Hello there!
My husband and I are fairly new to ball pythons and have 3 sweet little babies, all only about 1 month old (0.1 normal, 1.1 butters).
We hope to breed a few years out from now, and plan on expanding our collection very soon.
We want to be very project minded, starting out simply, purchasing animals who we hope to invest in years before they ever breed, as well as for pure enjoyment of the species!
That being said, I was wondering what some of your first breeding projects were and how you got started? What were your first pairings and how many did you start out with?
My husband and I would be very small scale, breeding and keeping snakes more for our own enjoyment and hobbies sake.
Currently, with our 2 little butters, we'd like to someday produce more butters as well as BELS. We hope to purchase a mojave and perhaps a lesser as part of that project. But we'd like to have another project or two in mind as well, and I was wondering what input you could offer in terms of getting started with long-term breeding projects, pairing, personal experiences, etc.
It's been wonderful reading all of the encouragement, advice and overall helpfulness in answering questions for those, who like me, are interested in breeding one day!