If you were starting from scratch, which morphs would you choose?

If you were starting from scratch to build a business in breeding ball pythons, what 6 balls would you get?

My list for starting out is:

1 Male bumble bee
2 Male lemon blast
3 Female pastel
4 Female pastel
5 Male mojave
6 Female mojave

1-4 would be for breeding projects to test my luck and see if I could strike some sweet morphs eventually (killer bee!). The mojaves would be to try for a super mojave.

I am 50/50 on a M & F albino to replace the mojaves but those super mojaves are just too cool!

I look forward to reading other people's responses and feel free to include why you chose those particular snakes.

Disclaimer: This is just a hypothetical question and I only ask to see what other people think. I will probably try my luck at breeding ball pythons in the future and that is what sparked my question, but I will only do so as a hobby and not as a business.

1. lemon blast
.1 desert
1. caramel
.1 clown
1. mojave
.1 lesser

I'm starting with the following next year.

1.0 spider
0.2 pastel
1.1 Mojave
1.0 lesser


But that'll probably change. :p

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Originally Posted by kevinb

I'm starting with the following next year.

1.0 spider
0.2 pastel
1.1 Mojave
1.0 lesser


But that'll probably change. :p

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That is pretty close to what I was going to start out with too. Only the Lesser would have been a pinstripe. I think that is a pretty reasonable way to start out because they are cool morphs to learn with and won't break the bank.

1. Lesser


2. Albino


3. Bumble bee

4. Spider


5. Pastel

6. Pinstripe

Ideally, (and with unlimited funds!) I would start off with all females, and double, triple, or quadruple morph combos.

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Originally Posted by GoFride

Ideally, (and with unlimited funds!) I would start off with all females, and double, triple, or quadruple morph combos.

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That would be sweet. But id suggest at least one male to help with the breeding..;)

LOL Miraculous Conception

I am happy with what I have right now. But with unlimited funds, the sky is the limit. I'd probably invest in sub-adult recessive and double co-dom females and a couple quad males.

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Originally Posted by Simplex

That would be sweet. But id suggest at least one male to help with the breeding..;)

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Too funny! No, I didn't forget the boy - just don't need him for a while, until these girls get up to size (I'm just starting out, remember). :D

Anyway, it's my dream and I can dream however I want! :gj:

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Originally Posted by Biffard

That is pretty close to what I was going to start out with too. Only the Lesser would have been a pinstripe. I think that is a pretty reasonable way to start out because they are cool morphs to learn with and won't break the bank.

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If you are starting off with hatchlings then you should buy all females. I bought my male spider at the same time as my female pastel. By the time my female was up to size I could have bought a breedable male spider for half of what I paid.

If money wasnt an issue i assume?

1.hidden gene woma
2.inferno
3.bunchi(enchi butter)
4.bumblebee
5.hidden gene lesser
6.mimosa(hypo champagne)

I think with these morphs you could make some killer ball pythons including my 2 favorites, soul sucker and enchi inferno.

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Originally Posted by PigsnPythons

If you are starting off with hatchlings then you should buy all females. I bought my male spider at the same time as my female pastel. By the time my female was up to size I could have bought a breedable male spider for half of what I paid.

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You make a good point that I really haven't thought of yet. With prices being lowered every year it would make a lot of sense to wait a year or two to buy males. I'll have to keep that in consideration for my own breeding plans. Any other suggestions/opinions on this would be appreciated!

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Originally Posted by Reps4life

If money wasnt an issue i assume?

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Yep, if money weren't an issue. It is just a hypothetical question. However, I would imagine that for many starters money is a restraint and that's why I choose the more common morphs to start out with. Also, because I would want to start out small to build experience with breeding just in case things went south for some reason.

The way I would start if I could start again would be get your females first...may dom or codom, some cheaper animals such as pastels or mojaves or pinstripes etc...take this time to get your husbandry skills up to par and save your money for a year and pop on a killer tripple codom male to breed to all your females...one male can comfortably breed with 4-5 females...waiting a year and saving your money allows you to buy a more genetically complex male, and when you wait a year to purchase him he will become sexually mature at the same time as your females! Just how I would do it if it were me! :)

I would not do any recessive morphs, it will take too long and you would need a few female normals to keep from inbreeding too much. I would stick with you basic popular morphs, make a little money and then move up from that. Of course you would want to get equipment before snakes. Anyway this is what I started with.

1) Female Cinnapin
2) Male Mojave
3) Female spider
4) Female het pied
5) Male Het pied
6)Male Pastel
7) Female Lesser
You can hit some really cool looking morphs from this.

just need 5 female normals and a coral glow and bananna in the males

I've just finished buying to do something like this and I bought

Females
normal ( big breedable ) x2
mojave
bumble bee

male
Lesser ( dr Del thank you again)

Hopefully I'll have good luck and have Blue eyes, mojave's , lesser's , Queen bee , spider and pastels next year .


:)

Well I just started out and this is what I got

1.1 Fire
1. Lesserbee
1.1 Pastel
.1 normal

I want to get rid of the male pastel and get more females. i want another fire female. I also want a butter pinstripe male. I'm really into the fire morphs. While still a bisic morph and kinda cheap, they do wonders! I also want a BlkEL so bad.

I would probably go with all females to start as well.

On a budget I would get:
2-3 Pastels
1-2 Mojave
1-2 Lessers/Butters

If I could have anything I wanted and stay at 6 females:
pastel calico
Firefly
Queenbee
BEL (Lesser/Lesser or Lesser/Mojave)
Super Pastel Yellow Belly
Super Pastel Pied

Now I really want to win the lottery, I would love to have even just one of the snakes off my non-budget list. :P