Hello! I recently picked up a male Bamboo Spider Pastel for an absolute steal because he is three years old and his breeder was holding him back but could not get him to properly eat and therefore is very small. Weigh in yesterday was 400 grams.
He hadn't eaten in over two months when I got him but after six days in my care he took down an ASF with zero issues for me. As long as I can keep him eating regularly and get him up to size I intend on breeding him. I've never bred before but seeing how stunning he is just sparked something in me.
I have kept reptiles for close to 20 years but just recently got back into ball pythons. Seeing the amount of morphs available now is honestly overwhelming. I don't even know where to start! I've found a few pairings that I thought would make some awesome babies but unfortunately most of them also had spider in them and I'd like to avoid crossing spiders.
Also on the spider note, how does that affect multiple gene animals? I know spider x spider is generally regarded as bad but would the same issues be present in say crossing a bumblebee to him? On the calculator it shows quite a few possibility of super spider and I really don't want to end up with stillborn or having to euthanize snakes. Should anything with spider just be avoided?
I've played around with the morph calculator a little bit and even that's a bit daunting as I'm not familiar with the genetics of a lot of these morphs. Any ideas on good pairings would be greatly appreciated!
One other note on his genetics. One parent was bamboo, the other was super pastel lesser spider. I'm not super familiar with how the lesser gene works, but I do believe he shows some visible signs of lesser as well. Compared to others I've seen of his morph, the brown is very faded. He has a lot of yellow though. His patterning is mostly a line along his head and back, the rest of him is pure white and he has very blue eyes. Any insight on this?
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