Breeding normals?

Zombie thread alert, this thread is from 2010, much has changed since then.

there are now many basic morphs that you can get for 100 dollars or less at reptile shows. you can get well-started good quality normals starting at 15-20 dollars now. and breedings of normal to normal are getting really rare. even hobbyists and amateurs have access to double gene or triple gene combos for breeding. these developments were all underway in 2010, but the additional years since this thread was last active make a difference.

Holy bojangles. I went to the site and for some reason this thread came up as a fresh thread on the main screen. Wonder how that happened. Unless someone posted on it, saw the date and quickly deleted it.

dont worry, the thread will get pushed back quickly enough once people realize its outdated and stop posting.

and i now told everyone that its a zombie thread.

somehow this happens quite often.

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Originally Posted by kylearmbar

Holy bojangles. I went to the site and for some reason this thread came up as a fresh thread on the main screen. Wonder how that happened. Unless someone posted on it, saw the date and quickly deleted it.

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I think voting in the poll also bumps the thread.

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Originally Posted by Pythonfriend

dont worry, the thread will get pushed back quickly enough once people realize its outdated and stop posting.

and i now told everyone that its a zombie thread.

somehow this happens quite often.

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I think just by voting in the poll it bumps it up to the main page. You don't necessarily have to post a reply.

Bump! :D

since its 2014, should we not start a NEW THREAD asking the same or even better questions to sort this out, if there even is demand for sorting this out?

damn, this is so meta, i guess i will just leave this thread and let you figure it out.

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Everyone has their own opinion. If people want to breed normals than so be it. If people want to breed pretty morphs so be it. I actually think this discussion is pointless...for Pete's sake do we not have better things to argue about? The only people breeding normals are importers and first time breeders. Did you ever think that maybe some people prefer normals over pastels or other morphs? Honestly, I'm actually starting to like normals more than my muddy pastel and other morphs. But no I'm not breeding normals because I'm into piebalds right now. But if I did want to breed normals it's because that's my personal taste and I don't give a care what others like. I'm not going to jump off a bridge because everyone else is doing it. Besides normals are cheaper than any other morph. Of course people are going to buy the cheaper pet. I'd like to see you all drop the prices of your fancy morphs and then you'll see normals start disappearing and being bred.


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I know this is a zombie thread, but I was discussing this earlier on another forum.

I don't think that people should breed two normals. I think that the market (and craigslist) is saturated with normals that need homes, and there aren't enough homes for them all. I've seen/talked to people who own king cobras and king snakes, and normal ball pythons are a regular food source for them because they are so readily available and so cheap. Many boa breeders I've talked to have normal ball pythons that they use to detect disease before it hits their boas. The fact that they're being used as snake food and mine canaries should be a clue that they are pretty common at this point.

Some normals will be inevitable when you're breeding morphs, but I don't think that people should breed them on purpose unless they think there's some genetic potential there.

Lol holy moly it IS a zombie post...whose the wise guy who posted on it to push it to the top again? Haha


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I'm happy to entertain a discussion about whether or not normal ball pythons should be bred, but if folks want to, let's start a fresh thread, rather than making the unsuspecting soul wade through walls of text that are four years old and not particularly relevant any longer.

This old thread got bumped with a vote. I do my best to put a 90 day time limit on all polls (except for a few classic polls that roll with the years), but sometimes they get missed. The reason for the 90 day limit is to prevent this very sort of thing. Some folks find it amusing to dredge up ancient threads and bump them with an anonymous vote. 90 days is plenty of time for any poll to gather the data its creator is looking for, but short enough to prevent this kind of zombie invasion.