I have bred and bought and sold herps sucessfully for almost 40 years. I got into it by accident because of my love for reptiles. In the beginning money played no part in me doing this. I did it quite simply because I loved it. If you begin strictly from a monetary point of view it's unlikely you will excell. Most of the "big breeders" all started NOT for money but because of a passion and love of reptiles. I do now and have made a good living my entire life buying and breeding herps but if I were a billionaire I would still do it because I can't imagine life without them. It's the herps and the comraderie of herpers that fulfill my love and in spite of mistakes, bad times, good times, etc I have truely lived my dream. The money was always secondary and still is. There is NOTHING wrong about desiring to make money. I hope the love is there as well for that is an essential ingrediant to everything else. I wish you all the luck....TC

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• breeding boas 4 profit - bigboa101, Mon Jan 26 22:02:52 2009
• RE: breeding boas 4 profit - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Mon Jan 26 23:02:27 2009
• RE: breeding boas 4 profit - minicopilot, Tue Jan 27 09:09:37 2009
• I have to agree with Tom on that - skyslinger, Tue Jan 27 00:46:48 2009
• Retire with a million dollars!! - viandy, Tue Jan 27 06:40:23 2009
• RE: Retire with a million dollars!! - VFR, Tue Jan 27 08:22:16 2009
• my 2 cents - taylorgilbert, Tue Jan 27 09:14:33 2009
• Absolutely agree! NP - AdamBotond, Tue Jan 27 11:49:19 2009
• RE: breeding boas 4 profit - killerchondros, Sat Jan 31 11:50:02 2009