Eastern Indigo Hatchlings

They will take up a lot of space. They will require a lot of maintenance, and work EVERY DAY. Females will, after months and months of waiting, either die from egg binding, or give you a bunch of slugs, if they lay anything at all. You will have difficulty finding, unrelated animals to maintain genetic diversity in your collection. You will wait 4 years, at least for them to be big enough to breed. You'll throw away tons of dead pinkies, and fish trying to get the babies to start feeding,...if you get any babies at all,...if you can even get the adults to breed at all. You'll spend an enormous amount of money on your feed bill. You'll pull your hair out trying to diversify their diet. You'll have gobs of people pestering you for babies. Your competitors will be charging more money than you,...and getting it. You won't make a profit, and you'll be lucky to break even.

Wow, thanks for turning me off Indigos...

Originally Posted by SteveHiss

Wow, thanks for turning me off Indigos...

There is also the flip side.

I have not produced Indigos or Cribos in a number of years and there were some problem feeders but many of them fired right up with no problems at all. They do take a while to mature but, big deal. UNLESS you're in it just for the money, which is fine, you just have to plan on taking a little longer to have any greenbacks returning to you.

They're sort of like Greybands. Some eat pinks first try and never look back, some don't and have to be worked with. No, it's not exactly the same, but don't be turned off one of the best snakes ever just because some hard work is sometimes necessary.

And, if you really are off Indigos, I've got some bitching False Water Cobras that will eat most anything. LOL

And, if you really are off Indigos, I've got some bitching False Water Cobras that will eat most anything. LOL

I've actually been considering that... ;-)