I have a few Pieds right now.... my nice 0.1 Pied "Petra" who is sitting at 1100g just off a shed before I gave her 2 small rats this week, and my 1.0 Pied "Holmes" who sat at 1475g when I got him and chows a med rat before it hits the floor of his tub. Hopefully they will be introduced in a few months if my pied girl keeps puttng on the weight. Both great eaters. The 0.1 prefers 2 small rats over a medium rat... sometimes a just a small rat and a crawler. Either way she gets ~100g a week.
I've really gotten turned onto the Pieds lately... I don't care high or low white.
These options are in no particular "favorite" order of mine:
My question is where should I head this Pied Project next year??
Option #1- I have a chance at a 100% Het Pied 1.0 Black Pastel witha nice ringer at 500g and a 100% Het Pied girl at 800g for $1300 for the pair. Chance at visual Black Pastel Pieds next year. Positives- wouldn't a Black Pastel Pied be nice.... negatives- no guarantee of any visuals.
Option #2- Pick up another visual 0.1 Pied that could make it next fall.... 800g range, for $1000. She is a 2010 and advertised as a kinda picky eater.... small/med rat every 2-3 weeks. I'm slightly concerned she may not make weight by next year. Positives- all visuals, and my 1.0 Pied came from this breeder. Negatives- picky eater.
Option #3- Pick up a well started 2011, 350g 0.1 visual Pied from a reputable member on this forum. May or may not make it next fall depending on how she feeds. Positive- all visuals. Negative- may not make next fall.
Option #4- Pick up a few 100% Het Pied girls.... $1000 for 2 of them between 750g-850g each. Positives- at least one is likely to make weight next fall. Negatives- not all visuals.
Option #5- get the 0.1 well started visual from the forum member here for and maybe a 100% Het girl.
The 2 100% Het Pieds should statistically give me the same amount of visuals as one visual girl, but I have to feed two mouths for a year vs. one with either visual. I'm not really keen on the 100% Het x 100% Het. I'm new to breeding and without a name, unloading a bunch of 100% Hets could prove difficult. I really don't want to get into breeding $5K+ Black Pastel and Black Panda Pieds. I'm just too new without a name and will end up owning a bunch of Hets I'll need to find homes for.
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