I want to start breeding bp

I have always been into snakes. I want to start breeding ball pythons. I have $1000 to put into just snakes. What snakes would you start off with to breed to make money to get more? How many male how many female? Thank you

Not exactly that easy there is alot to learn but just find what morphs you like. You can go to worldofballpythons.com and see what you like and how to make it. If you want some that will make you money you could do panda pieds or potions or something

I would start with Co-Dom morphs, 2-3 females, an 1-2 males

Pastels are very important, as are Spiders, anything in the BEL complex (Mojave, Lesser, Butter)

I would get a female Pastel, female BEL Complex, and a Bumble bee male.

The Female Pastel will be around $200, the female BEL Complex will be around $350, and the male bumble bee will be around $400

The listed prices are for babies, and they will take around awhile before they are able to breed.

Before you decide to breed you need to ask yourself, what are you going to do with all of the babies (they are harder to sell then most people think), can you house them all? can you afford to feed them?

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

Before you decide to breed you need to ask yourself, what are you going to do with all of the babies (they are harder to sell then most people think), can you house them all? can you afford to feed them?

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I completely agree with you. You must also consider housing, husbandry, food, possible vet bills, etc... The list goes on and on. Do your research; I'd come up with a cost list of necessities and then decide what you should get.

Welcome to the site, I'd recommend checking out the care sheets and then using the search engine on the site to search for topics about care, housing, husbandry, etc...

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Originally Posted by Jor23dan

Not exactly that easy there is alot to learn but just find what morphs you like. You can go to worldofballpythons.com and see what you like and how to make it. If you want some that will make you money you could do panda pieds or potions or something

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You cant just do pandas. 1000 bucks wont even come close to one part of the project. Not to mention the pandas or should i say panda is bot an easy morph to achieve. If you have a grand and want to breed soon to have some turn around cash then get a breeder bee male and a couple breedable normal girls. Flip the babies and build your collection. No offense but a grand isnt gonna go far with anything gigher end then simple morphs. But you can sure start to build with a grand

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Originally Posted by mhayter81

I have always been into snakes. I want to start breeding ball pythons. I have $1000 to put into just snakes. What snakes would you start off with to breed to make money to get more? How many male how many female? Thank you

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It isnt that cut and dry. With $1000 you wont be able to get much if your getting morphs and they will be hatchlings which means 2-3 years of raising them to breeding size. Dont think about it in terms of money, get the morphs that you like the look of and want to work with. Personally I would just get some females now and get a double gene male down the road when you have more money. Theres alot more to think about before you just go jumping into this. Either way, GOOD LUCK.

Thank you people. I have been reading a lot. i like a lot of morphs. i know it will take around three years. just what to know what you would do. i want to start off small so i can take care of the babys if i can sell them. i just want to make money to upgrade or to help with the up keep.

he could try for pandas for $1000. It wouldnt be fast money because it would take about 5 years but he could get a pied and black pastel raise them up breed them and then take the black pastel het pieds and breed them for pandas. Its only like 6% chance of getting them but even still black pastel het pieds go for a pretty good amount of money too.

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Originally Posted by Jor23dan

he could try for pandas for $1000. It wouldnt be fast money because it would take about 5 years but he could get a pied and black pastel raise them up breed them and then take the black pastel het pieds and breed them for pandas. Its only like 6% chance of getting them but even still black pastel het pieds go for a pretty good amount of money too.

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He could, but I think that he wants to get some better results faster so he can expand and eventually try projects like Panda Pieds

Not that Panda Pieds aren't cool and all but I just don't see why so many people like them so much... They are ok, but there are much cooler combos. to each his own I guess

Personally i do like the pandas myself but they also do go for alot of money and like i said the black pastel het pieds that he would produce from the piedxblack pastel would go for a good amount too