Best ratio?

[Mike41793]

In everyones opinion what do you all think the best ratio of males to females are to have in a collection?
Right now i have:
1.1 cinnys
0.1 pastel
0.1 normal (im like 90% sure she is a she bc i tried popping her twice and got female both times but im not positive i did it correctly. But whatevr, he/she was my first snake so im never getting rid of her )

Anyways so i was just wondering what you guys get the most success with as far as ratios? Like keeping a 1.3 ratio, 1.4, 1.5??? How many females do you like to breed your males to?

[Royal Hijinx]

My current goal is 1:3, but is am sure higher wood not hurt.

[Mike41793]

Cool. Ive decided im gunna keep it to 8 or 9 bps until i finish school, no other species either. So im trying to decide what ratio i wanna do.
2.7 or 3.6
Im thinking 2.7...

[zues]

I am extremely female heavy but I am looking to add a male or two this year. I currently have 31 balls and only 4 are males. I am normally have 1 male to every 4 or 5 girls depending on the projects I'm working with. I recently sold some males and now I need to pick up replacements. I normally don't buy males untill I have a few females that are ready for him to breed.

[PghBall]

I'm definitely male heavy at 10.15 but will be holding back a couple of female morphs hopefully from the 3 clutches this year.

[LotsaBalls]

I have 8.17 but I'm planning on selling/giving away to friends at least three of the males soon. As well as holding back some more females this year. But it depends on what I hatch.

[Mike41793]

I have 8.17 but I'm planning on selling/giving away to friends at least three of the males soon. As well as holding back some more females this year. But it depends on what I hatch.

I'll take your pewter male of your hands for you lol...
So you have like a 1.2 ratio. Im loving all the differences in keeping methods people have here. It shows how you can be successfull breeding alot of different ways. Everybody doesnt HAVE to do it the same.
Im thinking that going female heavy would only benefit me so ill prolly do 2.7 or 2.6

[LotsaBalls]

Some of what throws off my ratio is a normal male I have that isn't breeding anyone and a couple het males that only have one or two females that they can go with.

[Simple Man]

Right near 4:1. I was running higher but it is necessary to have backup plans if you need to stop breeding a male. A ratio like this allows you to focus on buying the most expensive males you can. Males can breed multiple females so your money is better spent on them. You can holdback better females from your own breedings.

Regards,

B

[Slim]

Right now I'm at 5.0. Everyone keeps telling me it will never work, but what do people on the internet know, anyway

My local herp guy can't be wrong because he has turtles and stuff