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Yeah they can be that way ;) Doing almost impossible things. I so must get me few more to enlighten my days. They are as you said so adorable and cute and I just can't have enough of them <3
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Yeah they can be that way ;) Doing almost impossible things. I so must get me few more to enlighten my days. They are as you said so adorable and cute and I just can't have enough of them <3
I know exactly what you mean! I can't have enough of them either! They all have their little personalities and quirks :)
I had my little spider out for handling and I was sat on the floor with my legs crossed. Instead of having a wander around the rug on the floor he decided to crawl under my legs and settle down there :) He usually never stops moving! By far the most energetic of mine!
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Mine also. Just wanders around usually never hides. But every once and a while he decides to be even more friendly and goes sleeping in a sleeve or in your hands or just "watches" TV with us.
As I read and get to know more and more about BPs I notice they all have their own personalities and quirks and for so I need/want more of them <3 Instant love at first sight :rolleye2:
Probably will get a girlfriend for him in a nearish future, and I don't see me stopping there ;)
speaking of which ... what would go nicely with a normal BP (beside another normal :)?
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Yeah same here. Whatever "nice" I find it's just too expensive ... prices start from $1000. But normals are nice also. Mine is such an adorable creature I have no regrets and wish more of them like that. Maybe not a crazy morph but such a cwazy personality I really don't mind.
Even if I never can afford an expensive morph I just know there will be more of them one way or another ;)
Wait a few years. The expensive ones will get cheaper. The supply of ball pythons grows exponentially which pushes down prices.
There are a lot of nice single gene specimens available for $100 to $200 now as well. Enchis, lessers, cinammons, pinstripes, etc. Not as flashy as the 5 gene Super Mega Fire Ultra Clown Fader Yellowbelly Ghost Butter monsters but you can find some nice ones. If you're selective and plan ahead a little you can eventually make the 2 and 3 gene combos that you like without spending a fortune on the initial snakes.
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Wait a few years. The expensive ones will get cheaper. The supply of ball pythons grows exponentially which pushes down prices.
There are a lot of nice single gene specimens available for $100 to $200 now as well. Enchis, lessers, cinammons, pinstripes, etc. Not as flashy as the 5 gene Super Mega Fire Ultra Clown Fader Yellowbelly Ghost Butter monsters but you can find some nice ones. If you're selective and plan ahead a little you can eventually make the 2 and 3 gene combos that you like without spending a fortune on the initial snakes.
Yeah I noticed there's few morphs for $100-500 which is reasonable and acceptable price. Did you mean selective plan by breeding them or waiting for price drops? I'm already thinking of little breeding by starting to get a female for my normal male. Then maybe two morphs to reproduce. Dunno where this will go but there will be more of these lovely creatures in my life :P
Can normals be paired with any morphs and what's the expected result?
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Yeah I noticed there's few morphs for $100-500 which is reasonable and acceptable price. Did you mean selective plan by breeding them or waiting for price drops? I'm already thinking of little breeding by starting to get a female for my normal male. Then maybe two morphs to reproduce. Dunno where this will go but there will be more of these lovely creatures in my life :P
Can normals be paired with any morphs and what's the expected result?
Selective as in getting snakes that fit your eventual goals.
ie, I made a list of the 2 and 3 gene combos I liked. Lesser leopards and enchi clowns, etc. Then I figured out what I would need to make the different combos. Figured out which ones would make sense as males, and which ones as females, and started buying the females. Once the females get closer to maturity, I'll buy the males to go with them. Then I can start making the combos I wanted to make.
It's easy to find a male here or a [insert random morph] there that looks nice and is a good deal, but if it doesn't fit the plan, it may not be worth it. So I try to stay a little selective in my purchases now. There's a list of about 15 combos I want to make so I try to keep my purchases related to those eventual goals.
Normals can be paired with anything. Any male/female BP's can be paired regardless of morph, actually. They're all BP's at their genetic core, just some of the paint jobs are different on the outside.
There's an excellent site for checking out potential breeding combinations at World Of Ball Pythons.
http://www.worldofballpythons.com/wizard/
Enter the male and female genetics and it'll spit out the whole list of possible results.
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Interesting suggestion. Yeah the first buy our normal male was a bit impulsive buy, but it started the idea of breading them. First it started as an idea of a girlfriend for my normal. But I see your point and quite like the idea. There's time I don't need neither can afford to get all of wanted/liked morphs now.
But breeding them and being picky on selecting new ones to create own morphs is an interesting suggestion indeed. :gj:
