Kevin's 'A&K Exotics' 1st Year Breeding Question Thread

[kevinb]

So yeah, long title, but this isn't a thread that has one question and one answer. I plan on making this my 1st year breeding diary/question thread. I have cut back on some of the snakes I planned on getting right away, as I really doubt I will have $12+ to my disposial. So if you have read my other thread I posted the other day I changed the list a bit and the pairings. I will be starting to do some extensive research on how to breed. More so than before, as the whole ovulation and stuff confuses me. Lol. Anywho here is my list (*it may alter a little from time to time, but I like my odds with this starting crew*)

1.1 Black Pastels
1.0 Enchi
1.0 OG Mojave
1.0 Pastel Spotnose
0.1 Bumblebee
0.1 Lemonblast
0.1 Fire
0.1 High Contrast Albino
0.1 Spotnose
0.3-5 Normal
0.1 Butter Pastel (I tend to like the buttery qualities of butters as compared to lessers)

planned pairs are as follows, but it may be completely different in the end.

-Black Pastel (M) x Black Pastel (F), Lemonblast, Fire, High Contrast Albino
-Enchi x High Contrast Albino, Spotnose, Butter Pastel, Fire
-Pastel Spotnose x Spotnose, Black Pastel (F), Bumblebee, Lemonblast, Fire
-OG Mojave x Butter Pastel, Spotnose, Bumblebee, Lemonblast

And for those who are going to comment with, "You shouldn't do a 'who's your daddy' breeding with a recessive trait" don't worry. I am very much aware, I am really just trying to work in the Mojave, not so much the OG, but future breedings will include OG work...just not to start with.

There is a lot of potential with these pairings to hit a lot of stuff, what I'm looking to hit include: *if any of these have a simpler name please let me know*

Enchi het. Albino
Butter Pastel Enchi
Pastel Powerball
Powerball
Enchi Fire
Black Pewter Spotnose
Super pastel spotnose
Spotnose Spider
Lemonblast Spotnose
Spotnose Fire
Jigsaws
Pastel Spotnose Fire
Pastave
Pastel Enchi
Butter Enchi
Black Pewter
Spotnose Bumblebee
Killerbees

and the list goes on, but that's if there is more than one father taking to a female.


Anywho, I'll probably be asking some questions in the future and letting everyone know whats going on in my world as I start making arrangements for my first breeding stock.


Thanks so much!
Kevin.

[sookieball]

Plans sound kewl. Good luck..

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[wwmjkd]

I'm not trying to be a killjoy, and your plans do sound interesting, but I can hardly keep up with your posts. I appreciate speculation and potential breeding projects as much as anyone else, but I have to think that you might be better served holding off on a few of these threads at least until you're able to get back into balls again.

at any rate, you do have an eye for unique pairings. I hope you're able to get invested in the projects you've mentioned at some point soon. all the best.

[kevinb]

I know I do make a crap ton of threads with various different list of start up snakes, but this one is pretty much it, the real deal. Lots of my other threads were dreams really, this is actually plausible. Sorry if I get annoying with all my post, but that's why I made this one. So I can ask all my questions in one spot.

[Tidus10]

seems very ambitious.. this is my first year breeding and i couldnt imagine having more then 3 pairs, just a lot to clean and care for and keep track and feed and whatnot.. not to mention a lot to mess up if you arent familiar with incubation and all that...

[kevinb]

I'm not going to argue with you on that, it is a lot of work and care to be taken, but oddly enough my favorite thing to do is clean....not just snake cages but anything in the house lol. I'm very anal retentive and need things clean or I get really bad OCD like symptoms...such as anxiety. There is a reason I made this thread now and that is so I will be prepared for when my first clutches come which is probably anpther 4+ years away.

[Tidus10]

just giving you words of wisdom, im going through it right now and its a lot to keep track of.. i would personally start off with a few morphs and normals just to get a hang of things... also keep in mind the cost of feeding.. 15 snakes, one rat a week (minimum) is (cheapest) $30 a week... i feed my girls twice a week so its easily $45 a week if i were to pay for it

[kevinb]

just giving you words of wisdom, im going through it right now and its a lot to keep track of.. i would personally start off with a few morphs and normals just to get a hang of things... also keep in mind the cost of feeding.. 15 snakes, one rat a week (minimum) is (cheapest) $30 a week... i feed my girls twice a week so its easily $45 a week if i were to pay for it

Thanks for the input, with that being said I am probably one of the most organized people in new york anymore. My compulsive cleanliness has gone so far that I label everything and organize everything certain ways. For instance me and my gf dvd collection is seperated by genre, then alphabetized. Its really not that difficult to keep good records of everything and keep everything organized if you know what your doing. As for the rats, well its as simple as breeding them myself, then freezing the extras for a rainy day. Much cheaper than buying a ton of rats a week, and no need to leave the house for them. Its a lot of work yes, but if your like me and all you do is clean/origanize/arrange because your body can't sit still for 5 seconds its a godsend.

[kevinb]

So question time.

Is it stupid of me to purchase pairs of each morph that I want in the codom aspect? I want to aim for supers of all the codoms, recessives I have so that I can for sure put the gene into other combos.

Sure I could go out and buy a super but that wouldn't let me put it to every male and or female I have.

So basically is it stupid to buy pairs of everything if they will all be utilized?

[kevinb]

Anyone?