Posted by:
garweft
at Fri Aug 18 00:30:46 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by garweft ]
It is really hard to make a living breeding reptiles, especially Leos. Leos breed readily so any moron with a shoebox and some perlite can do it. Also they have a short generation time and a large number of offspring. Because of this prices of new morphs drop faster than in most other species.
Unless you produce thousands (30,000 ) of leos that you sell to wholesalers and large chain petstores, you are almost certainly not going to make a living doing it. The bad news is that these breeders are already well established.
I only breed a few leos a year and produce around 50 babies a year. I also breed other things like Cresteds, Corns, Ratsnakes, Balls, Boas, and Hognose. Althogh I don't breed everything every year. I would say that every year I end up losing money overall. But I do it as a hobby and any money I do get just goes back into food and new animals.
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