To breed or not to breed

well this could be my first year of breeding but I'm not sure if I'm rushing or I should wait a while?
I have a CB12 850g male yellow belly (my first) and a CB07 2600g normal female that I purchased about a month ago, she has been bred twice before by her previous owners.
I am just not sure because I have only had her for such a short while I don't want to rush if she's not ready

If you're prepared to care for a bunch of babies (for possibly a long time) and it's something you want to do, why not?

oh yeah I am definitely in this for the long haul I was hoping to have another female yellow belly ready but she is still underweight that's the reason for getting a female breeder, I have a few other morphs in the pipeline but they are all too young at the moment.

yellowbelly to normal is not an attractive breeding. you would only get yellowbellys and normals. and thats exactly the kind of stuff the market is over-saturated with. prices for single-gene basic morphs that do not look impressive on their own have tanked and are getting closer and closer to the price of normals, and yellowbelly is one of these genes that shines in combos (ivory, superstripe, highway, puma) but on its own its not impressive at all.

that being said, of course you could try. age and weight for both are totally fine for breeding. chances that it works out are good. you just need an incubator and a hatchling rack, and the baby BPs you hatch wont be of much help to recoup that investment.

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Originally Posted by weston1

oh yeah I am definitely in this for the long haul I was hoping to have another female yellow belly ready but she is still underweight that's the reason for getting a female breeder, I have a few other morphs in the pipeline but they are all too young at the moment.

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breed ivory to yellowbelly :) that would make sense. or something like a triple gene male to your normal and yellowbelly females.

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Originally Posted by Pythonfriend

yellowbelly to normal is not an attractive breeding. you would only get yellowbellys and normals. and thats exactly the kind of stuff the market is over-saturated with. prices for single-gene basic morphs that do not look impressive on their own have tanked and are getting closer and closer to the price of normals, and yellowbelly is one of these genes that shines in combos (ivory, superstripe, highway, puma) but on its own its not impressive at all.

that being said, of course you could try. age and weight for both are totally fine for breeding. chances that it works out are good. you just need an incubator and a hatchling rack, and the baby BPs you hatch wont be of much help to recoup that investment.

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Like most morphs, it all depends on the individual...I've seen some killer looking plain 'ol yellowbellys...

well I have a male king pin and female pewter that I'm growing up for next year but as this is my first time breeding I would like to get some first hand experience and if any mistakes are made I don't loose higher value genes in the process.
I wasn't sure though if it was the right time for me to start the breeding process after only having the normal for a month?

Never breed an animal unless you are capable and prepared to care for all of the animals you may produce. That being said, it can be beneficial to breed something a bit `low impact" to begin with to get a feel for the whole thing. I bred a Pastel het OG to a 66% het OG my first time out, we got 9 healthy ones 5 normals and 4 Pastels(she didn't prove out) and was able to re-home all but the one we decided to keep. It was an amazing opportunity to get some experience before I went out and invested in some "higher impact" stock. Just watch the market and don't make anything you can't care for believing that you will be able to sell it. My first thoughts when breeding this year were of preparing for the potential long term additions to my collection. Once that is taken care of, have at it and have fun.

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Originally Posted by sho220

Like most morphs, it all depends on the individual...I've seen some killer looking plain 'ol yellowbellys...

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I've seen some killer looking plain 'ol normals that make most yellowbellys look quite shabby ;)

for me, yellowbellys are het for awesome. they really dont do much on their own. on its own, fire is sooooo much better. even most pastels do not do anything for me on their own.

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Originally Posted by weston1

well I have a male king pin and female pewter that I'm growing up for next year but as this is my first time breeding I would like to get some first hand experience and if any mistakes are made I don't loose higher value genes in the process.
I wasn't sure though if it was the right time for me to start the breeding process after only having the normal for a month?

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Please quarantine all new additions before attempting to breed or even introduce new additions to your existing collection.