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crazydart
at Sat Apr 15 23:27:08 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by crazydart ]
Yah, thats what they all say, but you just asked about an "investment". Dont be shy in this business to say you are trying to make money. I would rather buy from someone who is honest to me and them self, than buy from someone who is putting on a show. I can tell yuo first hand when you have 20-30 balls and hundreds of mice and rats to care for, you will be thinking "I sure as **** make some money for all this work." Also, its not just a one time investment. What ever you think its going to cost, add 50% and figure on the price of any morph droping 50% each year. So if you go buy 10 normal females ($20ea), and 1 male pastel ($500), if you breed the mice and rats figure on about $10 per year per snake cost, if you buy food, figure on $70 per snake per year... so now if you buy the food, 2 years from now pastels will be about $200-$300 (if yer lucky, saw one go today for $375, and couldnt sell one of mine for $400)... so figure on $1400 in food for 2 years... so now figure at 2 years maybe half will breed, you should get half of the offspring as pastels (avg of 4 egg per clutch)... thats 10 pastels all worth $200 each ($2000). So now you have paid for food and the cost of the snakes... now you have to breed for another year to pay for the cages... whats my point? With ball pythons, if you going to go, go big. Your only shot at making any money is to do something someone else hasnt or something there is little of. That last statement should be valued at around $20-$40k.
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RE: Investment question - crazydart, Sat Apr 15 23:27:08 2006