NathanMorrow6
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Hello everyone, I'm 16 and a senior in high school and I'm trying to start up a small turtle and tortoise breeding project throughout school which will hopefully eventually turn into something of a "side business".
Before I go on, I'm going to school locally, so I'll be home, after college, I'm staying here to find a job in my field, and I'm quite certain that I'll be able to do so. I won't expand my collection further than I can manage, but between my girlfriend and I, I believe we can manage.
So I'm wondering if anyone knows any good places to look for people selling their group. I could do individual adults, but if possible I would like to avoid the quarantine process and the anxiety behind animals that haven't been together.
The reason I'm asking is because I'm looking to get a few seasons in of breeding throughout college, and tortoises take awhile to mature, and I wouldn't say turtles are quick doing so.
My plans are to breed to produce my own groups, so I'd temp sex the hatchlings to produce a group to have in the future, only because I love the idea of producing my breeders. So any help would be great.
Now, please treat me like a kid who is about to be in college. I know I'm 16, but I think I'm old enough to start looking into things like this. I'm going to start small in my room and backyard, and then I plan on sometime in school moving onto a separate piece of property. I don't plan on the business paying for itself for a long time, so all of these things are just aspirations of mine and I'm willing to fund them. If you have questions about this "plan", feel free to ask and please don't assume that the animals won't be taken care of or I'm overestimating myself. I think that this is the best course of action if I want to build my collection up to a size and standard that will be successful.
Thanks.
Ps. Eventually I want to look into making this business a non profit research and captive breeding facility (going to school for biology), but I'm not sure what all goes into that so don't take that too seriously.
Before I go on, I'm going to school locally, so I'll be home, after college, I'm staying here to find a job in my field, and I'm quite certain that I'll be able to do so. I won't expand my collection further than I can manage, but between my girlfriend and I, I believe we can manage.
So I'm wondering if anyone knows any good places to look for people selling their group. I could do individual adults, but if possible I would like to avoid the quarantine process and the anxiety behind animals that haven't been together.
The reason I'm asking is because I'm looking to get a few seasons in of breeding throughout college, and tortoises take awhile to mature, and I wouldn't say turtles are quick doing so.
My plans are to breed to produce my own groups, so I'd temp sex the hatchlings to produce a group to have in the future, only because I love the idea of producing my breeders. So any help would be great.
Now, please treat me like a kid who is about to be in college. I know I'm 16, but I think I'm old enough to start looking into things like this. I'm going to start small in my room and backyard, and then I plan on sometime in school moving onto a separate piece of property. I don't plan on the business paying for itself for a long time, so all of these things are just aspirations of mine and I'm willing to fund them. If you have questions about this "plan", feel free to ask and please don't assume that the animals won't be taken care of or I'm overestimating myself. I think that this is the best course of action if I want to build my collection up to a size and standard that will be successful.
Thanks.
Ps. Eventually I want to look into making this business a non profit research and captive breeding facility (going to school for biology), but I'm not sure what all goes into that so don't take that too seriously.