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I would like to start breeding snakes and was wondering what snake would be good i want something that dosent require a large cage or something i could keep i a rack and i would like something that is easy to sell so i can sell the babies
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1.1 Mali Uro (Roadrunner and Wild E. Coyote)
1.0 Veiled Chameleon (Champs)
0.0.1 Savannah Monitor (Komodo)
1.0 Ball Python (Mr.Mo)
0.0.1 Red Eared Slider (Franklin)
1.0 Snapping Turtle (Yertle)

Sand and rosy boas are good for that sort of thing. They thrive in rack systems because they bury themselves and don't need or use cage height or decorations. You can usually sell the babies although you probably won't make that much off of the more common ones. But you might as well just pick a type you like and have fun with it- that's what I'm doing!
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
Alexander Skutch

One of the most important considerations before breeding snakes is the ability to move them out once they are produced. It's good that you considered this. Most will be easy to move out by giving them away, but others will be difficult to sell. You could produce many attractive corn snake morphs and sell them at wholesale prices. Understand that will probably get only $15 dollars or so for most of these each (i.e. albino corn snake). Ball pythons are so prevalent in pet stores (imports of course) that it will be hard to sell captive born (people generally do not yet understand that the captive born is worth the extra money). I'd say either fork out some big bucks and get some high end ball pythons (can be sold fairly easily) or get a large group of the most attractive and marketable corn snake variety on the market today.

BTW, the single most important investment in breeding snakes is the initial set up (caging and temperature control). Do not skimp on the set up! Once could house 100 pair of breeding corn snakes with eggs and baby racks in a 10' by 10' room if properly designed. Think efficiency now and you'll thank yourself later.

If you do go large scale, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE RODENT COLONY.