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    Question Starting out new. What should I get?

    So I've owned a normal ball python before had success raising it and when i went to college I donated it to my little brother for safe keeping with focusing on my studies. After graduating and moving on in the big world, I'm looking for a part time hobby and would like to get into breeding ball pythons.

    I've done my research with how to breed and genetics and all that good stuff but I'm really stumped on what morphs to start out with. I'm fascinated with bananas, and Super Cinnamons and I've read into their genetic problems with breeding and what not but I'm sort of weary of breeding them for my first time. I know piebalds are popular but im not really into going the "mainstream" route(if i can say that). I know people say breed what you like but I'm really fascinated in the creating and mixing mutations aspect. So I want advice from established breeders and newbie breeders that maybe learned somethings along the way and wished they bought or got something different and went down a different route.

    If you had to start all over and start out with 1 male and 1 female what would you choose?

    Would you get simple 1 or 2 gene male and females?
    Or would you get a powerhouse ( atleast 3- 5 genes) male and/or female?
    What morphs would you try to play with first?
    Would you buy a proven female or baby or sub adult?

    I know im going to stay small and get 1 male possible 2-3 females and try to grow as i get the hang of it instead of trying to grow big right away, but im just having a hard time getting my feet wet because i want to buy everything on morphmarket but i know i can't yet. I hope this makes sense and thank you to the people who spend the time to read this and respond.
    Last edited by glcharles94; 12-05-2018 at 03:17 PM.

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