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Opinions On Breeding Male Normal BCI (Aberrant) From A Business Standpoint?
A few months ago, I made an impulse purchase at a reptile expo and bought a 2015 male BCI normal aberrant. He will be 2 years old in September... Originally, when I got back into keeping snakes with the intentions of pursuing breeding as a sideline business/passionate hobby (like most of us), I had no intentions of buying or breeding normals, because of how the market seems to work (mostly consisting of other breeders and more serious collectors, etc). But, I thought this snake was really pretty and the vendor gave me a deal I couldn't refuse, so he is my baby now and I love him to death. Anyway, I am considering picking a girlfriend up for him, but I feel I should be very selective from a business standpoint. My main concern is, I want to end up with as few hungry normal Boas that no one wants to buy as possible. As a side note, I have a 2017 female Ghost Het Moonglow that is a possible super, but it will be a few years before she can be bred and my plan is to pick up a male Ghost Het Moonglow boyfriend for her at some point. I don't feel like I will be willing to take a chance on breeding her to a normal with only a 1/3 chance that she might be a super after waiting 5 years...
There are a few different specific Boa morphs that I would love to have, but from a business standpoint a super form of something would make the most sense if i'm going to breed this normal. I am a huge fan of Boas that are either black, silver, grey, white, red or any interesting color combination of those colors. I'm not a fan of mutations with speckles, freckles and broken patterns... I'm just looking for some ideas for really cool, yet affordable (maybe $300.00 - $500.00 range) super forms that would produce desirable/marketable offspring. Could you guys throw some ideas at me?
As far as non-super forms, I am considering a Motley or a Motley Parahet. If i'm not mistaken, a Normal x Motley would produce 50% Motley offspring, is that correct? And, also, if I understand correctly, a Normal x Paradigm would produce 100% Het Albino (Caramel-hypo) 100% Het Albino (Sharp), right? So, what would happen to those odds with a Normal x Motley Parahet?
I welcome all of your thoughts and ideas!
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