Loading genes into male or female?

[Sugarbone]

I've been window shopping forever while I wait for my living conditions to allow snakes, and I think I'd like to be a hobby breeder (I bred rosy boas as a kid, with adult assisstance of course). I'd really like to produce super pastels and bumblebees above all else right now, but I was wondering - would you buy a gene-heavier male or female? I thought I might invest in a male super pastel because they're simply beautiful animals and I could guarantee that pastel gene to all his babies - ie 1 gene mamas; spider females, pastel female for more supers, fire female. But I often read of breeding suggestions with more genes in the female?

Just wondering what opinions are on that. Thanks. I also didn't know if this fit into breeding or morphs!

[mainbutter]

The smart way to go (lowest cost of keeping and initial purchase, for highest potential yield in breeding) is to have a SMALL number of male breeders and a moderate number of female breeders.

If I was going to spend big bucks to buy a morph female and spend 2-3 years raising it up, no way am I going to buy a $50 normal male that only takes a year or so before it can have its first attempt at breeding. You do a nice female an injustice by pairing her with a cheap male.

[Kinra]

Generally I think it's better to have a power house male, like a super pastel, and several females. But I also think that females should be co-dom morphs, it makes it a lot easier to produce supers. Like if you breed a super pastel male to a female spider you either need to have an adult pastel on hand or wait 2-3 years before you can attempt to make killer bees.

It really depends on what you want to produce though. I like spiders, so I would probably do a male bee into several pastel females or a different co-dom morph. My collection grew to meet my needs, which is why I have pyb and bee female instead of a nice multi-gene male.

[Sugarbone]

Yeah, killer bees are definitely a longer term goal for me - they're the morph that got me into bps Garrick DeMeyer actually had a very well priced pair of bumblebee male and pastel female, I was dying on the inside. Thanks for your thoughts

[Kinra]

Garrick is great to work with. I got my female bee from him and she is amazing.

[Simple Man]

Since a male can breed to multiple females it is logical to get as many genes as you can afford in the male and then buy single gene females or double genes if your pockets are deeper. This makes the most business sense to produce more multigene snakes with less cost.

Regards,

B