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Old 07-25-2006, 04:27 AM
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errm no not really, or at least it doesnt have to be, if you were to stick to small snakes such as corns then its pretty cheap, the main things that cost the most money are the adult snakes themselves, if you were to just breed as a hobby instead of comercially and you only had a couple of breeding pairs then it would cost little more than if you were just keeping one as a pet, the only things that effects the cost are things like small tanks for the hatchlings as you may need a few, and an incubator (but you can make your own) and obviously you'd need to purchase more food than if you only had one snake,
it mainly takes time rather than money because theres more waterbowls to be cleaned and filled everyday, more temperatures to check, more mice to be thawed, more of everything really, and you got to make sure your husbandry is spot on,
it only starts to get really expensive when you breed large snakes, due to their housing requirements or if you are breeding lots of snakes,

i suppose it only costs as much as you want it to cost, one pair of corns will cost very little, on the other hand 10 pairs of reticulated pythons will cost thousands or even tens of thousands
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Old 07-30-2006, 08:08 PM
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I'd imagine it could be ... afterall there are:
food costs
heating bills [for those in cold climes]
electric bills [lighting]
housing
space [if renting an area, or buying land on which to have one's buisness]
taxes
wages [if one's operation necessitated additional employees]

A lot would depend, I suppose, on the scope of the operation and the types of snakes being bred.
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Old 07-31-2006, 01:56 PM
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lol thats what i was trying to say
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Old 08-02-2006, 01:59 AM
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yup ok i get it.
thanks guys...
the only things that i think i have to worry
about are food costs and transportation costs
cause i have to get it brought here, maybe even shipped...
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Old 04-27-2007, 04:18 AM
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these pics are very bad as i took them of my phone but a bad pic is better that no pic
she is a female anerythristic corn
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Old 06-30-2007, 04:44 PM
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<3 Monty

this is a pic of my royal, sorry for the low quality pic, it was with my mobile, i will try and get a HD image soon

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Old 06-30-2007, 07:28 PM
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Here is Uno my female Classic corn snake:


Here is Phantom my male Anery corn snake:


And here is Goobin my male Classic corn snake:


Finally here is Spot my (sex unknown) Ball (Royal) Python:
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Old 06-30-2007, 08:07 PM
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omg your ball is sooo sooo small, a little baby lol
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Old 06-30-2007, 08:20 PM
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yeah he's a cutie, he's getting bigger though, lol
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here is my little guy, bout 10 months old now and just over 1 metre, he's a male black-headed python, QLD locale, will pair him up later with a lovely lady, but until then this is it...got about 20 more on the 'to buy list' but need to finish university first.
Jezza, How did u go getting that corn snake???, i'd imagine it would be pretty hard considering all exotics are illegal in Australia unless you own and run a zoo.
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