Your own Collection?

Will never happen, but if we are dreaming...

As many small warm weather cats as possible, such as:
golden cat
margay
ocelot
oncilla
pampas cat
leopard cat
wildcat (euroean, indian, african, arabian)
fishing cat
flat headed cat
marbled cat
geoffroys cat
sand cat
rusty spotted cat
serval
caracal
bobcat

Whenever possible, include alternate morphs (melanistic geoffroys and golden, "ocelot" morph golden, white-footed serval, etc)
 
Paix I dont think Anoles would be the best idea for a greenhouse. It would be very difficult to catch them up in winter too. There are other lizards that would work and could live in the greenhouse all year. I have heard of people keeping sand lizards and italian wall lizards in greenhouses. I have also heard of people breeding frogs and toads in greenhouses also! do a little research on the net there are bound to be some websites! Good luck!
 
Vulpes said:
Paix I dont think Anoles would be the best idea for a greenhouse. It would be very difficult to catch them up in winter too. There are other lizards that would work and could live in the greenhouse all year. I have heard of people keeping sand lizards and italian wall lizards in greenhouses. I have also heard of people breeding frogs and toads in greenhouses also! do a little research on the net there are bound to be some websites! Good luck!
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Thanks for the Info! It was a widlife gardening book that suggested the Anoles, I will look into other species though! Can you keep Sand Lizards as pets?
 
I'm looking at getting a breeding pair of bearded dragons very soon (but will not breed from them for a good few years until the economic climate picks up, though I shall bring them together for interaction so they are still used to one another when the time comes). As for the future, I would love to own a plot of land that would be my 'zoo.'

It would be land adjoining a medium-sized house that I would own, and the land would be fenced off except a couple of gates. On the land I would have 1.2 freeroaming peafowl, a pet-house for hamsters, chinchillas, sugar gliders, degus and gerbils, a reptile house/aquarium for several species of lizard, snake, tortoise and tropical fish, a rabbit/guinea pig shed with an outdoor pen and a small paddock for 1.1 pot-bellied pigs.

For the gardens, I would have a vegetable patch/fruit and herbs patch, a 'wild-grow area' with hedgehog dens, bird feeders, bat-boxes etc, an ornamental pond with ornamental koi carp in the centre of an oriental garden (with bamboo, slate, dragon statues etc). I would then maybe have a general garden with Eucelyptus, conifers and typical garden plants.

What do you all think? Achievable? How much do you reckon (inc. plot of land (whatever size you think best), building costs for home and two animal houses, animals, plants etc).
 
Javan Rhino said:
I'm looking at getting a breeding pair of bearded dragons very soon (but will not breed from them for a good few years until the economic climate picks up, though I shall bring them together for interaction so they are still used to one another when the time comes). As for the future, I would love to own a plot of land that would be my 'zoo.'

It would be land adjoining a medium-sized house that I would own, and the land would be fenced off except a couple of gates. On the land I would have 1.2 freeroaming peafowl, a pet-house for hamsters, chinchillas, sugar gliders, degus and gerbils, a reptile house/aquarium for several species of lizard, snake, tortoise and tropical fish, a rabbit/guinea pig shed with an outdoor pen and a small paddock for 1.1 pot-bellied pigs.

For the gardens, I would have a vegetable patch/fruit and herbs patch, a 'wild-grow area' with hedgehog dens, bird feeders, bat-boxes etc, an ornamental pond with ornamental koi carp in the centre of an oriental garden (with bamboo, slate, dragon statues etc). I would then maybe have a general garden with Eucelyptus, conifers and typical garden plants.

What do you all think? Achievable? How much do you reckon (inc. plot of land (whatever size you think best), building costs for home and two animal houses, animals, plants etc).
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If you built it properly, a couple dozen thousand in my opinion, which is alot to spend on domestics. Good plan though, and dont have an ornimental pond, have a WILDLFIE POND!!!! Frogs and other pond creatures dont get along with Koi!
 
Paix said:
If you built it properly, a couple dozen thousand in my opinion, which is alot to spend on domestics. Good plan though, and dont have an ornimental pond, have a WILDLFIE POND!!!! Frogs and other pond creatures dont get along with Koi!
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I think I would incorporate a smaller pond for frogs in the wildgrow area. the koi pond would be netted so frogs (hopefully) wouldn't get in anyway, though that would be more to stop herons.
 
Javan Rhino said:
I'm looking at getting a breeding pair of bearded dragons very soon (but will not breed from them for a good few years until the economic climate picks up, though I shall bring them together for interaction so they are still used to one another when the time comes). As for the future, I would love to own a plot of land that would be my 'zoo.'

It would be land adjoining a medium-sized house that I would own, and the land would be fenced off except a couple of gates. On the land I would have 1.2 freeroaming peafowl, a pet-house for hamsters, chinchillas, sugar gliders, degus and gerbils, a reptile house/aquarium for several species of lizard, snake, tortoise and tropical fish, a rabbit/guinea pig shed with an outdoor pen and a small paddock for 1.1 pot-bellied pigs.

For the gardens, I would have a vegetable patch/fruit and herbs patch, a 'wild-grow area' with hedgehog dens, bird feeders, bat-boxes etc, an ornamental pond with ornamental koi carp in the centre of an oriental garden (with bamboo, slate, dragon statues etc). I would then maybe have a general garden with Eucelyptus, conifers and typical garden plants.

