It's very common. No matter how many times someone hears that it needs to be done with a true love for the animals and not for the money, it never seems to stick. I could care less if I ever make a dime back, it's nice to make a few bucks, but it's not necessary. I have fun simply keeping them and interacting at reptile shows with customers and people out just to see what people have. I spend more than I'm willing to lose and keep my collection small enough that food bills aren't killing me.



It can take years to recover all the cost of buying and raising BP's up to breeder size. I wouldn't give up, but that's me. Then again I just like having my animals around and hatching out babies.

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• bp industry patterns? - piper_silver_X, Fri Mar 7 11:29:42 2008
• Yes..... - garweft, Fri Mar 7 12:25:51 2008
• Meant to say..... - garweft, Fri Mar 7 12:27:10 2008
• RE: Yes..... - jasonw, Fri Mar 7 16:58:06 2008
• RE: bp industry patterns? - spatt02, Fri Mar 7 12:54:28 2008
• RE: bp industry patterns? - Emberball, Sat Mar 8 12:27:55 2008
• My thoughts from reading your post. - royalkreationz, Fri Mar 7 13:35:06 2008
• RE: My thoughts from reading your post. - spatt02, Fri Mar 7 14:54:25 2008
• RE: My thoughts from reading your post. - ShawnGilbert, Fri Mar 7 17:30:21 2008
• RE: bp industry patterns? - i95east, Sat Mar 8 01:42:38 2008