What would you get?

[Kinra]

I've been planning for a while to get a pastel pied male for my pastel yellow belly 50% het pied to prove her out but I am starting to wonder if I should pick up a different pied male to add a different gene for a longer term project. My pastel yellow belly is the only possible/het pied I have. I was original going to take the long shot and pray for a super pastel yellow belly pied but now I'm starting to think that could be come a long term project. What would you do? I do know I want a visual pied with something extra going on, I don't want to produce possible hets.

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[SlitherinSisters]

You could get a pied, het pied, or find a different dom/co-dom that is het pied to breed with her. I think it would be fun to get a yellowbelly het pied to try for supers and pieds, or a spider het pied. It's all up to you and what you want, but those two snakes are what I would get because that would be an insane breeding combo!

[oskyle1567]

I think you should go for a het to poss het pairing. Visuals are so expensive, and with your female you still have a chance to make something insane. The extra money you save with you could get some more het females to pair him with also.

[Kinra]

You could get a pied, het pied, or find a different dom/co-dom that is het pied to breed with her. I think it would be fun to get a yellowbelly het pied to try for supers and pieds, or a spider het pied. It's all up to you and what you want, but those two snakes are what I would get because that would be an insane breeding combo!

The spider het pied has merit to it, but I'm afraid with the yellowbelly het pied I could produce an ivory pied and I wouldn't be able to tell it apart from an ivory. I will need to think about the spider het pied, possibly producing a bumble belly pied could be fun, but I would probably get a spied if I went that route.

I think you should go for a het to poss het pairing. Visuals are so expensive, and with your female you still have a chance to make something insane. The extra money you save with you could get some more het females to pair him with also.

I want to get a visual because it would further any project I want to work on faster. If I get a pastel pied I could breed it to my pewter female and produce cinnies het pied, pewters het pied and sterlings het pied which would be cool and I would know for sure any female I held back would be 100% het pied. I don't mind investing in an expensive snake if it fits into my projects, especially if it's a great male. I don't really have any powerhouse males in my collection right now and a co-dom/dom pied male would be a great start.

[oskyle1567]

Very true that sounds like a great plan though! Cant wait to heir and see your final decision! The sterling pieds are probably going to look insane! I hope they turn out like the killer pied with more broken up silver saddles

[1nstinct]

What's your budget? There are so many __ Het pieds it's hard to pick one for you with out knowing your budget.
If you budget iswhat I would say)
Less than 1k: mojave het pied, spider het pied, cinn het pied,
If your willing to spend more than 1k I would get a visual morph pied male, no poss hets in you pairings, it will jump start your project. You could produce a lot off different stuff if your female proves out.
I'm in the same boat(just opposite) I have a male pied and trying to find something good to pair him with in the future to jump start my breeding projects.

[Kinra]

Very true that sounds like a great plan though! Cant wait to heir and see your final decision! The sterling pieds are probably going to look insane! I hope they turn out like the killer pied with more broken up silver saddles

I think I'm leaning towards the pastel pied again, but we'll see. My female won't be ready to breed until probably next fall at the earliest. She's a 2010 who is set at growing at her own pace, she's probably only about 900-1000g if not less (I can't find my scale atm ), so I have time to change my mind some more. Aiming for sterling pieds would be a great project though.

What's your budget? There are so many __ Het pieds it's hard to pick one for you with out knowing your budget.
If you budget iswhat I would say)
Less than 1k: mojave het pied, spider het pied, cinn het pied,
If your willing to spend more than 1k I would get a visual morph pied male, no poss hets in you pairings, it will jump start your project. You could produce a lot off different stuff if your female proves out.
I'm in the same boat(just opposite) I have a male pied and trying to find something good to pair him with in the future to jump start my breeding projects.

I don't really have a set budget, I am willing to save until I have enough for whatever I want and my female will need about another year before she is big enough and old enough to breed anyways. I had been planning to drop around 2k on a pastel pied.

If you have a visual male, co-dom/dom het females might be the way to go (depending on what you are willing to spend) or you could make your own hets and raise up the females.