new to breeding, where would i study

hi i am wanting to start learning the genetics and breeding part of ball pythons. I have had bps, but just started to want to learn more about them. Where would you suggest looking to learn as much as possible about the genetics and the breeding process of it. Like you people that know it very well how did you learn?

Look around in all the breeding and genetics posts here, the people on here are realy helpful when it comes to learning. Also just use any search engine, and type in ball python breeding, there are a lot of breeders who put care and how to sheets on their sites.

ok thank you oh and what is this stuff i see like 1.1 spiders and 0.1 honeybee etc.... what does that mean

The 1.1.1 Means one male. One female. one unsexed or the 1.1 Spiders is one male. one female spiders. so 0.1 Honey Bee is one female.
Hope this helps
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Sloan Reptiles

sex and number

1.0 one male (if it said spider, than that is the morph)
0.1 one female (morph here)
0.0.1 unsexed (morph here)



example:
I have 4 normal BP females
0.4 normals

I have 2 possible het snows a male and a female
1.1 pos het snow

I have one male possible het axantic
1.0 pos het axantic

For more help on Morphs and IDing them visit the NERD website
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/ner...ollection.html

ok thank you guys very much

Alright rocky...

Jamie Lynn said to search "Ball Python breeding"; these are my first results:

http://www.constrictors.com/Informat...sBreeding.html

http://www.kingsnake.com/ballpythonguide/

You don't want to know how many people have asked what the numbers stand for, and I've only been on this forum for a few months.

I do a forum search on the keyword "Numbers"

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/searc...earchid=810955

Please be considerate and just do a google search, a forum search, and especially look at the stickies. The sticky on genetics on this website really helped me.

Rocky, start here:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=16938

It's the first thread on page 160 of the BPnet Breeding Forum. Read from there, back to page 1. By the time you get through it, you'll have all the answers you need.

I would also reccommend two great books.

"The Complete Ball Python" by Kevin McCurley
and
"Ball Pythons-Pythons of the World, Volume 2"
by David and Tracy Barker

Great books with killer info and pics.

A must have for any serious ball python person:gj:

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Originally Posted by DutchHerp

Alright rocky...

Jamie Lynn said to search "Ball Python breeding"; these are my first results:

http://www.constrictors.com/Informat...sBreeding.html

http://www.kingsnake.com/ballpythonguide/

You don't want to know how many people have asked what the numbers stand for, and I've only been on this forum for a few months.

I do a forum search on the keyword "Numbers"

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/searc...earchid=810955

Please be considerate and just do a google search, a forum search, and especially look at the stickies. The sticky on genetics on this website really helped me.

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yea i was just on both of those for like 2 hours. thank you. oh and slim thank you too.

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

I would also reccommend two great books.

"The Complete Ball Python" by Kevin McCurley
and
"Ball Pythons-Pythons of the World, Volume 2"
by David and Tracy Barker

Great books with killer info and pics.

A must have for any serious ball python person:gj:

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I agree - they are my go to books!

Then once your done reading and "feel" you have a well rounded education on the topic, no better teacher than experience exists. Then while breeding go back and read all that stuff again and you will start to develop a true understanding of what they were really talking about during the 50% or more of it you felt lost during the first reading of.

Should take a look at these to understand breeding recessive, codom or dominant.

http://www.ballpython.ca/what_get/recessive.html
http://www.ballpython.ca/what_get/co_dominant.html
http://www.ballpython.ca/what_get/dominant.html

http://www.ballpython.ca/genetics.html

After than, you can start by combining different base morph together.

ok thank you guys very much i am going to start reading. and this week i am getting 1.1 het albino and in about a month getting a male albino. But don't worry im gonna go through the whole quarantine process and not planing on breeding for about a year. oh and when in quarantine do i have to keep the males in seperate areas of the house or is that just for the males and females not being able to see/smell each other.THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!