I did it again... again Exotic Expo

[Catherine]

A leucistic baby would be easy to sell. However, you are going to want to keep your first leucistic. You won't be able to resist. It would be nice if you had two in the first litter. The first litter will be smaller. They usually are and your female probably won't double clutch in the first breeding year. After that it will take off.

Most of us are happy if we can pay for some of our costs by selling babies. Of course you started with a high end breeding pair. That will help. If the snakes bring in some money you will be able to set up more rescue tanks. There are always reptiles needing rescue. They live longer than people expect and many people can't make long term commitments to pets. Look how many rescue guinea pigs I end up with and they have short lives. Can you order your food directly from a supplier? I get mine at cost, but I put in hours of work at the reptile centre. We have an understanding about work vs. supplies.

You should be able to get things going for dogs and reptiles and combine your website. Somehow you will find you end up with an online business that does all kinds of animal things. It will be interesting to see how it grows.

Clutch or litter. I don't know. Reptile eggs are called clutches. I am not sure it feels right to call live born snakes or lizards a clutch. They must be called a litter. I will ask a more experienced breeder about that.