Have you thought about doing rescue? by no means do you make any money- if thats your goal, then go with breeding and best of luck. I would reccomend though, going with something a little more high end though, true the general public can't afford them but if you're doing things like burmese/retic crosses, Bob clark sells them for 2500$, I bet you could ebay (or similar) them for close to that. or you go so much as to go much higher up and do something like burmese/rock crosses, those are A LOT OF MONEY! I've got a friend that accidentally bread a burm and retic so it can't be all that hard. or maybe something like emeralds that are around 350 or if you're willing to "hand tame" them (lol) then you could probably get 450 for them- i've seen them for 800. anyway- I've seen the opposite end of the breeding world, and people ask me all the time if i get anything like sunglows or emeralds, the answer is always no. I strongly feel that the majority of people that will spend THAT much money on a pet will probably spend a little time and figure out what it is and how to take care of it instead of feeding it pinky mice once a week for 3 years, letting them get eaten alive by mites, and not even bothering to put a water dish in the enclosure....
If you're interested in simply working with these animals, I would lean more towards rescue. I've had a lot of our cages donated- I got 4 new ones last week in fact. If you can get the 501 c 3 status, you'll get more donations b/c people can write off thier donations on thier taxes. (I've been trying to get the 501 c 3 status for a few months and now the "fees" are going up from 150 to 300 and 300 to 750!!, and I've been told several times it would be better to hire a lawyer for around 950 plus the 300 for the "fee"... ugh) anywho....
If you do decide to breed, congratulations, but i still reccomend going with somehting a little more "up there" in price. I get more ball pythons and RTB's than you can shake a stick at. (and iguanas).....
Best of luck-
Beth
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