To breed or not to breed

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http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/20/t...l/my7e8aha.jpg we'll I've put my male yellow belly to my normal female and as you can see they seem to be getting on fine.
I think this will give me confidence with future breedings and the experience I feel I need to enjoy this hobby even more than I do already( which I didn't think was possible!).

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congratulations, looks good :)

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Originally Posted by theNotoriousDUD

Just to add to the conversation about single gene morphs. I have seen some pretty washed out looking multi-gene combos over the 2 yrs I have been keeping BP's. IMO there aren't that many 3-4 r even 5 gene morphs that are more attractive than the 1-2 gene stuff. I have a Cinnamon male in my racks that I pull out and show friends more than any multi-gene I own. It is a shame that the less genetically complex stuff is so undervalued.

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its a matter of taste.

i just dont want morphs to look too much like normals. thats my taste. when a person that doesnt know much about ball pythons is totally blown away by the optics, mission accomplished. and the absolutely worst thing that can happen to a morph is to be mistaken for a normal. so for me, many of the basic morphs are just "het for awesome". for me, morphs are supposed to be magnificent. not more, not less, just, you know.... magnificent.

Everything looks good! Gotta start with something. I know some people put down the single gene to normal breeding but for a first pairing there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. You have to learn how to do it right somehow, and a loss of a low end clutch is much less devastating than a loss of a triple genes to a quad gene :D

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Originally Posted by weston1

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/20/my7e8aha.jpg we'll I've put my male yellow belly to my normal female and as you can see they seem to be getting on fine.
I think this will give me confidence with future breedings and the experience I feel I need to enjoy this hobby even more than I do already( which I didn't think was possible!).


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Looking Good!

God I can imagine having my Pewter Clown x Blade het Clown clutch go south on me. I am glad that I did the low impact pairing first so I could work out the bugs. My first I had high incubation temps the 1st week (92-93degrees) I spent the next 43 days on eggshells(sic) til they pipped. All came out well but they were a few days ahead of schedule. To the OP good luck and enjoy the miracle, there is nothing that compares to finding your girl wrapped around that first clutch. (except for seeing the first little head sticking out to say hello.)

Well just a quick update , she finally laid a beautiful clutch of 7 fertile eggs weighing 611grams and no slugs, now to play the waiting game to see them hatch. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/22/abu7arag.jpg


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