Herping Career

[Oliverian]

I'm not quite sure how to post an actual poll, but I have a question for you all. How many of you raise reptiles as a career? I was considering going into that field, and I wanted to know how many of you do it already or are considering it. You would have to be really deticated to your work (not a problem for most of us i'm sure)but it would be so great to do what you love doing all the time as a career.

[paul_le_snake]

i work at reptilia in vaughan, and i do all the captive breeding (not personally) this year we'll produce over 600 different reptiles and amphibians
cheers
paul

[Bencb3]

i would love to work at a pet shop or just plain out breed herps as a hobby or as a job, but i am 14 and my father hasnt agreed to letting me get a snake ,yet.

[Linds]

I do work in reptiles (I was working at Kris' Reptiles and Travelling Exotics Roadshow until I was laid off as they are opening a zoo which I will be employed at), and my future career is one in reptiles, however I do not breed them as a career... and very, very few people do. I do intend on maintining a breeding operation, however I'm not expecting it to be my source of income, as it is very very difficult to actually make money by breeding reptiles, unless you do it on such a colossal scale. Pretty well all the big name breeders in N. America breed as a "hobby" and have their other career as a source of income. Your lucky if you can even break even in this hobby

[ReneeB]

I've got it as my career right now as I'm a stay at home mom, so it's the other % of my time

[reptilez]

Im 14(15in septemeber) so im kinda young to get a job, but at the moment im volenteering at Reptilia. My only source of income is my $15 a week from my parents for doing chors for them and when the time is right i breed my bearded dragons and leopard geckos for some extra cash
-Reptilez

[Invictus]

I have every intention to make reptiles my career, but it won't just be breeding. I'm getting into the full deal - breeding, terraria, supplies, etc. My gf wants to become a vet or herpetologist. It'll take us a while, but we'll get there. In the mean time, it'll be a great second income once I have breeding stock.

[fateamber]

I want to be an animal behaviorist (i can't spell behaviorist) and i would like to look at reptile behavior

[Lisa]

We'd like to have reptiles and reptile related items as our main source of income, how ever I can't see it happening for a while.

[drewlowe]

I would absolutly love for reptiles to be my main job. But i can't make enough money to support myself on the income i would make. I really don't expect to become rich or even make that much of a profit. So it is my hobby and will probly always be that way. And any money i make from selling babies i put right back into feeding, cages, vet bills, basicly anything to do with my reptiles (even buying new ones). So i basicly either break even or put more money into it. mostly put more money into it.

I do it for the love of the animals. i believe the people in it for the money will soon find out that it's not possible.

[spyderman]

I just love 'em as a hobby.

[HerpHannah]

Some people could raise them as a job-and then sell of the results.
I couldn't breed them bcos they take up a lot of time and money, you won't get out much and i'd hate 2 see them go 2 a person who i hardly knew, now knowing if they would treat them properly or not,

Dont Buy What You Cant Afford-It Could Turn Out Nasty

[burmer]

My wife and I have talked about it. We are moving soon. When we get set up in a new house and see how much room we have we may start something. She is under the impression that everything we hatch I'll want to keep.

[Oliverian]

Lol. Well they are pretty cute when they hatch. If I could keep all the babies I hatched I would, but it would be almost impossible.

[snkmn]

i am too young. after all i am only 13 .plus i would rather be a herpetologist than a reptile breeder