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04-Nov-07, 06:18 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 17  | | | |
any 1 got any set ups for there GTP?
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04-Nov-07, 06:28 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Age/Gender: 28 | | | |
Just my opinion, but the problem you will find is firstly, not everyone has a spare $5000-$7000 to spend on a single python. The next problem is the other breeders out there that have been breeding this species for a number of seasons already, releasing a few offspring, but holding back other animals to increase their own breeding group. By the time your animals (if not a mature pair) are reafy to breed the other breeders will have already flooded (to an extent) the market.
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04-Nov-07, 06:30 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Campbelltown, NSW Age/Gender: 18 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by x_aussie_bloke_x  any 1 got any set ups for there GTP? | You mean any one stupid enough to state on an open forum that they have breeding gtps? 
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04-Nov-07, 06:47 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Vic metro Age/Gender: 43 | | | |
There is a huge market for GTPs , and no shortage of people willing and able to part with 5-15k for the privilage to own and care for such a beautiful species. As an owner and breeder of them I can say that they are not the easiest of pythons to care for and do require a little more attention than most other breeds. I belive that the price will remain much the same for quite a few years to come. Good luck with your venture if you choose to try it out ..
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04-Nov-07, 06:53 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Vic metro Age/Gender: 43 | | | |
PS . As for stating involvment with GTPs on an open forum. I havn't noticed anyone breeding or holding giving name , address and combo to their breeding facility so why would this matter
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04-Nov-07, 08:11 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Adelaide SA Gender: | | | | The GTP risk
Listen to the advise of Tan & Baghdady, People like Simon have spent top dollar for the best of the best & even with many years of diversified experience have lost animals, imagine spending 40 grand & one dies after 6 months, 50% of your sustantial investment lost just like that! will you then spend another 20 grand & take the risk again. It will never work if you are just trying to make money, why not invest in a couple of albinos & get some experience, same price & still in demand & will be for many many years, very easy to keep & breed, when you have succesfully bred buy some GTP's with the resulting profit  |
04-Nov-07, 08:19 PM
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I'm curious, are you interested in GTP's because you like the snake and want them or only to make $$$$$ out of them?
Simone.
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04-Nov-07, 08:36 PM
|  | Sexy Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Cairns Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by johnbowemonie I'm curious, are you interested in GTP's because you like the snake and want them or only to make $$$$$ out of them?
Simone. |
id say his answer would be a lil bit of both but id say that would be the answer of a lot or poepel keeping snakes wether they admit it or not and making profit isnt a bad thing what do you think southern x or even private keepers whos only income is thier snakes doesnt mean they dont like their snakes
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04-Nov-07, 08:59 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Newcastle, NSW Age: 29 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Renee is there much of a market for them in Aus | Is that supposed to be a joke?? 
I reckon you'd be crazy not to, but thats just me...  
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04-Nov-07, 09:04 PM
|  | Seller | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Gold Coast Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by johnbowemonie I'm curious, are you interested in GTP's because you like the snake and want them or only to make $$$$$ out of them?
Simone. | Simone, to answer your question, I am obsessed with them. They are an incredible animal and it would be a privelige for me to be able to own one. However, like alot of herpers out there, I wouldnt be able to afford to spend 15 grand on a pretty pet just to look at. Wouldn't it be rewarding to be able to say that your job was to breed one of the most magnificent species in the herp world? I would be very selective as to who I were to give any hatchies to.
I am definately not in this just for the money, but, it would definately be able to help me justify buying a pair of these beauties.
Is that a fair answer Simone? |
04-Nov-07, 09:28 PM
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If i owned GTP's i wouldn't be scared to admit to them, there going down to much for anyone to care, and if i owned them i'd have to have atleast some sort of security system that works They look nice but going from what i've heard, and have been told they are damn boring.
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04-Nov-07, 09:44 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-05 Location: Earth Gender: | | | | re GTP
Popularity of Gtps espescially the australian ones would be the fact that there is no breeding imformation available after a study of a couple of years,didnt think it would be made available as a condition of study approval by Qld Nats and the victorian Govt has a similar policy with diamond pythons in their state.
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04-Nov-07, 09:55 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Brisbane, Toowong Age/Gender: 20 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by cma_369 You mean any one stupid enough to state on an open forum that they have breeding gtps? | I never really understood this. If nobody knows my address or my full name, how could they come to my house and take my snakes?
Why do they die so easy?
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05-Nov-07, 05:30 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-05 Location: Sydney Gender: | | |
imo, there are HEEPS of people wanting to keep them BUT that is verty different then havinga high demand! you need to remember that alot of the members on this forum and many others are just kids with little experience, having them say they want to keep, breed chondros etc is far rom adding to the demand cause they have no effect on the prices. IMO the demand is really only determined by those who are actually in the possition to purchase a green and as a few of you have said there isnt many willing to part with 5K.
what im trying to say is that there are HEEPS of people simply wanting to keep them, but realisticly there isnt many people in the position to purchase them. the price will drop over the nex few yrs until it gets to a price where more people can afford them.
having said all that, 10eggs is a pretty good amount of babies even for some of the most experienced GTP breeders. i was talking to a reputable breeders last night and he said that after alot of yrs of GTP breeing he still loses 40% of the clutch.
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05-Nov-07, 05:40 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Somewhere near Brisbane | | | |
You will find that there are more than enough buyers in the country to take whatever is bred, the price has been dropping over the last few years with this season talk of good established feeders being available for $5000. There is certainly no reason I can think of to lose 40% of a clutch with all the information available to us and the huge numbers that have been bred around the world.
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