What to breed?

[stephanbakir]

Originally Posted by beardeds4life

true true but most people do not see quality the just get the cheapest they can find but you are loaded arent you?

I have less then 100$ in the bank right now, and no income for the last few weeks... I know what my dreams are and how to make them a reality. I'll do anything it takes to reach them.

2700$ might sound like a big number but if you spread it out, its easy to save up, even when everything looks against you.

The difference between breeder 1 who makes 8 crappy looking albinos and sells them for X$ overnight and breeder 2 who makes 8 fantastic babies whose pictures alone will inspire people, and sells them for 1.5X$ over a few months, is a person who takes pride in what he does, waits for the right animal and buys it specifically for a project because HE wants to see the outcome. Money alone rarely makes breeding worthwhile, and if you don't enjoy it I would strongly advise you to find a different profession.

That 2700$ animal I'm buying has a single recessive mutation, is het for another and carries 2 codominant genes, recessive genes generally drop in prices slower the codominant genes.
I know that the genes my animal carries will be worth around 700-800$ by the time 3 years pass and its breeding age (its a female, males take 12-14 months to reach sexual maturity) My goal is not to make money, although the least I expect is to break even. My goal is to create an animal I've been dreaming about for years, that I know how to create and just need to put the effort in to make that dream a reality.

Breeding reptiles makes you money once a year (per breeding female, assuming a miracle happens and all of your females breed in one season) and over the rest of the year, you must pay food bills, heating and potential vet visits, it takes dedication and drive to actually make it.