I have been looking into breeding for a long time now, but one thing I just can't make a decision on is what I should start with. I spoke to Brian from BHB and he recommended Banana ball pythons. This would be great to do, but I would need a female and females tend to be so expensive (I keep seeing 600+) since they're more rare. I've been thinking about getting at least a codom gene. My male is a normal ball python with a lot of clean tan on his tail and white that lifts up a little on his sides pretty nicely, so I've also thought of trying to bring that out in some way.

What would you suggest?