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Hey, Rich, I can sympathize with the worry that sooner or later something will break. Been there, done that, no fun.

You just gotta be philosophical about it. When you have to start the day with a handfull of pills, it's just Nature's way of tellng you that the warranty is up!
 
Yeah, I hear you. It used to be that I took pills to get well from something. Now I take them to keep going because something doesn't work right that the pills help to alleviate the symptoms. When I was 21 years old, I would have sworn that I was immortal..... :rolleyes:
 
Hey Rich, ever thought of having people pay to tour your establishment? Or do you already do that? That might help raise your income considerably. I know that the local reptile refuge "dump" charges $8 to come see the sick malnourished animals! lol

But seriously, it may be a consideration for ya! Do you have ANY employees? Does any income allow for that?

I know that around here, things sound the same, not many people could ever consider not working a "day job" in order to breed reptiles, but there is one local guy who specializes in boids, particularly rare ball python morphs, and he seems to be doing VERY well at it. Mind you plain albino balls right now sell for $3000 each, and you get an average of 6-8 per year from a good female and one male can usually easily be used on more than 6 females! :0!

He sells some of his snakes for $14000 yes, that's THREE zeros!

I love corns and ball pythons but for now I'll stick with the nice cheap corns aside from my two female balls... :)

Rebecca
 
$14,000 isn't anything...NERD (the originator of most BP morphs) has ball for sale $35,000 + (and those are just the ones where they have prices listed...who knows what the ask for those listed "TBD" and "Please Inquire").
 
pgr8dnlvr said:
Hey Rich, ever thought of having people pay to tour your establishment? Or do you already do that? That might help raise your income considerably. I know that the local reptile refuge "dump" charges $8 to come see the sick malnourished animals! lol

But seriously, it may be a consideration for ya! Do you have ANY employees? Does any income allow for that?

I know that around here, things sound the same, not many people could ever consider not working a "day job" in order to breed reptiles, but there is one local guy who specializes in boids, particularly rare ball python morphs, and he seems to be doing VERY well at it. Mind you plain albino balls right now sell for $3000 each, and you get an average of 6-8 per year from a good female and one male can usually easily be used on more than 6 females! :0!

He sells some of his snakes for $14000 yes, that's THREE zeros!

I love corns and ball pythons but for now I'll stick with the nice cheap corns aside from my two female balls... :)

Rebecca
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Honestly, no, I don't think tours would work at all. For one thing, I am substantially off the beaten path. For another, in order to have walkins, I would need to modify my building to be able to comply with the Citizens With Disabilities Act, which would cost me likely in excess of $100K to do. And I would need to allocate a section of my driveway for disabled parking ONLY. Lastly, I would have to charge far too much for the actual drain on my time such an activity would engage. If someone paid only $8 and took up 2 hours of my time, is that really a worthwhile activity to be spending my time on?

Sorry, but no. I don't even allow visitors who come with money in hand to buy stuff for some of the above same reasons.

Yeah, I guess people are actually paying that kind of money for ball pythons, but to be perfectly honest, I had some ball pythons years ago and they bored me to death. None of them had even a lick of personality to them. Matter of fact, the only time I even saw them was when they flicked their head out of the hide box in order to grab the mouse I just dropped in front of the opening. I really don't care what kind of money they are bringing, they just don't interest me at all. And I've gotten to the point where "interest" is the major motivator in things I want to do.

But thanks for offering the suggestions.
 
Hey Rich,

That offer I made to you last year when your neck went out of click still stands!

'Will work for snakes'​

If you wanted an extra pair of hands for 3-4 weeks over the peak season just let me know! It's right in the middle of school holidays (I'm a teacher) and I'd happily be paid in hatchlings!
 
princess said:
Hey Rich,

That offer I made to you last year when your neck went out of click still stands!

'Will work for snakes'​

If you wanted an extra pair of hands for 3-4 weeks over the peak season just let me know! It's right in the middle of school holidays (I'm a teacher) and I'd happily be paid in hatchlings!
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Thanks for the offer, but from what I recall, you offered to camp out in the woods during this time. People will talk around here if they find out I have a Swedish chick living out in the woods..... :rolleyes: I've got enough trouble with having the reputation of having SNAKES and GUNS.... :grin01:


hediki said:
hey rich with all this work do you have any pets corns?
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No, not really. However, my wife names most of her leopard geckos and treats them all like little puppy dogs. We don't have any animals in the house at all. They are all over in another building.
 
Rich Z said:
Thanks for the offer, but from what I recall, you offered to camp out in the woods during this time. People will talk around here if they find out I have a Swedish chick living out in the woods..... :rolleyes: I've got enough trouble with having the reputation of having SNAKES and GUNS.... :grin01:




Thanks...I needed a good laugh tonight :)
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Quote=Rich Z "I've got enough trouble with having the reputation of having SNAKES and GUNS..."

Try being female and having a reputation of having SNAKES and GUNS (with a pistol range in the back yard) and a four foot LIZARD!
 
Sorry, but being "female" has never really entered my mind as something I should try some day....... :rofl:

But I do see your point.
 
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