What male to breed?

My only female up to breeding weight this year is my one normal Talia. I have 3 males up to breeding weight/age and don't know which I should pair with her.. I have an Ivory, Pied, and a Cinnamon Pewter... Which would you pair with her?

Depends do you want to work on longer term project or do you want to have instant gratification and produce something other than a normal looking animal that season.

Cinnamon Pewter would be the way to go the more gene the better however if you want to produce some hes pieds and raise them up for future projects than you need to do that as it will take longer to pay off.

I'll probably put the cinnamon pewter with her this year. My long term goal is to breed the Pied with my Vanilla Butter Banana Spider and keep babies from that pair to work with. I love Pieds and I really would like to see a pied vanilla butter banana spider :)

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Originally Posted by AriSilvermoon

I'll probably put the cinnamon pewter with her this year. My long term goal is to breed the Pied with my Vanilla Butter Banana Spider and keep babies from that pair to work with. I love Pieds and I really would like to see a pied vanilla butter banana spider :)

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If that's the long-term goal, I'd put the Pied to her this year then and hold back the females. That way once you do get offspring from your Pied x Vanilla Butter Banana Spider pairing, you have some ladies to help get you to your goal a season or two quicker.

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Originally Posted by Eric Alan

If that's the long-term goal, I'd put the Pied to her this year then and hold back the females. That way once you do get offspring from your Pied x Vanilla Butter Banana Spider pairing, you have some ladies to help get you to your goal a season or two quicker.

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Thanks! I hadn't thought of that but that would be the best way to go since Banana's produce more male than females. The breeder I got my Vanilla Butter Banana Spider had 3 clutches from the dad (Black pastel butter banana spider) and she was the only female out of them

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Originally Posted by AriSilvermoon

Thanks! I hadn't thought of that but that would be the best way to go since Banana's produce more male than females. The breeder I got my Vanilla Butter Banana Spider had 3 clutches from the dad (Black pastel butter banana spider) and she was the only female out of them

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Female bananas actually produce normal sex ratios. It's the males that have the sex-linked genetics. You are correct though to aim for a male from that clutch to pair with your het females down the line.