New to Breeding

Hey,
I just got bought a baby female ball python. This is my first one and I'm really fascinated by it. I was thinking that when it gets older I might breed it. I read alittle bit about it. I really like the albinos and the spyders. How do I know what type of DNA my snake has and how easy is it to get a morph?

Well to start, it's not an easy thing to do. It's very time consuming and expensive.

I would recommend you take a look at these links:

Things To Consider - Jamie Glass
Genetics - BallPythons.ca

Well with alot of research, if your snake came from a pet store not a breeder it is more than likely just a normal ball python. So if you were to breed that snake to another normal all you would get are normals. Breeding a normal to say a pastel would give you pretty much a clutch with half looking like mom and half like dad. The only way you will produce morphs is if you start with morphs or if your snake carries genes to create a morph. Snakes that carry those genes are sold as such, since they are worth more since in theory you know what you will get when it breeds. There is tons more to know so LOTS of research and time and you should be able to get the idea of how it all works.

The good news is, that if your snake is a female, you have two to three years before she'll be old enough and big enough to breed, so you have plenty of time to do lots of research on morphs, learn which ones are recessive, dominant and co-dominant and decide what you want to breed.

Just do what I did, google until google breaks all you can on breeding, morphs, etc. And have fun doing all that research, I did!

Alright, I have doing some research. Thanks for the links. They were helpful. I'm pretty sure that my snake is a normal. I got her from a herp sale in Des Moines Iowa last week. The guy selling her was a breeder and he only wanted $25 for her so I dont think it has an het??? in her. I'm prob getting ahead of myself. I got to wait two years, anyways :rolleyes: Ill just keeping on reading posts!
thanks