I was just wondering....I know I'm really getting ahead of myself since I haven't even purchased my first leopard gecko yet, but is there any profit in small-scale breeding of leopard geckos? Or is it best just to breed them for fun, as just a little extra money on the side?

And what leo is in the most demand right now? Which would be easiest to sell?

The rarer the species the better mate

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Small scale? not really

The less common morphs can bring in abit but with the viv for a trip, decor, feeding, incubating

even top end breeders somtime have to wait years before they make a profit

you would have to be breeding many many geckos for it to be profitable. Many do it as a hobby more than anything. I breed mine to bring happiness to others. awww

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I suppose if you spent some money on relevant morphs with a good bloodline, struck up a good rapport with a decent store which would take your Leos, then you would eventually make your money back and be able to make a little extra cash on the side.

God knows how much you would have to invest in all manner of known bloodlines, and how many for that matter, before you would make a profit and be able to understand if you could take this on as a full time thing.

Also you wanna breed the morphs YOU like mate.......at the end of the day there are MANY breeders around and just in case you don't manage to sell any surplus babies then your prob gonna be left 'holding the baby' so to speak.....so make sure it's something you like

There's not really "profit" in any small scale breeding of reptiles (unless you're breeding something very rare/unusual).

My advice would definitely be pick the colour morphs you find attractive, if you need to make a profit from the animals you might hit a brick wall. If you do get a male/female, and they breed successfully, you may have the good fortune to get some moneys back - if you're really lucky, enough to pay for their food or to get some more equipment.

Most of us breeders breed to fuel our hobby, so we can afford to keep our collections and occasionally have a bit of cash to purchase new animals or upgrade equipment. Very few breeders make a "profit" at the end of the day, unless breeding high end colour morphs (and theres really a lot more money to be made in snakes, ie. high end royals, than there ever will be in lizards).

Don't forget if you actually started to make a "profit" you'd be liable to declare it to the tax man anyway, so really not worth it

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I had 2 and they bred in 06 and 07 with 6 young each year, Sold them for £40 each so I made a bit of extra cash but it was never about how much it was part of the challenge of the hobby. I felt great breeding them like a sense of achivement.

you could defanatly make money but ud need loads of high end morphs or loads i think that big breeders produce about 100,000 a year probably alot more so evan if they get a tenner each work it out

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3.8.2leos
8.12 stenodactylus stenodactylus
1.2 tangerine albino striped fat tailed geckos
1 acan uro
8 eggs cooking

Lol Just to say there isn't any profit in breeder on a small scale basis anyway. By the time you pay for food heat vivs etc you will be breaking even. Even though then again it will probably still owe you a bit.

What breeders do you know Jay that produce 100,000 a year? thats alot of leo's lol. If i wanted to with my leopard geckos i could clock on roughly a thousand but thats pushing it and breeding every female.