Best starter morph?

[Freddiesinmyseat]

I have a quick question for all you experienced breeders out there. If you could spend up to $1000 on a single morph to start out breeding, what morph would that be and why?

Can't wait to hear from you all!
Fadere

[Turbo Serpent]

You could spend 1k on a Bumblebee Male and run him through a few normal females.

[Freddiesinmyseat]

You could spend 1k on a Bumblebee Male and run him through a few normal females.

that's one thing I was considering doing. however, it seems that it would be too common of an idea. I'm really curious to see what everyone says lol. Even if it's just normals, I want to hear a good reason why(or atleast an interesting one)

[Mike Schultz]

Buy a male het [anything] and 4 or 5 female poss hets

Or the same thing with a codom trait and normal females.

[Freddiesinmyseat]

Buy a male het [anything] and 4 or 5 female poss hets

Or the same thing with a codom trait and normal females.

ah, I didn't think of that. I was pretty much writing off poss hets altogether, but this would be the case I can see them most useful. Lower cost for a possible morph outcome, a gamble that could be worth taking with the right morphs

[Pinoy Pythons]

Personally, my choice here is a bumblebee too. But a codom male het for something lus a female het for something can be nice too. Hmm, lets say a male spider het hypo plus a female het hypo will do. Though Im not pretty sure if that would fit in the budget.

[Mike Schultz]

ah, I didn't think of that. I was pretty much writing off poss hets altogether, but this would be the case I can see them most useful. Lower cost for a possible morph outcome, a gamble that could be worth taking with the right morphs

Thats the cheapest way to do it... a better way would be to get a male homozygous (i.e. an actual albino to test on poss het albinos)

That way you have a lot better chances of getting homozygous babies out of the poss hets if they happen to be hets. as opposed to say a Male het to a female poss het and getting no albino babies- you still could have a het female that just missed out on the odds.

Of course it all depends on how much cash you wanna throw down in the beginning

[Freddiesinmyseat]

Thats the cheapest way to do it... a better way would be to get a male homozygous (i.e. an actual albino to test on poss het albinos)

That way you have a lot better chances of getting homozygous babies out of the poss hets if they happen to be hets. as opposed to say a Male het to a female poss het and getting no albino babies- you still could have a het female that just missed out on the odds.

Of course it all depends on how much cash you wanna throw down in the beginning

that's where my financial planning comes in

I'm pretty much setting up a detailed 5 year plan based on job income, breeding income, breeding expenses and basic living expenses, then calculating in savings for the "oh crap" account.

liking the ideas so far though, definitely something to think about

[Freddiesinmyseat]

Personally, my choice here is a bumblebee too. But a codom male het for something lus a female het for something can be nice too. Hmm, lets say a male spider het hypo plus a female het hypo will do. Though Im not pretty sure if that would fit in the budget.

lol. maybe not spider het hypo, but something along those lines would definitely make sense.

[muddoc]

The most expensive one you can afford. That's my smart a## answer for the day. If you would like to breed, you can recoup your money faster that way, however, remember that you will clean and feed whatever you buy for at least 20 years.