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    i need help. ASAP!

    I Have A Baby Female ball python. I wanna trade it for a male and breed into my normal female. They are willing to trade a lesser ball python for my spider female. Do YOU GUYS THINK ITS A GOOD IDEA? OR NOT? Pleasee.help me out.

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    I think that is an awesome trade...for the them. For you, not so much. How much does your Spider girl weigh? Breeding size or no?
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    i wouldnt do it.

    single-gene females are quite useful, single-gene males are much less useful.

    i would keep both females. if the spider is a hatchling now, it will be ready to breed in 2 or 3 years. male hatchlings are ready to breed after just one year.

    so i would keep both females, and now you have one year to save up for a nice 2015 hatchling male, and go for a double-gene male, like maybe a lemonblast or something.

    breeding a lesser to a normal is not a very attractive breeding. lemonblast to spider and lemonblast to normal is much better, the same with any other nice two-gene male.
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    Re: i need help. ASAP!

    Quote Originally Posted by Slim View Post
    I think that is an awesome trade...for the them. For you, not so much. How much does your Spider girl weigh? Breeding size or no?
    No she isnt. She is still a baby. Around 16 inches. If that

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    Re: i need help. ASAP!

    Quote Originally Posted by Pythonfriend View Post
    i wouldnt do it.

    single-gene females are quite useful, single-gene males are much less useful.

    i would keep both females. if the spider is a hatchling now, it will be ready to breed in 2 or 3 years. male hatchlings are ready to breed after just one year.

    so i would keep both females, and now you have one year to save up for a nice 2015 hatchling male, and go for a double-gene male, like maybe a lemonblast or something.

    breeding a lesser to a normal is not a very attractive breeding. lemonblast to spider and lemonblast to normal is much better, the same with any other nice two-gene male.
    Iv never bred snakes before. The reason why im taking it into consideration is to have that experience & then if i do breed, take it from there. Build it from nothing pretty much. Makes sense??

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    Re: i need help. ASAP!

    I would keep the spider female and save up for a lesser male. You could probably pick one up at a local show for under $200. I've seen them as low as $125-150. Spider female will only go up in value as she grows. Lesser male, not so much.
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    Re: i need help. ASAP!

    Alright, thanks. Probably just save like you said & go to a show close to me.

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    Just trying to save you from kicking yourself in the arse two years down the road when you'll regret letting the spider female go for a single gene male
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    Re: i need help. ASAP!

    Quote Originally Posted by PghBall View Post
    Just trying to save you from kicking yourself in the arse two years down the road when you'll regret letting the spider female go for a single gene male
    Thanks man

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    Re: i need help. ASAP!

    I got my male lesser for a hundred. I saw a female spider, less than a hundred grams, for 150.

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