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Thnaks for all the info about the albinos but how long does it usually take to sell a clutch of albino babies ? I mean i would not want to have them all for a while having to feeed and care for all of them. Do they go fast? Thanks
Rob

...taking the time to get the babies well-started and enjoy the fruits of your labor...besides the fact that the snakes increase in value with size...$10-20 worth of mice means $200-300 increase in value of the albino...

sjm

Scott hit it right on the head....Man, sometimes it tears my guts out to sell our babies, even though I'm always desperately short on time and space. My wife grows so attached to some of them that I've even had to contact a buyer and rearrange a deal to keep one of her favorites, even though it was in no way different or special compared to its clutchmates...she just had an attachment to that particular one (thanks again mark for being so understanding).

To the original poster. You can do this as a money making thing. Do it because you love it. If you happen to break even or even a little better, the consider youself lucky.

My other loves are golf and Virginia Tech football, and those only cost money......
Joe Pociask - my site

Should have read "you can't do this for the money...do it because you love it...."

I recently traded a chondro and when my wife found out, she was ticked. Would not talk to me for two days (well maybe that was a good part). The new owner said he'd hook us up with a baby so that will be cool. But she does not clean or feed. She loves to look at them though.

I love baby balls. I hate to say it but, they are so cute! Blah! There, I said it. But what Scott says is true. Most of mine I try not to sell until I get them up to several hundred grams. At that point, I know they are healthy and established. And again, more money and more demand. But that's not what it's about. I really enjoy the whole process.
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Jay A. Martin

Very true what serpentcity is saying.
You have to have love for this and everything will pay off in the long run. Don't be so fast in selling and making money, make sure the babies are all good. They will sell.

Take care & Good luck
DragonDavy
Best things comes to those who wait.

And that's why I'm so stoked on maternal incubation. I think spying on a clutched mother protecting her precious young would be loads more fun than checking a boring ol' electric incubator every few days. You definitely must have a passion for these animals. That's what makes it so cool! =)

(NOTE: I'm not trying to start an incubation debate.)

Chris =)
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