best investment?

[Maurice Tebele]

well i have some ball pythons already,(look at sig) but was wondering what morph was the best one to get! now dont go and say bumble bee pied mojave clown butter!!!!! something within the $600 range(i wish less was more).i know the best is the one I like, but i want to know what you think! i was thinking of getting a double het hypo clown male and a het hypo female. any better ideas?i love pictures so please post the morph(if you can)! thanks for responding!

[BallsUnlimited]

best investment i would say would be a albino lav and a het albino lav. But thats just me. I would say for the 600 price range and regular albino would prob be a very good investment. Get it paired with a het albino female and you should hopefully make your money back and some on top if all goes well and you produce a decent clutch of half albinos and half het for albinos.

[steveboos]

I'll just tell you after making a few mistakes, just buy a codom and a normal. If you get Albinos or Het Albinos, just remember that EVERYONE will have albinos come this summer and it wont really be worth your while. On the other hand spend that $600 on a male bumblebee and get a Normal breedable female and you can realistically make your money back on one good clutch. Now don't go in this for the money, but co-doms and double co-doms are your best bet cause then normal females are actually a very good thing to have!

[BallsUnlimited]

the reason i say albinos is bc almost every1 is absolutely in love with them. yes every1 breeds them but depending on your area and clients it may or may not be a good idea. I know i have tons of people who ask me when are the albino babies dropping already. What you suggested would work out very good as well.

[Freakie_frog]

600.00 isn't really an "investment" amount to spend on a Ball. Now that's not to say that its pocket change by any ones standards. 600.00 is 600 buck all day long but this years 600.00 animal could very well be next years 250.00 animal.. given the time it takes to grow a snake to maturity and the added expense of food housing and any medical your 600.00 snake will cost you 1200.00 easy before you ever even pair up the first time.

If your considering a real investment in ball pythons consider something in the 2-5K range..yes its tons more money but the market for that price range is smaller and more competitive. Look at things like the "Desert" or "Lavender Albinos"..

[Maurice Tebele]

thanks!!! keep it coming!,and you know what, i guess 600 is not allot, ill say $1200? please keep the thread alive

[MKHerps]

Looks like you are high on males. So get yourself some female co-dom/dom morphs. I like to think that adult female pastels are worth there weight in gold when it comes to producing cool double co-dom babies. In the end you would like to replace all your normal females with pastel females or super pastel females, Fireflies, Yb pastel feamles. Things like that. Then you can add your co-dom males that you already have to these females and turn some decent money. But in the end go with what you like so you have fun doing it.

Matt

[Oroborous]

If your budget was my budget, I would buy a pair of cinnamon pastels, I love the super cinny. And they make some great combos.

[Mike Schultz]

For 1200 you could probably get ahold of a male bee and a female lemon blast. Breed those together and you're money

[Maurice Tebele]

For 1200 you could probably get ahold of a male bee and a female lemon blast. Breed those together and you're money

is I'm not mistakin a lemon blast alone is over 1200 nevermind the bee!