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Do you breed everything, everytime i look, you have a response about how you breed mice/rats/etc?

Do you even have pets, or do you breed just for the heck of it?

I am in no way calling you into question, and like to read what you post. I am mearly pointing our that there are few threads to which yo dont/cant post. I am somewhat impressed at the scale of your breeding.

I am just bored and have been currious about this for a little while. Keep up the good work, and keep helping everyone.

Truth

I can answer this one for her. Yep she does. Rats, mice, hamsters, gerbils, roaches, crickets......I used to buy my feeders from her before I moved South.

>>Do you breed everything, everytime i look, you have a response about how you breed mice/rats/etc?
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>>Do you even have pets, or do you breed just for the heck of it?
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>>I am in no way calling you into question, and like to read what you post. I am mearly pointing our that there are few threads to which yo dont/cant post. I am somewhat impressed at the scale of your breeding.
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>>I am just bored and have been currious about this for a little while. Keep up the good work, and keep helping everyone.
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>>Truth

Thanks, I think I sincerely do try to help.And what is the point of having experiences if you can't share them? To me that is the best way to learn too.
And I think it is that I started young (in the 70s)and I am getting old and haven't stopped loving it. That and I am into saving money, and being self sufficient. I own my home, have a tiny bit of room and a wonderful family, including 3 kids who are responsible and helpful. So, yes, I breed, right this second....mice, rats (including dumbos and hairless and blues), russian dwarf hams, gerbils, crix, mealies, waxies, roaches (lobster and hissers)and rabbits will start next month. (I had had a doe, but she is getting on so I am growing up a couple new does.) Enough of each to sell some locally, fill the freezer and swap for what I need. I also have kids (14, 11, 8) that are old enough to help and to have their own pets. So actually, we have pet rats along with breeders. And the breeder rabbits are the kid's pets too. No pets in the other rodents...though we have had them. My middle son had a mouse he taught all sorts of tricks to after watching a 'making of the Green Mile'. We had guinea pigs that bred and lived forever! 9yrs! But nothing I have will ever be big enough to eat bigger than small rabbits or big rats. And the kids did NOT want more GPs.
I have, this year, and largely by trial and error, dumb luck (got the CPs shipped gravid) and accident, bred Ball Pythons, Children's Pythons, Leopard Geckos. Ok, the gex were on purpose.
Next year I hope to breed the BPs, CPs and leos some more as well as have Black ratsnakes, snow corns, and Kenyan sand boas if I could get a male for my girl. And likewise I am getting into Candoia. I have a young male paulsoni and an adult female Viper who I would love to pair off and do something with.
And I do have pets....besides the feeders and species mentioned. I have all the herps and other stuff. It helps that the animals are my hobby, so I don't have other things taking my time....except painting the house and stuff.
>male 8yo Bullmastiff-Basher
>two, unrelated, one rescue, one from a breeder Border Collies, female and 3 days from same age at 4yo and starting to mellow-Kelsey and Flik -Mine, for the most part as dogs are want to do they sucker us all.
>3 cats, 10yo and sibs that are 18mos- LilGirlCat, Geekers and Pippen Primarily my daughter's...she mothers them.
>13 parakeets (budgies) varying ages and purposely forbidden to breed!!!My daughter's responsibility.
>Cockatiels- BB and Dove My son's
>Congo African Grey just over a year Ethel My very dear freind.
>Sugar Glider ~3yo female - Scritch Another of mine.
>Red Eyed Tree Frog~ 18mos- Padfoot My son's he is into amphibs.
>Tank of tropical fish 10 gal with a golden snail the size of your fist My son's
>Tank of 2 goldfish should have been feeders.
>Betta, going on 3yo - FireNight My daughter's
>Pair of Carolina Slimy Sals Sallies are all son's but my care too
>4 Spotted Salamanders
>2 Jeffersons Salamanders
>One Blue Spotted Salamander
>Northern Spring Salamander
>Fast growing hatchling Snapping Turtle- Hector other son's
>Pair of Common Mud Turtles- MadEye &Minerva -mine
>Bearded Dragon ~4mos - Susami -son's
>DeKay Snake son's

Mine from here down

>Everglades Ratsnake- Sickle
>Pair of Black Ratsnakes- Spider and Joe
>Pair of Children's Pythons- Darwin and Adelaide
>3 Ball Pythons- pr= Bull& Urbi and yearling Pinkie
>2 Kenyan Sand Boa- Obi and Iciss
>Mexican Milksnake- Iryx
>Python curtus yearling- TealC
>Corn het for Ghost yearling- Blade
>Okeetee Corn- Galleon
>Savannah Monitors, 18mos- Vosh 3mos old Lula
>Iguana, 7yo- Liz and a rescue 4ft male too as yet unnamed.
>Viper Boa- Pig
>Solomon Island Ground Boa baby - Carl
>Brazilian Rainbow Boa 18mos old- Kitten
>Python curtus boy.....lovely 1yo- TealC
>Leopard Gecko trio- Geo, Lashara, Tammy Faye shared project with 11 yo son

I am likely missing someone. And it is worse than it sounds. Though I do get freinds' and homeschoolers and stuff that come over just for the animal tour.
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Sonya

2 CPs. one is only 2.5grams and hatched with a bacterial- ugh

Maybe 2 BPs by month's end....definitely one.
three, maybe more gex by months end...one any minute. Haven't candled two eggs and expect the girls to stop for the season soon.
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Sonya