You may not make any money but its still a ton of fun. I've been into herps on and off for 19 years. I'm not very good at it but getting beter at it as I get older. I had w/c snakes give birth and another snake lay eggs that i fialed to hatch, but it was only two years ago I hatched my first snakes and it was one of the most exciting expieriences of my life.even if you have to give them away its worth it.someone will always be willing to take them for free.some of the cheap corns I breed I took to a local pet store and traded them for credit on feeder mice.

The ratio i've been collecting is 1.2 or 1.3 even if the male did die for whatever reason, you could get a male up to breeding size in a shorter time then the females.your not going to hurt a male breeding him to early.your females would be all that much bigger and would probably do better.

One more thing Rich Z. has some awesome corns.he's a bit grumpy some times(tired i guess he produces 5,500 corns a year), but an honest guy with some great snakes and he backs them up with feeding guranties.I wouldn't rule him out on the bloodreds either .I got 1.1 hypo bloods .1 pewter and .1 normal from him this year and thier great looking healthy snakes.

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