First timer. Go Easy.

I currently have
1.0 Bumblebee
1.0 Super Pastel
0.1 Reduced Pattern Pin

These snakes are 2011 and still too small to breed. I'm starting to make plans for next year though. I was already planning on picking up a female spider and a female pastel, but I wanted to throw in a curveball too. Maybe a mojave female? What would you guys suggest?
So far planning on
bumblebee x pinstripe
Super Pastel x spider
bumblebee x pastel

possibly bumblebee x mojave?
Let me know what you think!

If you want to breed them. You should look into getting some females that are older. You want your female to be 2 years old. A lot of females that are younger just dont take often, they aren't mature enough. The recommended weight for them is 1200 grams as well. You need to be prepared for them to loose half their weight during the breeding process.
Your males may be up to weight by then. Most people wait until they are over 400 grams in size to breed.

You won't be able to breed for two or three years but u should breed for morph u like and the characteristics that u like of that morph. People can say Albino, pieds, or whatever but you should try for what u want to see coming out of those eggs

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Originally Posted by Reakt20

I currently have
1.0 Bumblebee
1.0 Super Pastel
0.1 Reduced Pattern Pin

These snakes are 2011 and still too small to breed. I'm starting to make plans for next year though. I was already planning on picking up a female spider and a female pastel, but I wanted to throw in a curveball too. Maybe a mojave female? What would you guys suggest?
So far planning on
bumblebee x pinstripe
Super Pastel x spider
bumblebee x pastel

possibly bumblebee x mojave?
Let me know what you think!

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Let me give you some advice a breeder gave me this year. When starting a breeding roster you want to pay close attention to the market and what is going to make you money quickly at first to help you establish yourself.

Double and triple gene morphs are going to pay off big time. If you went out and bought a male fire enchi for $600.00 and bread it to a normal female your going to end up statistically with:

25% fire enchi
25% fire
25% enchi
25% normal.

If you get a double gene female than you sell off the rest and this pays your costs to bring your double gene female up to breeding age. Essentially your getting a free breeder female with a cool morph. Mind you this can take over 3 years to achieve but its an economical option for you to consider.

Cheers.

Personally, I'd go for the mojave (maybe because I already did!). Pastaves are gorgeous, and that opens the door for you to get into Lucies and Potions, if you choose to later on. If you want to breed your boys next year, though, maybe plan to pick up an adult normal next spring, since your females won't be ready yet. The offspring won't be as flashy, but it will get you started, and any eggs are exciting!!

With the bumble bee female you really dont need spider females especially with your only other male being a superpastel.... spend the money you would spend on a different morph to add to the mix a female fire, female mojave all are good ideas, but ultimatly you need to work with morphs that you like and work towards making morphs you like or come up with an idea that no one else has done

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Originally Posted by jjmitchell

With the bumble bee female you really dont need spider females especially with your only other male being a superpastel.... spend the money you would spend on a different morph to add to the mix a female fire, female mojave all are good ideas, but ultimatly you need to work with morphs that you like and work towards making morphs you like or come up with an idea that no one else has done

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My Bumblebee is a male though. He's a beast. So is my Super Pastel. I need to establish a nice female squad now to join the pin. Thanks for the input.

The issue is (and I'm sure this is the case with many others as well) I want to get a BUNCH of morphs right now. I mean, the possibilities are endless! I will probably save up for some 2 or 3 gene females and just pick up some 2010 f pastels and start with that.

I would suggest getting a female hypo or even a hypo pastel, humble bees are amazing. I also think highly of the yellow belly gene. By themselves they don't do much for me, look at all the combos are you will quickly see why they are so awesome.