Instead of assuming that profit goes into your pocket, in reality you reinvested it and bought additional animals, EVERY YEAR, so by the time you get to 4 years, you’re not breeding 10 animals, you’re breeding 20, or even significantly more. It would more than double your profit to do this, so it’s hugely significant. By the way, a collection of 20 ball pythons probably requires around an average of 1 hour of labor per day, if you bust your butt while you are doing the work. (You will be spending 15 minutes on some days, and a few hours on others, of course).

So, that’d be…maybe $3650 per year, at $10 per hour. Let’s figure in hatchling season at an additional $2000 to be generous, and you still haven’t come close to not making a significant profit.

So, you’re correct–if you do NOT upgrade your collection, you will not make much, if any, profit. But, as you pointed out, no one does that…it’s a business, not an investment that just sits there. It has to be actively managed and reinvestments are necessary. If modest reinvestments are made, the numbers change dramatically.

Thanks,

Stephen Gonsalves

I’m currently thinking about getting into breeding and the only question I have is this; as a new person on the scene with no reputation how likely am I to get stuck with a ton of babies to feed?

If I bred bumble bee x mojave and all the babies come out looking amazing, would it be possible to sell all those animals? Or would I have just upped my feeding and heating bill sense I still have no reputation as a breeder

Which pairing should give me the best result based on the following scenario:

Pastel pied male x spinner blast female

or

Spinner blast male x Pastel pied female

???????

Nobody seems to be mentioning that knifings happen MUCH MUCH higher in the UK, especially per capita compared to the united states. I dont know if any of you have been attacked with a knife, but I have, and I can tell you, I’d rather be shot than stabbed to death.

I live in the united states currently, and the state that I’m in (NH) has one of the most lax gun laws, I could go out now and buy a hand gun and not need a carry permit as long as it isn’t concealed, and if it is, its a 1-2 week application for $10 they have to give me within 2 weeks or I can prosecute whoever I submitted my app to.

There is no specific law for purchasing guns at a specific age in NH, you could go buy a long gun at 16 if you wanted. Did i mention i live in the lowest violent crime state in the entire country? In fact, violent crime per capital is lower than the UK as well. But they could if they wanted to. The town im in now, i drive 9 miles to work, i pass a gun factory and THREE gun stores. There were 18 per 100K people violent crimes in my town. The national average is 328 per 100K.

I grew up in MA, one of the stricted states when it comes to gun laws, The town i grew up in (a very nice upscale town on cape cod) had 309/100K last year. One of my friends was killed and his car stolen when i was 17 by a man who had a gun he obtained illegally. You think he cared about gun laws? The sad thing, is his father was a “gun nut” and if he lived in NH, I guarantee you he’d have had a gun in his truck when he was held up.

But anyway. your mileage may vary. criminals will still find ways to murder people, why not let law abiding citizens be able to defend themselves on an equal ground than someone who purchased a firearm illegally..

People like me are NOT the ones that any society needs to worry about. People like me are the ones who MIGHT just save your life when confronted by a junkie looking for his next hit. Or the degenerate gang bangers looking to kill or rape you just for an initiation. Or the insane group of extremist PETA freaks trying to set your house/breeding facility on fire.

Wake up people!