Definately helps to be handy to build your own stuff. We started out with 1.2 normals and that was in '03. Now that we are actually going to be breeding them and hoping to make a bit of money, enough to get the other morphs we want we have been constantly getting more. Over the 3 years we have probably spent. $7500 for my snakes, and I have 8.23 (1.0 pastel poss het ghost, 1.0 het pied, 1.0 Black Stripe, 1.0 het albino black stripe, 1.0 het ghost, 3.19 normals, 0.4 het albinos). $2500 on Racks and my incubator, that is one juvenile rack holds 15 and the adult rack holds 12 custom made for me incubator holds 8 to 15 depending on what tub I use.. $3000 for food and electricity etc over the 3 years, I buy my rats and mice. Now factor in Cleaning cages, feeding etc and the time you spend That is all free I love that part :D This year we have 10 eggs in the incubator (2 clutches) with another 3 more clutches on the way and possibly 2 other girls that will still go this year. After 3 years we are producing babies but I started with all hatchlings pretty much and the original 3 I got were small and slow growers and we didn't buy more babies till '04. Next year we are hoping to have 22 females up to size or more. The biggest investment you will make is your time.
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Nita Hamilton

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