just getting started with breeding

[Mchristy]

Going to make a first attempt at breeding this year and I am preparing to buy a couple of proven breeders. I have roughly 2000.00 to spend and would like to know what morphs would be a good investment in order to breed some awesome and valuable babies. I've been reading so much about morphs, genetics and breeding that my head is spinning!

[TheSnakeGuy]

If you want to breed quality you should buy quality. IMO: you should just wait to see what hatches out this summer and buy a 2 gene male and 2 or 3 single gene females. Then raise them for 2 or 3 years before you try breeding. I don't think it's smart to just buy your way into breeding with proven adults. Also if you're looking to buy real nice proven breeder morphs you probably wont get more than one male/one female for the amount you want to spend. Decide what you really want and buy them young. Start small and have patience.

[Kaorte]

Really nice quality breeder females are very hard to come by and when they do pop up, they are expensive and get purchased quickly.

Breeding isn't something you should just dive into. But if you really want to breed this season I would pick up a couple normal females and one multi gene male. Its much easier to find a quality breeder male than a female.

Please make sure you are prepared to take care of all those hungry mouths. Once they hatch you might have 20-30 new snakes that need to be fed. Do you have an easy supply of live or f/t feeders?

Breeding isn't all cool morphs and genetics. Its also cleaning up lots of poo and perhaps even breeding your own rats for food. I spend more time a week caring for my rats than my snakes.

My opinion is that if you can't decide on your own what morphs you want, then you probably aren't ready to dive in just yet.

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[bfirecat]

As a lot of people say, buy what you like, not what you think others like. Also, make sure you have enough budgetted for food, racks, incubators and whatnot. Personally with 2000, i would buy aproven mojave female and a male mystic. Or a female super pastel and a male BEL.

Good luck!

[Mchristy]

Thanks for the thoughtful opinions and suggestions. I realize it would be infinitely more efficient to purchase some babies and raise them until they are ready to breed. I also understand that jumping head first into breeding probably isn't the smartest decision I could make but I'm thickheaded and ready to give it a shot. I'll probably buy a couple normal females and one good multi-gene male as well as save some for some babies when they hatch out this season. Thanks again for the tips.