What do you all think? Achievable? How much do you reckon (inc. plot of land (whatever size you think best), building costs for home and two animal houses, animals, plants etc).
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I like your ideas. I sort of want to breed reptiles too. I know of a few people who do but I currently can't because of my parents won't let me. Do you think it is profitable? If done right I would think someone would be able to make money, of course that wouldn't be the only reason to have them. What do you guys think good idea or not?
 
kbaker116 said:
I like your ideas. I sort of want to breed reptiles too. I know of a few people who do but I currently can't because of my parents won't let me. Do you think it is profitable? If done right I would think someone would be able to make money, of course that wouldn't be the only reason to have them. What do you guys think good idea or not?
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I don't know how profitable it is yet, I have never owned a reptile nor bred any species of anything, therefore both are a first (Bearded Dragons are supposedly good for beginners). However, since Bearded Dragons lay quite a few eggs you would need a few set-ups to keep them whilst selling them.

I am surprised that the common and grey seals are exceptions!
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I am also suprised by this as I would imagine that they could be quite dangerous. However, I did manage to get about 10 foot away from some wild seals last month.
 
Would you plan on selling them on a website or to your local pet store? Also would you get into the morphs?
 
kbaker116 said:
Would you plan on selling them on a website or to your local pet store? Also would you get into the morphs?
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I don't think I would be too interested in morphs, I would probably just breed and get what I'm given at the end :). As for selling, I would sell to petshops, sell in the local newspapers and put general advertisements on facebook.
I would also donate to Chester if they were interested (though zoos do not usually take pets, so I don't see this being likely).
 
Javan Rhino said:
I don't think I would be too interested in morphs, I would probably just breed and get what I'm given at the end :). As for selling, I would sell to petshops, sell in the local newspapers and put general advertisements on facebook.
I would also donate to Chester if they were interested (though zoos do not usually take pets, so I don't see this being likely).
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If your interested in your reptiles and breeding them check out Reptile Forums UK, link below:

Reptile Forums - HomePage

There are dozens of knowledgable people on there that are sure to help you. Aswell, they have a classified section on there, so advertise on there.

Oh and by the way, it depends what collection and whats pets. Im pritty sure if I had Capybara and bred them, some smaller collections would be happy to take animals from me. It all depends on which collection and which animal in my collection. Eg. The smaller the collection and the rarer the pet.
 
Paix said:
If your interested in your reptiles and breeding them check out Reptile Forums UK, link below:

Reptile Forums - HomePage

There are dozens of knowledgable people on there that are sure to help you. Aswell, they have a classified section on there, so advertise on there.

Oh and by the way, it depends what collection and whats pets. Im pritty sure if I had Capybara and bred them, some smaller collections would be happy to take animals from me. It all depends on which collection and which animal in my collection. Eg. The smaller the collection and the rarer the pet.
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Hehe, like selling a breeding pair of Giant Pandas to Borth ;p. Joke. Yeah, I agree that it depends upon the animal, but I don't think Chester take 'rescues' (ie. reptiles that have been bred and are not selling, and the owner can't afford to keep them).

Also, thanks for the link :)
 
I would have a small Rodent collection. In that I would also have some Elephant Eared Shrews and Tree Shrews. Rodents fascinate me. I would have a lot of Syrian and Chinese Hamsters in that collection in naturalistic exhibit's rather than pet shop cages.
 
Javan Rhino said:
I don't know how profitable it is yet, I have never owned a reptile nor bred any species of anything, therefore both are a first (Bearded Dragons are supposedly good for beginners). However, since Bearded Dragons lay quite a few eggs you would need a few set-ups to keep them whilst selling them.



I am also suprised by this as I would imagine that they could be quite dangerous. However, I did manage to get about 10 foot away from some wild seals last month.
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Hello,

When you account for all the housing.heating.lighting.and food (a clutch of beardies can eat up to 15000 crickets a week) its not profitable at all.I would still do it for hobby though

I currently keep 1.1 Bearded Dragons,1.0 Giant Plated Lizards,0.3 Leopard Geckos,0.0.1 CRH Tarantula,a fish tank,and 2 dogs (and a pond).Reptiles are my passion so my collection will be focused around them.

I want to buy some land here in Pennsylvania or Tennessee or Virginia and build a nice reptile house on the property that will house a plethora of herps and invertabrates.I would also have a mini farm (Wallaby,Axis Deer,Pigs,Sheep,Goats,Dexter Cow,Chickens,Turkey,Alpaca etc) to start off as well as some small mammals like ferrets and chinchillas,and wildlife rescues.
 
LizardInsanity said:
Hello,

When you account for all the housing.heating.lighting.and food (a clutch of beardies can eat up to 15000 crickets a week) its not profitable at all.I would still do it for hobby though

I currently keep 1.1 Bearded Dragons,1.0 Giant Plated Lizards,0.3 Leopard Geckos,0.0.1 CRH Tarantula,a fish tank,and 2 dogs (and a pond).Reptiles are my passion so my collection will be focused around them.

I want to buy some land here in Pennsylvania or Tennessee or Virginia and build a nice reptile house on the property that will house a plethora of herps and invertabrates.I would also have a mini farm (Wallaby,Axis Deer,Pigs,Sheep,Goats,Dexter Cow,Chickens,Turkey,Alpaca etc) to start off as well as some small mammals like ferrets and chinchillas,and wildlife rescues.
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Wow, 15,000 crickets :eek:. Maybe I won't breed them, but look out for my new topic on here soon as I need al the advice I can get :).
 
I think ball pythons can be more profitable. A breeder I talked to said that me knows people with around 50 ball pythons and makes 15 to 25 grand per year. Also you could grow your own bearded dragon food. For instance vegetables and breed meal worms, and superworms.
 
I assume the breeder specialized in pied,spiders,and other morphs.A bp here goes for 15 - 25 for a baby and maybe 100 for a 1000 gram adult.

Mealworms will impact bearded dragons (I just finished treatment on mine)
 
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