Blackrat snake Breeding Info. Please.

[kevin_p]

I was thinking of breeding blackrat snakes and was wondering if any one breeds them, or could give me some imformation on breeding them?
Thanks in advance, Kevin

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

Originally Posted by kevin_p

I was thinking of breeding blackrat snakes and was wondering if any one breeds them, or could give me some imformation on breeding them?
Thanks in advance, Kevin

Just a simple question, why exactly would you want to breed them?

[kevin_p]

Just one awnser They are my FAVORITE Snake! they are very interesting to me!

[unluckyseventeen]

Yeah, but you need a big room and lots of money and time to maintain... oh... 10 to 30 baby snakes at a time. Basically, your setup has to be perfect and you need an impressive stream of money coming in to house all of these guys. Most breeders barely make money off their projects, unless they breed many types of snake (like 10 different types at a time), or if they breed very rare and expensive snakes and have a market to plug themselves in to.

I wouldn't just breed because you like them. I'd keep them if you like them, but not breed them.

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

Think about this. You have 13 babies that hatch out. You will need to set each up in an individual rubbermaid or aquarium. Which isn't cheap. You will need to make sure they are all heated to the required temps, again a pain in the neck. You will have to feed them a pinkie mouse every 5-7 days. Again, even if you order f/t thats about $.30 a pinkie. Thats 13 times $.30. Thats $3.90 a week just for the babies. You will want to keep them for about 4-5 weeks at least to make sure they are healthy and feeding. You will sell them for about $15-30 each, much more than that is unfair. That would be about $15-20 food for that time period, then the cost of rubbermaids and a rack set to correct temps, probably about $150 and if you want to do it right, an incubator($40+). Another problem is finding someone to purchase all those babies. Not exactly in it for a profit. You might make a profit the first year but more than likely you will have to wait till the second year. Not trying to bring you down but it may not really be a good Idea

[kevin_p]

Thanks for the information, I will think it over more carfully. I already have a good incubator from my box turtle breeding and i am sustaning a healthy feeder mouse population.

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

That takes down some of the cost. A good rack system is a must if you wish to breed, I can give you some links for building nice racks(lol) if you want.

[brownsfan222]

can u post those links anyways? i dont wanna breed for a long time i just might wanna build a rack if i get some more snakes

[kevin_p]

Thanks! That would be great if you could post those links!

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

Heres a good link for building cages and rack systems.
http://www.arbreptiles.com/cages/cages.shtml

Here is a great one
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/sho...=building+rack

And of course the premanufatured ones
http://www.herpcages.com/racks/rprice2.html

[kevin_p]

Thanks they are good sites! I will probably build one soon!

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

no problem man, I like the one on cornsnakes.com, that one is pretty nice