Ideas for good breeding "foundaton"

I was hoping to get my female base together this year for under 1.5k... Then save up for a powerhouse co-Dom (kingpin, lesser past, etc) for year 2....

As far as projects goes, I really like all the bees and the pesters is what my girlfriend likes. She also like the silver bullet
BP, but we aren't even gonna go there.

I have slowly become a fan of the pinstripes tho, especially as they get older... Mojo's are my favorite (for now) lol

Since you already have the Mojave female. Is the $1500 just for the 3 additional females?
If so I would look at a Pastel Lesser, Enchi and Pinstripe or Black Pastel female.

$1500? Sounds like a pewter and a pin girl are in you future : ). Maybe add an enchi or fire as well? I tend to love the recessive so not great on co-doms. You can go basic and get a pastel, cinnamon and pin and have money to spare?

Really the most important thing is what do YOU love, because that is what is important while the little brats test your patience!

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Originally Posted by Sama

$1500? Sounds like a pewter and a pin girl are in you future : ). Maybe add an enchi or fire as well? I tend to love the recessive so not great on co-doms. You can go basic and get a pastel, cinnamon and pin and have money to spare?

Really the most important thing is what do YOU love, because that is what is important while the little brats test your patience!

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If they are half of a meany that my mojo is being right now, I wont have the patience by then :D

I am getting a decent rack from a herp buddy of mine that is cutting back to just doing geks. If I include the cost of the two I got so far plus that rack Im gonna be halfway to the budget that I made for myself...

Im thinking a Pin, Pastel , YB and Mojo

My crazy spider and save up for the kingpin :-)

I cant get over how much "option" having a KP would do... Its gonna be a fun couple of years to get ready :gj:

Knowing your budget now, with the girls for $750 I'd get a pin, pastel, and yb. You can find excellent examples of these morphs and stay with in your budget. Next year go all out on one male I'd get either super mojo or a sterling pastel.


Edit: just noticed you listed the same girls as I did. And kingpin isn't a bad choice at all either!

Here's my recommendation:

1.0 Lesser Enchi

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0.1 Yellowbelly
0.1 Pastel (search high and low, and get a really good one).
0.1 Piebald

You already have the spider male and the mojave female, so that makes 6.

This will enable you to make BELs, bumblebees, etc...the potential is huge. Down the road, you can make Enchi pieds, spieds, etc. Enchi-Lesser 100% het pied will have a high value, and help you get back your investment. :)

IMO, using a lower value male to more expensive females is kind of a waste of good morph females.

So I would sell your spider, giving you $1600 to play with. You could end up with a couple normal breeder females, a pewter or bee male to breed to your normals this upcoming fall, as well as a couple 2 gene females (bee, pewter, other).

M - Pewter
F - Normal
F - Normal
F - Mojave
F - Bee
F - Pewter

6 snakes. You will be producing babies next spring/summer.