there isn't a whole lot of point in continuing this conversation. However... the market wouldn't be undercutting you, you would be devaluing a snake that is worth considerably more, therefore YOU would be undercutting the market. I sincerely hope you spend a lot more time doing research before you take responsibility for even more snakes, and I can't wait to see the reality of this hit you.

Great post..Even though I am a little biased!

[littleindiangirl]

Well all we can really say is good luck.

Hope you got the mite problem taken care of, hope your still practicing quarantine and have separated the male and female you were concerned about, and hope you invest in a quality thermostat and hope you learn what's in your animals best interest.

Is it harsh of me to say your posts in this thread have cast a picture of a greenhorn with too much pride and bad attitude to accept that he doesn't know it all?

Well, most kids think they know it all, should we fault you for it?

[JoshJP7]

thank god it takes 2yrs to raise a female to breeding weight... Theres a reason these morphs are so expensive and its not bc people are greedy and want to make money... and its not bc they want to keep the market away from young people... its becuase of supply/demand/ and all the work that goes into raising/breeding/caring for snakes...

for your sake I sure hope you dont end up being "that guy" who is all excited about this when he gets his first snake but fades faster than he got into it.

[MiniJ83]

I dont know about you guys, but I can't wait to purchase some Exotics By Size line of Pieds for only a hundred bucks a pop. I'm gonna save myself a fortune!

[bigballs]

I don't understand what your saying my slogan was "the most affordable morphs anywhere" not the best morphs anywhere
what I was going to do was make morphs like pieds,albinos,mojaves,super pastels more affordable to people on a budget or teens who cant pay $2000 for a BP so what I was going to do was drop the price on these morphs. i.e. A Super Pastel goes for about $1000 but what I was going to do was sell mines for 250-300 SO you got me all wrong!

i think after you invest quite a bit of time and money on your collection, you'll have a new respect for these animals and realize why they sell for what they do. it takes a lot more work than putting two snakes together and those who have been doing it for years know this and the ones who drop out after the novelty wears off never will. take your time and do it slowly and learn to appreciate what you have. i would rather buy a quality animal for $1000 from a reputable breeder than a not so quality animal of the same kind or morph for $250-$300 from you.

at this rate by the time you breed out super pastels they will probably be worth $250-$300 anyways and you would have already invested $1000 dollars on one and spent a couple years raising it...

[anendeloflorien]

Hey c'mon give the kid a break. He's young, he's found a hobby that he really enjoys and he has visions of greatness as the bargain king of BP morphs . I think we all had some similar dreams when we were in high school right? Our way to make a fortune without even going to college . I know I did lol.
Eventually reality will prevail or maybe, just maybe he actually follow through and becomes a reputable breeder who is able to keep producing quality animals. But I think by then he will realize the other costs involved in breeding and keeping these awesome animals.
It's great to be young (I'm only 24 myself so yes I can still say that )