Also called: Herpetoculturist
Breeds and sells snakes, lizards, geckos, and turtles, often specializing in rare color varieties.
Checks incubators full of python eggs, feeds hundreds of geckos, documents genetics for color 'morphs,' and ships animals to buyers or sells at reptile expos. Some rare morphs sell for thousands of dollars.
Estimate; mostly small businesses with very variable income.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. Self-taught through years of keeping reptiles; business licenses and permits.
Ways in: Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Biology.
Growing about average. Niche.
Low risk for 10 years. Online sales and AI marketing help sell geckos, but breeding, incubating and caring for reptiles stays hands-on and owner-run.
Classes: Biology, Genetics elective, Business or entrepreneurship, Agriscience (FFA).
Official data: O*NET occupation 45-2093.
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