breeding help

[breeder man]

hi,

i am going to start breeding pythons and was wondering what would be good pythons to buy to get the best results and moneys worth

[Griggs2121]

Welcome to the site! Your in the Ball Python morphs forum, so I'm assuming your interested in Ball Pythons. I'm working to breed my first time next season, so I can't give ya too much info, although there are some good resources on this site. Check the on the breeding forum.

What are you looking for as far as getting your money worth? Morphs?

[rabernet]

Investing in ball pythons (since this is posted in the ball python section of this forum) is all about patience, the patience to raise your females up to the proper weight (this can take two to three years), letting your males become mature enough, providing individual housing for each one, feeding for that time, and all that to have clutches that are generally on average 10 eggs or less per female (sometimes more).


There's nothing fast about returning your money on ball pythons when you are starting out. You definitely need to have a love for working with these animals.

[breeder man]

i c but what would be the best ones to start out with in the long run and also what snakes are better to sale burmese or ball and can u help me out with what snakes to buy to breed

[Freakie_frog]

As was said in the other post there is a greater market and greater want for ball pytons than Burms. The number of morphed balls is staggering in compairson to the burms and retics. I mean theres probaly more than 5000 different proven combos in the ball trade now! Not including the stuff that people like VPI, NERD, RDK and so on haven't even let out yet. Pick an animal that you enjoy working with and that you like forget the money for right now and get what you like and go from there. Wether it Leopard geckos or Balls.

Just my two cents.

[breeder man]

im intested in snakes i have one burmese albino python and one norm ball

[breeder man]

also have you guys seen the post about the derma ball with no scales how did they produce thoes i believe there is three that they prodced a piebald and 2 more

[Freakie_frog]

Not to get off topic but
The Derma is an import from Africa and there is a huge stink about if its a morph or not. Technecly a morph is a normal snake with with geneticly caused pigmant issues that don't alter the base physiology of the animal. The Derma is a snake with a deformity that is physiologically different than other snakes. The Derma has a changed physiology.

[Emilio]

Ball python's are top of the line in my eye's , I'd bet most of my buddy's here would agree , anyway a burm could become a real problem for an inexperienced herper.

[breeder man]

why do you say it could become a real problem and which one would people pay more for