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RE: ITS SUPPLY AND DEMAND and

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Posted by: THISDUDE at Fri Sep 15 19:06:43 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by THISDUDE ]  
   

You guys should read this post Jon from Next World Exotics posted on Fauna and maybe you will realize rec arent a better investment like everyone wants you to believe



btw excellent post Jon, I hope you dont mind me posting it here.



"The good thing is CO - DOMS are still THE BEST INVESTMENT! and if those people who got Mojave's and lessers produce them they will make their investment back and then some, it will just take a little longer...





Let me give you an INVESTMENT example:



You Buy

1.0 06 Spider $1200

0.5 04 Normals $200ea $1000



Total = $3200



You buy him now in September and he was born in June ... In February he is 8 months old and 600 grams (which is beyond possible for a spider with out over feeding) You breed him to the 5 females, since he is young only 3 take... Now i always go to bad egg production and even splits when i do my plans, because I'm happy with anything over that way.



so:

spider x normal = 4 eggs 2 spiders

spider x normal = 4 eggs 2 spiders

spider x normal = 4 eggs 2 spiders

spider x normal = nothing

spider x normal = nothing



And you end up with all females =)



6 female spiders x $650 ( i went really low on price, same as above i always go low so anything more is great!) = $3900 in 2007 so you have already turned a profit...

And the scenario is pretty unlikely , you would most likely at least get some males and i do not see them actually being that low... But lets use worst case scenario...



Now in 2007 season

You breed him to all 5 females and ususing the same theory as above you get 10 spiders and well go even lower on the price and you still get all females because at this point god hates you lol



10 x $5000 = $5000



So in 1.5 yr you have turned a profit of $5700 off a $3200 investment not many markets in the world you can do that in (once again we were using the absolute worst case scenario unless of course you stink at breeding =)





NOW SIMPLE RECESSIVE



Lets use albinos... since people always think they are the best investment (they aren't bad =)



You buy

1.0 Albino $1200

0.5 Hets $600 ea (for REAL HETS lol) = $3000

Total $3600



We are going to use the same scenario as above since i don't feel like typing it all out again



2006-2007 season = nothing

2007-2008 season = nothing (some hets?)



2009-2010 season

You breed

1.0 albino x 0.1 Het = 2 albinos

1.0 albino x 0.1 Het = 2 albinos

1.0 albino x 0.1 Het = 2 albinos

1.0 albino x 0.1 Het = 2 albinos

1.0 albino x 0.1 Het = 2 albinos



10 albinos x $500 (again worst case...) = $5000



So you make a $1400 profit in around 3 yrs



If i understand correctly (and i do ) A BIG COMPANY (and we are talking investments here not breeding what you like, which i think you should do anyways) would ALWAYS pick the MOST AMOUNT OF RETURN IN THE SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME POSSIBLE! Which would be CO- DOMS even with the prices going down =)



Simple recessive does hold their value but it takes longer and co - doms go down faster but you get a return quicker... What does that tell us, Hell they are BOTH GREAT INVESTMENTS IF YOU CAN BREED THEM!!!



I bought a cinny last year for $10,000 (he was an adult) and the price is now between 2000 - 2500 am i crying NO, i produced 8 of them and kept 2 so ill sell the 6 left for between 2000 and 2500 and make a profit (sure its not as much as i would have liked, but I'm not greedy and i love my Cinnamon's!) so I'm happy as can be He paid for himself and i can keep producing them year after year!"


   

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