Breeding Snakes as A Job????

[RepifilmzTV]

Hi everyone, I am pretty new to keeping pythons/ snakes and I am rly enjoying it. But looking on getting into it more serious. So what i wanted to ask you all is:

Is there any money in breeding snakes as a full time or part time job?

[BigWillieStyles]

Is it school holidays already...

[Red-Ink]

Yes absolutely there is money in breeding snakes as a job

Under paid, over worked, stressed, all to make less than what people on the dole get or 15 year olds at Maccas.

[Albino93]

is there any qualifications needed if u wanted to work in a breeding facility like snake ranch or SXR?

[Red-Ink]

is there any qualifications needed if u wanted to work in a breeding facility like snake ranch or SXR?

They're private companies... contact them, they'll let you know what is needed and if they have an opening.

[hugsta]

Yes absolutely there is money in breeding snakes as a job

Under paid, over worked, stressed, all to make less than what people on the dole get or 15 year olds at Maccas.

Geez, your doing alright if you make that much......

[stimigex]

Hi everyone, I am pretty new to keeping pythons/ snakes and I am rly enjoying it. But looking on getting into it more serious. So what i wanted to ask you all is:

Is there any money in breeding snakes as a full time or part time job?

In a word No! Years ago it was possible but with the sheer volume that is bred every year now that window has gone!
The market for the amount of snakes bred just is not there!

[Skelhorn]

If you have two GTP's you can make a pretty packet of the offspring each year (in saying that they breed however).

[Red-Ink]

Geez, your doing alright if you make that much......

Yeah not too bad... still not enough to upsize the small cheeseburger meal from maccas that I can get just once a week though.

[Wally76]

If you have two GTP's you can make a pretty packet of the offspring each year (in saying that they breed however).

*waits for it*

[snakelady-viper]

I had enough for a thick shake last season hope to add a burger this season lol

[Jarrod_H]

Not thinking too deep into it just putting in my 2c
I would say if you stayed away from the average common pythons/snakes that sell for crumbs and say got
2F 1M
GTP.
Orange pepper pythons.
Colubrid snakes double clutch so that would be handy.
May be albino darwin tho I think the price of them are going down.

Big outlay so take longer to recover the expenses.
Could get a long time mate to put in.
Could just start out with GTP I guess.


Buy food in bulk of suppliers
Maybe get a ABN number so you could claim some electricity on TAX

And breed them more as a hobby and just enjoyed having them more so than a job looking for how much you can make. Then any extra cash boost you get from selling that season would be a bonus.

Just thinking out loud

[Albino93]

They're private companies... contact them, they'll let you know what is needed and if they have an opening.

okay cool, thanks

[RepifilmzTV]

Ya sounds good! Thanks for that mate Im a qualified personal trainer, so doing that and snake breeding would be a bad start.

[TheReptileCove]

I think it also depends on how much time you put into it as a job, and the size of your collection. If you are smart, and as mentioned before bulk buy or breed your food, and buy your animals smartly then i guess there could be some money to be made in it, but as i said, a lot of time will have to be put into it, and a decent sized collection will most likely be needed.