Hey Bennett, I would also figure in that a female can drop eggs every 30 days for several months so they may have many more babies than originally anticipated, which = more cages, more lights, more fixtures, more food, etc. I would also stress that it takes several clutches to make back the $$ of the initial investment and it's going to be a long time before they start to see any profit off of 1 or 2 females, if ever, if they do things the correct way (which they should). I figured it out once for someone and it came out like a couple hundred in the hole even if everything went perfect. Another limiting factor is off of that few lizards and because of size requirements of food items they won't be able to get the good discounts on crickets and such, most they would probably be able to buy at one time is 1000 so food is going to cost them more per baby than someone like you who 1. breeds their food or 2. buys in mass quantity at a lower price per bug. Good luck running the #'s, might want to post your results on here when your done so everyone who is thinking it's a good idea and they're going to get rich of their baby girl can see just what it costs.



Sean

Heart Mountain Herps

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