Is there anyone who you'd like to get a WR?

No, this is not a prediction thread, I've seen enough of those. The question at hand is who you would actually want to get a world record.

Yes, you can say yourself lol :)

This includes all events (but I think if you want someone to get an FMC WR you just kinda hate them lol)

cant wait to see what you all think :)
100% Feliks Zemdegs!
 
How do you afford that? I have to buy a ton of food all the time.
I buy about 2k mealworms online monthly. I sell 1k and keep 1k. The ones I sell I can usually pay for everything, meaning I essentially get 1k for free. I also have a dubia roach colony so I get free roaches. I only have 4 snakes and the mice cost about $1 each, so it's about $7/wk.

wow thats a hobby that you dont hear about everyday
It's a lot of fun. There's a lot of genetics involved and breeding two with certain genetics creates a wide variety of patterns in the babies. Plus, I enjoy keeping them.

If anybody's curious about them or want to see pictures send me a message.
 
So do you like buy the mealworms and sell them for double?
Pretty much, I buy 2k mealworms for $30, 1k superworms for $30, and shipping is about $30. When I sell them I have them cheaper (per quantity) for more. So I sell 250 mealworms for $12 and 250 superworms for $18. So at the very least I get $48 for mealworms and $72 for superworms (I usually end up getting more because people don't usually get 250 at a time). So, I usually get about $150 and 1k mealworms for a $90 investment, which gives me $60/month profit and free food for my geckos.
I also know someone who has been trying to get rid of their geckos. So, they wanted to trade their geckos for some feeder bugs. I ended up getting 9 geckos for 400 mealworms and 200 superworms. 2 of them have relatively minor health problems, which I'm confident I can heal myself. I'm planning on selling them and I can get $50-$100 per gecko.
 
how do you get into and have time for a hobby like that, if you dont mind me asking?
For me, I got a gecko as a pet, and then decided to breed them, so I got more geckos, build a rack setup to house them, and then started breeding. I kept expanding into new species and in a couple years I could have over 100 animals (including babies). For most people, I think the best way would be to build rack setups for housing, and then buy a few snakes or geckos (snakes are much easier and cheaper) to breed.
As far as time, they aren't super time consuming. I spend about 5-10 minutes twice a week to feed 4 snakes, and about a half hour twice a week to feed 15 crested & mourning geckos, and about an hour to feed 17 leopard geckos. But, I enjoy it, so it's not hard, but it is a huge money sink (I spent >$6k and most people will spend at least $2k before seeing significant revenue).
 
For me, I got a gecko as a pet, and then decided to breed them, so I got more geckos, build a rack setup to house them, and then started breeding. I kept expanding into new species and in a couple years I could have over 100 animals (including babies). For most people, I think the best way would be to build rack setups for housing, and then buy a few snakes or geckos (snakes are much easier and cheaper) to breed.
As far as time, they aren't super time consuming. I spend about 5-10 minutes twice a week to feed 4 snakes, and about a half hour twice a week to feed 15 crested & mourning geckos, and about an hour to feed 17 leopard geckos. But, I enjoy it, so it's not hard, but it is a huge money sink (I spent >$6k and most people will spend at least $2k before seeing significant revenue).
For a second I thought you were joking but upon further reading I realized that that's a cool hobby!
 
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