Since my post was brought up, I'll respond to that;
Lets put it this way; I'm up in Canada, and have been breeding for 5 years now. This started out as a hobby and has remained as such for me. It's great that I can make some cash from this as well. I was told by the wife that this hobby had to remain in the basement (rats and snakes) in a bedroom down there. The room is 12X16. I mostly breed lessers, pastels, mojaves, albinos and crosses of those. I have never done a single show, I sell my product from word of mouth from previous customers, and have never not sold and animal that I was looking to sell. I do have a modest website. I am looking to produce just over 20 clutches this season. I spend roughly 10-15 hours in my room a week tending to the rats and snakes both. I work 50 hours a week at my "day job". I'm a hardware analyst. I am not overwhelmed with the time that I need to put in to my "room" as I really enjoy it. Enjoying what you do is very important, or it will just become another job. I hope to make right around mid-five figures this season from what I produce as well as holding back quite a few females. Certainly worth it if you consider the limited hours I put into the maintenance. I would imagine that close to $3000 of that profit will be eaten up by rat bedding, lab diet, paper towels (Costco rules for Bounty prices) and the electricity to run my racks. I am not taking into consideration the amount of cash needed for start-up, which I figure I made back double the first season I sold any animals. I consider myself a tier three breeder, certainly not a NERD or a R Davis, TSK, more along the lines of a hobbyist who can make some pocket change and buy some new animals with the profit. Hope this helped.
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