What ball python morphs should I get into?

I have been breeding normal's for 2 seasons now. Now that I have some experience under my belt and money from my part timer, I want to start getting into raising/ breeding morphs oh these awesome animals. There is a expo coming up in about a month by that time I will have about 1300 to spend give or take. I want to get 3 or 4 snakes, but open minded to any suggestions.. I need your guys and girls help.. Thanks!!:):)

Try finding a male bumblebee to run thru ur existing normal females. that way u are still using some of ur collection efficiently

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Originally Posted by Bill T

Try finding a male bumblebee to run thru ur existing normal females. that way u are still using some of ur collection efficiently

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yea i wanted to try to reuse them I have 3 females left.

Personally I would look for a nice 2 gene male like a pewter, pastel yellowbelly, bumble bee. I would also look for a few nice single morph females. I would base them off the male that I had decided on.

If u breed a bumblebee to a normal u can get bumblebees jungle pastels and spiders. It kinda breaks the morph back down and u can still get bumblebees

I agree. A couple double gene animals would be good. A nice butter pastel, lemon blast, or black pewter. If it were me id get recessive stuff...but that's me. ;)

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I was doing some research and others say a bumblebee (F) and a lemon blast (m) and a nice pastel (f)

You should get a bumble bee. I currently have a bumble bee male and a pastel female and will be getting a normal female to also pair with him. If you breed a bumble bee to a normal you will get bumble bees, pastels, spiders, and normals. Then you can hold back a female pastel and breed it to the bumble bee and get some killer bees, super pastels, bumble bees, pastels, and spiders. But, that is just my opinion.

I say get whatever your heart desires lol everyones taste is different but personally I love recessive projects. They are so much fun and always a gamble!

The market is killed with so-so Bumble Bees and Lemon Blasts right now. I would find a different direction that you like.

Possible Males I would consider:
Fire YB
Vanilla Pin
Fire Fly
Black Pewter

I would then get a Vanilla or Fire Female to round out the group for now.

That is my opinion, there really are a million ways to go on this one.

I agree that bumblebees are going out unless its a het. And its hard to find a good quality lemon blast.

I'd go with something with yellowbelly or black pewter like jinx suggested.
Maybe go for some single gene hets. For example: pastel het hypo, mojaves het hypo, spider het hypo, etc etc.
There's a lot of neat things that come out of recessive gene breedings.

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Depends on what you like. I like spiders, bumblebee, a nice pastel would also be good. There is lots of other stuff that's nice, but the price tag starts going up. So, I would just go and see what strikes your fancy. Then you can decide how many snakes you want and how much to spend on each. Once you go look, you will probably find something you fall in love with, and presto, decision made. Have fun shopping!

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Originally Posted by jinx667

The market is killed with so-so Bumble Bees and Lemon Blasts right now. I would find a different direction that you like.

Possible Males I would consider:
Fire YB
Vanilla Pin
Fire Fly
Black Pewter

I would then get a Vanilla or Fire Female to round out the group for now.

That is my opinion, there really are a million ways to go on this one.

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Originally Posted by satomi325

I agree that bumblebees are going out unless its a het. And its hard to find a good quality lemon blast.

I'd go with something with yellowbelly or black pewter like jinx suggested.
Maybe go for some single gene hets. For example: pastel het hypo, mojaves het hypo, spider het hypo, etc etc.
There's a lot of neat things that come out of recessive gene breedings.

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I agree with this.....I have seen sooooooooooooooo many bees and lemonblast in the last few years its crazy, way to many put there...and low quality at that......I'm only getting a bee because it looks amazing when mixed with the clown gene. :)

And even with that said its a bee het red axanthic and its gotta be perfect....no spots!

Less(er) is more. I love my lesser female and can't wait to breed her. With that budget, I go with a kingpin male and something like a fire/black pastel/spider single-gene female (or dual-gene, if the budget works out). Getting recessive hets is cool, too, except you won't know what offspring from your normal females are carrying the gene (will all be 50% poss hets).

I personally would not deal with a het unless you also have a visual.

There are a ton of ways to go. Bumblebees can be overdone ill admit but they are still one of my favorites. If u get a nice one its an ausome addition to anyones collection. Garrick Demeyer has always sent me beautiful snakes. And the fact u can get 3 morphs out of a single pairing appealed to me. but everyones opinion is different.