Single genes are "boring"...

After 12 snakes, I must say that single genes are boring.

I want an enchi, but I see no point in buying a single gene enchi.
Enchi lessers, on the other hand, are awesome.

I'll never be the guy to buy a bunch of cheap female normals just to get to breeding.

I still consider all 12 snakes to be pets first.
I plan to breed when they finally get to size, but I would consider breeding to a normal female boring as well.
All my projects would be multi-gene and provide for much more interesting outcome.

Anyone share this philosophy?

When you deal with anything enough it becomes "boring". I loved shooting guns, but in the Army going to the range became boring after a while. Anything that's cool will seem Mundane after doing it enough.

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Originally Posted by Tzeentch

After 12 snakes, I must say that single genes are boring.

I want an enchi, but I see no point in buying a single gene enchi.
Enchi lessers, on the other hand, are awesome.

I'll never be the guy to buy a bunch of cheap female normals just to get to breeding.

I still consider all 12 snakes to be pets first.
I plan to breed when they finally get to size, but I would consider breeding to a normal female boring as well.
All my projects would be multi-gene and provide for much more interesting outcome.

Anyone share this philosophy?

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Could not disagree more. I find a normal Ball Python to be one of the best.

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Originally Posted by Egapal

Could not disagree more. I find a normal Ball Python to be one of the best.

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Same here.

To me, what's exciting about breeding these animals (aside from the sheer "gee whiz" geeky fun of it ;) ) is the prospect of potentially producing something really neato.

That could be a multi-gene combo, and most of the time, for most of us, it probably is. However, it could also be an improvement on a single-gene. For example, this year I bred my bumblebee male to a normal, but very reduced-pattern, female in an attempt to reduce the pattern of my bee line even more.

For some people, the single-genes are boring and it's the prospect of producing a new combo that's the real fun part. However, there is still a lot of value in breeding to carefully selected normal females to improve the appearance of your single-gene components.

I agree with you, however, that taking single-gene (or even multi-gene) males and breeding them to a whole bunch of normal females just to pump out babies for re-sale is pretty boring. I'm not going to fault or demonize those who do it so long as the animals are well-cared for and healthy, but it certainly doesn't jive with my motivations for breeding.

IMHO, it depends on the gene. I LOVE lessers, butters, pastels, and a number of other single gene animals. I lean towards the colorful animals, rather than the funky patterned ones. If you shoved a bunch of spiders and enchis on me, I'd be bored for sure.

I agree with what julie said^. Im not really a pattern guy either. Enchis are nice, but pins and spiders arent really my favorites. They brown out things imo.

Some single genes and even multigene animals bore me a ton and id take a nice normal over them anyday. Like champagnes, i dont like them or any of their combos really. Same with clowns, i dont like most clown combos, super pastel clowns are pretty cool though.
I love darker morphs like mojos and cinnamons. And highlighting the darker morphs with light genes like pastel or fire is nice too. Then you mix a little hypo in and boom you got a snake i can appreciate!

Everyone need normal females. That's one way to figure out exactly what's in a multilevel combo when you start making 4 and 5 gene combos.

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Originally Posted by Rob

When you deal with anything enough it becomes "boring". I loved shooting guns, but in the Army going to the range became boring after a while. Anything that's cool will seem Mundane after doing it enough.

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Breathing is boring but I've no plans to give it up.

:D

I have yet to see a Pied or an Albino that I thought was boring...