30/10/2026
Clayton Kaufman of Sculpted Exotics bought his mentor's ball python collection with a $25,000 credit union line of credit, put up his own snakes as collateral, and has just finished paying for that collection. Herpenomics #8.
In this episode: the mission into 2027 and about 15 females lined up for January (2:38), 32 clutches this year and 40 to 50 next year (4:45), what to keep and what to sell (6:50), raising his own feeders and ASF vs Norwegian rats (9:03), his holdback rule and the 70/30 rule for buying (12:54), why Bambino over Cosmos and Relic (15:38), when to push a project and when to pull back (17:47), the pen-and-paper male-number pairing system a one-man show runs on (21:30), why people buy from him: personality, TikTok dances and the ADC bet (25:41), Instagram stories as the sales engine (29:01), riding a group shipment to export (33:30), vending three local shows (37:54), partnering with Keaton of Hook'em Royals on notarized contracts and the 75/25 clutch split (39:18), Show Me Your Projects (49:11), the credit union line of credit: denied by banks, approved the next day, payments down from about $600 a month to about $350 (1:01:13), QuickBooks and an accountant who knows ball pythons (1:08:33), burmballs, carpet pythons and hybrid vigor (1:13:15), and his one piece of advice: keep the workflow simple so you can expand (1:20:33).
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