Three 50% Poss. Het. Ghost Babies. Worth it?
Hello everybody, Im working on getting some good Balls together so I can go strong my first year of breeding. As of now, I have A male spider, and two normal Females.
I found a guy on craigslist, whose trying to sell 2.1 50% Poss. Het Ghost Ball Python Hatchlings. The boys have shed but not the girl, and none have eaten yet. He's selling them for 20 dollers each, or 50 for all three.
I feel like I have a pretty decent chance of them having the ghost gene, and worst case scenario, I could always use the female to make more codoms, but Im trying to decide if theyre worth trying to prove out. I can spend $50, and If proved out each snake would double in value. And with a few years I could wind up with some consistantly producing ghosts, and possibly ghost spiders. Or this could completely flop, I have bad luck and none of the three prove out, landing me with a ton of normals that would be difficult to move, and greatly disappointing me because I sank years into a maybe. I would of course have other projects going to too, the het ghosts becoming somewhat of a background experiment. But my first year Im probably going to be scrambling to get an incubator the size I would need in time, and Im afraid to not be picky enough with the clutches I do produce.
What do you guys think? Possibly a good investment? Too flimsy to be worth my time?
Re: Three 50% Poss. Het. Ghost Babies. Worth it?
Yeah.. That sounds like the worst idea ive had all year XDD. I swear trying to be frugal puts on insane blinders. Might as well just buy a pair outright. Id get the genetic guarantee, and wouldnt have to deal with any health problems they may have to boot.(I havent gotten a snake of craigslist that was on deaths door, or infected with something @_@)
Re: Three 50% Poss. Het. Ghost Babies. Worth it?
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Originally Posted by
SquamishSerpents
I don't buy poss. hets, ever.
So ya, bad investment :P
I wont even touch that:rolleyes:
Re: Three 50% Poss. Het. Ghost Babies. Worth it?
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Originally Posted by
SquamishSerpents
Elaborate please?
I suppose what I meant to say is I wouldn't PURPOSELY buy a poss. het of a morph that I was hoping to produce in the future. It's not that much more to buy a 100% het. so why not just drop the extra cash and get what you want.
Thats better. There are plenty of "possible" hets out there for next to nothing. I just sold a pair of possible albinos, I made VERY clear that they are possible and were from a het to het pairing.
There are a bunch of "little guys" up and coming that are gambling on het to het pairings that will produce a ton of possibles.
Its more of how much do you feel you can trust the person you are purchasing from? I could sell you a pair of 100% het ????? on a claim and you still cant prove they are or arnt for 2 to 3 years;)