Good Breeding Pair for a Noob

Would a Het Pied male and a Pastel female be a good breeding pair for a noob to start out with. I also started looking at this page and saw some I liked. http://www.jnjreptiles.com/ballpythons-selects.php

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Originally Posted by Chris Rossi

Would a Het Pied male and a Pastel female be a good breeding pair for a noob to start out with. I also started looking at this page and saw some I liked. http://www.jnjreptiles.com/ballpythons-selects.php

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No, would be a waste of time.
You make pastel possible het. piebalds; no one will buy..

A pastel female is a great starter project - what you pair with her is up to you - personally I would go for supers or pewters or bumbles or blasts before going the possible het route.

But if you did want to go that route be sure that you pick up a het that has the het pied "marker" as it will be more likely to throw offspring with markers and you'll have a better idea which ones to hold back - or if you want to sell them - they'll be easier to sell.

Good luck! :D

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Originally Posted by MATTI

No, would be a waste of time.
You make pastel possible het. piebalds; no one will buy..

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I think that's a little dismissive. People starting out with breeding may not be able to afford a full het pied, but can afford and are willing to try to prove out a poss het.

If I remember correctly, NERD started out their pied collection with a poss het (Kara, please correct me if I'm wrong!).

And then we had the member here last year who's CH female turned out to be a surprise het pied after he bred that girl's previous year pairing with a pastel, her pastel son, back to her...her pastel son having turned out to pick up his mom's pied gene. Pastel pieds kick booty!

So, I wouldn't dismiss that pairing so quickly - it really depends on what the first poster's breeding goals are and how long he'd like to spend reaching those goals. =)

And ps, cuz you know I gotta...


piedspiedspiedspiedspiedspiedspiedspiedspieds!

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Originally Posted by cassandra

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So, I wouldn't dismiss that pairing so quickly - it really depends on what the first poster's breeding goals are and how long he'd like to spend reaching those goals. =)

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I totally agree and I can understand that you buy a pastel poss. het. pied; but I wouldn't make them myself.

But like you said, it all depends on the topicstarter where he want's to get at what price..

Well I found a Het Pied for 125 and a Pastes female for like 100. I really would like your suggestions on which would be a very good pair to start out with. I would buy a Spider or a Bee but I dont have enough money yet. So my budget is constricted to under 200. O and on that other site was there any BP that would be good to get or somthing? :snake:

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Originally Posted by Chris Rossi

Well I found a Het Pied for 125 and a Pastes female for like 100. I really would like your suggestions on which would be a very good pair to start out with. I would buy a Spider or a Bee but I dont have enough money yet. So my budget is constricted to under 200. :snake:

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Uuum i would question that pastel female at being only $100 :O.Is it pastelish meaning LOOKS like it could be a pastel or a high gold normal? If its from that link above he shows some pastelish snakes.

Oh wait it was 115 for Males here is the link http://www.jnjreptiles.com/ballpythons-morphs.php

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Originally Posted by Chris Rossi

Oh wait it was 115 for Males here is the link http://www.jnjreptiles.com/ballpythons-morphs.php

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Yea thats about right for a male ;).