Starting a Co-Dom project, need advice.

So I'm looking to put together a little co-dom project and I'm starting with around $1000. I'm thinking of getting a super pastel male and the rest females.

Is it better to get a multi-gene female for more money?

I was thinking of just getting single-gene females which vary in price around $200-$250:
.1 Pinstripe
.1 Spider
.1 Cinnamon

Instead of getting 3 separate snakes, are there any advantgages to getting a single animal, like a bumblebee, spinner, etc? Thanks

I would try to get a Mojave or Lesser/Butter in the mix.

I would go with a bumblebee male and a fire, spider and pinstripe female. That should be right at $1000 and give you tons of great combos.

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Originally Posted by jinx667

I would try to get a Mojave or Lesser/Butter in the mix.

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Thanks for the replies, I actually already have a 1.1 Mojave project that I'm hoping produces a BEL this year.

Never thought of a bumblebee male idea, I guess I wanted a super pastel male to eliminate any chance of normals. But that does open the door to more combos.

I would use the Mojave male then and pick up some 2 gene females. Most bang for the buck.

what i would do

male: pewter
F1: pinstripe
F2: spider
F3: yellowbelly

I would take the $1,000, buy 4 females with it and than wait a year-year and a half to buy a male at all(save over that time to buy your male)...then re-evaluate the situation, your likes/dislikes, etc...by that time, some more desirable single gene males and double gene animals will be in the $400-500 range. Even though you'll be spending a little more than you'd like, this way will give you a ton more options and you won't be sitting on a breedable male for a year waiting for the females to be ready to breed.

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Originally Posted by RobNJ

I would take the $1,000, buy 4 females with it and than wait a year-year and a half to buy a male at all(save over that time to buy your male)...then re-evaluate the situation, your likes/dislikes, etc...by that time, some more desirable single gene males and double gene animals will be in the $400-500 range. Even though you'll be spending a little more than you'd like, this way will give you a ton more options and you won't be sitting on a breedable male for a year waiting for the females to be ready to breed.

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This would probably be the most practical thing to do. Now I guess for the next question, with around $1000, is it better to get 4 single gene females, or maybe 2 double gene females (bumblebees, lemon blasts, pewters, etc)?

Thanks for the replies everyone

Who says you need one or the other? Maybe keep an eye out for a double gene female you want and then get a few single gene females.

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Originally Posted by RobNJ

I would take the $1,000, buy 4 females with it and than wait a year-year and a half to buy a male at all(save over that time to buy your male)...then re-evaluate the situation, your likes/dislikes, etc...by that time, some more desirable single gene males and double gene animals will be in the $400-500 range. Even though you'll be spending a little more than you'd like, this way will give you a ton more options and you won't be sitting on a breedable male for a year waiting for the females to be ready to breed.

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This is almost the route I'm currently taking :D. Except I had a budget that was a little bigger so I went and got some sweet females that will always be good in a collection :P. I'm really happy with the females I got and I don't PLAN on selling them ever (even if I get a multi-gene) because I like having my favorite morph bases and combos :D. we'll see though! anything can happen in this hobby :gj: