New to Breeding, Excited to begin... Here's what I have so far!

[JadeEliz]

Hi everyone! I am new to the world of ball python breeding. We have had our albino boy, Twinkie for over a year now and I recently became interested in becoming a hobby breeder. I breed sugar gliders and enjoy every minute of it so while I am not new to breeding, snakes are definitely not sugar gliders! Lol. I am lucky to have a mentor close by that has been in the hobby since before I was born and I am also reading as much as I can on the forums. I thought I would share what I have so far and would welcome any input/suggestions if you have any.

As far as housing goes, I have three racks on the way from Dragons4you.com. A V18 Hatchling Rack 18 tub, a combo rack with 8-15 qt tubs and 1-32 qt, and a 41 qt 3 level rack all with belly heat. I know I will need more racks eventually, but hopefully this will get me started. I also have a herpstat 4 and a hydrofarm thermostat, and a home made incubator (from my mentor). I have soaking/water bowls and hides for each of my tubs and plan to use cypress mulch for the substrate.

I have also ordered a large supply of feeders from Rodent Pro and my mentor is looking into a local source as well which would be great. Now for the snakes, I may have gotten carried away, lol. I adore just about every one I see! My list is as follows:

2014 babies

0.1 High White Pied
0.1 Killer Bee Fire
0.1 Calider
0.1 White Diamond
0.1 Champagne Coral Glow
0.1 Killer Bee Calico
0.1 Cinnamon Enchi
1.0 Pastel Ivory
1.0 Banana Woma
1.0 Yellow belly Pinstripe
1.0 Spied

2013 yearlings

0.1 Yellow belly
1.0 Albino

Adults

0.1 Bumblebee (bred)
0.1 Albino Het
0.1 Normal

So all in all, 11 females and 5 males. I have some pairings in mind already but if you see anything that could make some really nice offspring don't hesitate to say so!

Anyway, thank you all for the chance to say hi and I look forward to continuing to learn, meeting new interesting people and enjoying my new passion.

-Jade

[Ransack]

You have an excellent collection already, did you buy them slowly, individually? It seems like someone put a big package together for you,by the way you described that you have racks and feeders coming.

Enjoy, breed what YOU like and I hope you have a great time!

[BumbleB]

Wow what a way to break into the hobby. You have a great collection already

[JadeEliz]

Thanks! I have my albino boy (pet store purchased, my first snake), the pastel ivory (ben siegel), and the calider (TS Geckos and Balls) at home already. The bumblebee, normal, albino het, killer bee fire, yellow belly, and yellow belly pinstripe are coming from my local mentor. The Champagne Coral Glow and Banana Woma are coming from the Breeders Circle, the pied girl from BBC Reptiles, the spied, killer bee calico, and cinnamon enchi from Bob's Balls, and the White Diamond from Ben Siegel. We are waiting to bring the rest home until my racks are here and ready.

[Ransack]

LOL, You won Bob Vu's charity raffle! Haha, awesome. That was a sick, sick deal, I know the price he sold you either the male Spied or the Killer Calico and it was basically like insane. Good Job though.

I am a monster, monster Spider and Spinner fan, I have to see that Killer Fire Bee when you get it, please post a picture.