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>From: Mia and Patrick Emery <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: breeding animals for profit
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> Mia
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>Profit? Wheres the profit? Am I missing something?
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>I breed ferrets for the joy of raising them, somewhere along the line I
>missed out on this profit thing. After feeding, shots, vet visits,
>etc...etc... there is no profit, but they occasionally pay for their own
>food !
i've never tried the ferret breeding thing, but i bred some extremely high
quality purebred cats of a rare breed for quite a while. even with kittens
selling for between $250 and $800 (and this was in the eighties!) i never
once turned a profit on a litter. after the three maternity visits, 3 or 4
sets of shots per kitten, food and all the incidental vet bills, travel to
cat shows to keep my cats well known to the right people, etc etc, i was
lucky to break even. and the kittens weren't even neutered when they were
sold.
that being said i don't honestly believe that anyone who took decent care
of their ferrets could make more than a marginal profit through breeding.
and honestly i don't mind much. i figure that this way most of the
breeders out there are doing it for love, not money, and it's bloody easy
to indentify and avoid the others.
someday i would love to have a chance to breed ferrets, but i would *never*
do it and expect a profit.
siani
[Posted in FML issue 2721]
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