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I want to start breeding as a hobbie.

Is it rewarding? I know you won't get rich, but can you at least make some money to at least support the hobbie, and make a little profit?

Also, is it easy to get rid of the babies? Internet ads? Pet stores? Whats the best way?

Thanks
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0.0.2 RES's (The Boondock Saints)
0.0.1 Common Snapping Turtle (Aggro)
0.0.1 Eastern Red Bellie (Jake)
0.0.1 Map Turtle (Mappy)
0.2.0 Bearded Dragon (Yeungling,Killian)

Most breeders dont do it to make money, its more just a hobbie. Unless your breeding on a large scale, its hard to make a ton of money or breeding.

thats my input on it.
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1.0.0 Chris Allen red x Red flame Beardie (Phil)
0.1.0 Redflame x Orange Beardie (Lilian)
0.1.0 Flaming Tiger x Orange Beardie (Stevie)
0.1.0 Adopted Beardie (Sissy)
0.1.0 Rescue Yellow/German Giant Beardie (Helga) R.I.P
1.0.0 15 year old Eastern Box Turtles (Radar)
0.1.0 Brown Basilisk (Leroy, I know shes a girl!)

Too many leos to count.....

If you just want to make enough to cover your expenses and you like leos, 1 or 2 pairs or one or two 1.3 groups will be fine. I don't breed "pairs" because males have groups of females they breed with. So you could do a 1.3 group and sell the hatchlings. You could do local sales to mom & pop petstores (they don't pay much), ads in local papers, internet (the costs here can get high with shipping and such), or local reptile shows (which I find to work best). I wouldn't recommend going large scale until you are sure you can unload the offspring, you could easily get stuck with more than you can house and feed.
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For small scale breeding operations selling them on the internet becomes a problem when you get to the shipping. If you find a buyer and your ready to sell a Gecko you'll find that when you go to a shipping company (UPS Fed-X DHL) they'll all say no. They all want you to be a recognized shipper with them when it comes to shipping live animals. To become a recognized shipper with a certain company usually requires that you ship more than one animal once in a while. The shipping company usually wants a larger scale business, they'll come out to your house to see how you pack the animal in the box for shipping. They often help you set up your computer/printer for printing their labels for shipping. Then there is the issue of the wheather (sp?). Heat packs or not, cold packs?

If possible, I would recommend trying to find someone near you that is already in the business of selling reptiles on the internet and see if they would let you ride on their coat tails, so to speak. Ask around at pet stores and such to see if there are any reptile breeders near you. Hope this helps.