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06-11-2009, 03:53 PM
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Breeding as a business
Just wondering how many people on here breed and sell their own animals as a business? Are there any advantages of being a business rather than just a hobbyist and does anyone have a breeding business as well as a job?
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07-11-2009, 12:43 PM
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i think the way the current climate is only the breeders producing sought after animals have a chnace of making money.. even then a lot of them are going by the way-side..
i guess it depends what you are breeding
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07-11-2009, 02:07 PM
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I don't think there's much money in breeding the more common reptiles at the moment, i'm purely a hobbiest and never expect to make more than i pay out. Plus if you do start to make a profit theres Tax etc to think about.
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07-11-2009, 11:48 PM
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as above. theres no real profit unless you do on a big scale, with something rare or very sort after. i spend way more than i earn. i just do it for the love and passion, and never get tired of cleaning out days.
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08-11-2009, 12:07 AM
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i have quite a few animals these days, and in the last year i have pocketed about £2500 from breeding. it paid for my trip to daytona and i swapped alot of stock for fresh bloodlines too. but if it was running it a a biusiness and counting all my initial outlay, running costs and vets bills it wouldnt be nearly as much, if any! as it is, i absorb the weekly costs in my normal household bills and look at anything i earn from selling extra offspring as a bonus.
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08-11-2009, 12:41 AM
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08-11-2009, 12:53 AM
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Just a general question: what reptiles are the hottest trend now?
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08-11-2009, 01:10 PM
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Anybody? Im guessing its high end royal morphs.
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08-11-2009, 01:21 PM
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08-11-2009, 01:26 PM
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Haha.. no. Well alan1 the market changes soo much, if i were to buy like two royals.. next year the morphs' prices would dramitcally drop down..
unless i tried to make an new morph something like a bumblebee albino... altough i have no idea what the genetics behind bumblebee is..
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