A friend of mine recently got me hooked on ball pythons. He convinced me to just go to an expo with him and I ended up leaving there with multiple snakes. I've done some research, and there is still a lot more to be done. Our collection right now consists of:
Female: Male: 2 Pastels Pastel Lesser Bumble Bee Fire Pinstripe
Right now our thoughts on breeding are:
Female Male Possible results Pastel Pinstripe 1/4 Lemon Blasts Pastel Bee 1/8 Killerbee 1/8 Super Pastels Fire Bee 1/8 FireBee, 1/8 Firefly Lesser Pinstripe 1/4 Kingpin
The male Pastel is one that my friend bought that we currently have nothing to breed him to.
This is the first season and none of our snakes are big enough to breed yet. We will be ready by next year. I have about reached the max I am willing to spend (for now), unless there is something for under $500 that yall really think would help my collection.
Right now we have the snakes in fish tanks and we are looking at getting used snake racks for about $250-$300 from a local reptile shop. The owner of the store also breeds ball pythons so I have spent a lot of time talking to him. He said that my next step, other than the equipment, should be to start getting into recessive traits like orange ghost.
He has 3 100% het orange ghost females that he is willing to sell me for a pretty good deal. A pastel, normal, and spider together for $350. I could get a het male to breed with them next year. I'm really considering jumping on this. Would you? Or would you suggest that I stick with what I have for now?
As I said, I am very new to this and I'm looking for other peoples opinions. My goal with breeding is to make the higher end/cooler looking snakes, but also to at least make enough money to cover the costs. I know this is a long term investment and I don't expect to make my money back within a year. But I would love to be able to make new
combinations of ball pythons and make some money in the process.
Thanks for reading this post, if there is any other information you feel would help you give better advice or a more informed opinion please let me know.
Thank you,
Colby
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