Choices...Choices....

at least they were all het hypo!!! next time i'll try 3 different morphs! lol
adam has some killer adult lemon pastels and hypos. that one big pastel breeder is awesome i thought he was a female adult at first glance, he's that big! as i said before if you like both, eventually you'll have both. go for the pastel and produce babies in a year and buy an albino with that income!


caramels are cool and better in person!


vaughn

i was trying to make this exact same desicion just a few months ago but somehow i ended up with two more female balls and my problem was solved.
time for a pastel.
make some cash and then go for the albinos or maybe pieds, or orange ghosts or caramels or spiderzzz(but not for 8000)
when the time comes.

Ok, Adam, you got me, lol. I guess I've seen too many pastels bred to crappy normals just for a quick buck. I've been asking myself, "Where's all the selective breeders??" I finally got my answer. How much are you asking for your line of pastel males? They are gorgeous.
I'll have my own line of selectively bred albinos by spring 2007. It's all personal preference, so who are we to say what anyone should breed.

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Originally Posted by bait4snake

I guess I've seen too many pastels bred to crappy normals just for a quick buck. I've been asking myself, "Where's all the selective breeders??" I finally got my answer. How much are you asking for your line of pastel males? They are gorgeous. I'll have my own line of selectively bred albinos by spring 2007. It's all personal preference, so who are we to say what anyone should breed.

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One of the main purposes of buying a beautiful clean ''selective breeder'' is to market you ball pythons as being offspring of that great looking animal. Just because you have a ball python that ''looks great'' or ''looks bad'' does not mean that it will throw offspring that look just like it. I have seen an albino that was completely faded into almost a solid tan.....but all of his offspring were high contrast and are still high contrast three years later. I have also seen a wicked looking ''selective breeder'' pastel have offspring that were just fairly ''normal'' for pastels. You will have some awesome bps and some not so great bp in every clutch. It all depends on how the ball python gods favor you when you are breeding.....IMO

straight up!

Thank you all so much for the input. We've decided to go for an 05 male pastel. Now comes the research into which breeder to go with. We've looked at more pastels in the last 2 days then I may ever have wanted to LOL but spending 800+ dollars is a major decision in our lil lives so we want to spend it wisely.


~~Jo~~

Sure is!

Very cool to see you all taking it to that next level - sounds like the BP bug bit you squarley!

Bit us big time is right LOL. Actually it's wonderful to find a new hobby that both Mike and I can enjoy equally (not always easy in any marriage). Oh well I can always get that new couch set I had my eye on another year. With a 4 year old running around it wouldn't have last long anyways.

~~Jo~~