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08-May-08, 07:44 PM
|  | Seller | Join Date: May-06 Location: Suburban Adelaide Age/Gender: 24  | | | | Feeding hatchling animals before they sell is something to consider too....
take the price you may get for something and minus food, heat, enclosure costs and your time (whatever price you may put on that) and what do you get?? surprisingly less than you may first think...
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08-May-08, 07:50 PM
|  | Jellybean Club Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Hobbiton, Middle Earth. Gender: | | | | Go in slowly, work your way up the ladder one step at a time, if you try to rush to the top you are more likely to fall. You need to have a good understanding of where the market is and where it is going, also some luck doesn't hurt, but in general, you can make some profit in breeding most herps, be it bearded dragons, geckoes or snakes....if you do it right.
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08-May-08, 08:06 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-05 Location: Sydney | | | | hav to agree with what a lot have said, some good points. as said you should never go into it to make money...you wont make it if you dont do it out of passion. as for not being able to sell you animals, id put that down to asking to much for what youve got? yes carpets are variable but selling them at 250 when they're worth 150 isnt helping your cause. the issue with a few of the bigger breeders, on in particular which im not going to mention, breed more then is wanted so they have to drop prices to move animals on, imo alot of the current prices could sit stable if there wasnt silly numbers being bred by some. |
08-May-08, 09:06 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney Age/Gender: 29  | | | Yeah, I agree with everyone who says you need to do it for love first - I would be really interested in the intricacies of breeding, and I think it would be really educational and interesting for our 3yo daughter to witness the whole process. I'm just trying to work out whether we can afford the expenses involved by covering our costs by selling the offspring!
Dodgie, next time you need to give away a few water pythons give me a call!  My husband is hooked on them since he discovered them at the Castlehill Expo on the weekend!
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08-May-08, 09:23 PM
| | RETIRED SNAKE Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 20 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jessb  Yeah, I agree with everyone who says you need to do it for love first - I would be really interested in the intricacies of breeding, and I think it would be really educational and interesting for our 3yo daughter to witness the whole process. I'm just trying to work out whether we can afford the expenses involved by covering our costs by selling the offspring!
Dodgie, next time you need to give away a few water pythons give me a call! My husband is hooked on them since he discovered them at the Castlehill Expo on the weekend! |
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08-May-08, 09:25 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney Age/Gender: 29 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by vs380kw He's a good man keep the collect growing |
And don't worry Pat, you will still be our preferred food supplier when we start our SnakeRanch-esque national herp empire!
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08-May-08, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by jessb ... and I think it would be really educational and interesting for our 3yo daughter to witness the whole process. |
That is the reason many dog and cat owners use to justify not having their animals desexed. Unfortunately it leads to a surplus of unwanted animals which are usually destroyed. There's lots of good reasons to breed reptiles but that's really not one of them. |
08-May-08, 10:04 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney Age/Gender: 29 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Nagraj That is the reason many dog and cat owners use to justify not having their animals desexed. Unfortunately it leads to a surplus of unwanted animals which are usually destroyed. There's lots of good reasons to breed reptiles but that's really not one of them. | I think that's a pretty big call - I've explained the other reasons I'm interested in breeding and I've been a responsible pet owner for many years (we have a desexed dog atm). I am planning in advance to determine whether we can afford to breed animals, I will do my research and breed responsibly.
My husband and I have always tried to teach our daughter to respect all animals and to appreciate the natural cycle of life. We recycle, compost, have a worm farm and grow some of our own vegies, and she has been part of all these activities since she could walk. She understands the importance of caring for nature, and to extend this by showing her how fascinating reptiles are, she can only grow up to respect and care about the world around her. I'm not sure what can be more important than that!
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