Best blood x ball python aproach

[2kdime]

Its just breeding two different species together that are from 2 completely different continents.....

The whole hybrid talk on whether or not to do it is a discussion for another day, like you said.

I will say that the market for hybrids is very very small, so be prepared to house and feed the babies for the rest of their lives.

Sorry to have hijacked your thread.

And for it being wrong, it's not.

[Russ Lawson]

Its just breeding two different species together that are from 2 completely different continents.....

The whole hybrid talk on whether or not to do it is a discussion for another day, like you said.

I will say that the market for hybrids is very very small, so be prepared to house and feed the babies for the rest of their lives.

Sorry to have hijacked your thread.

This is if he even gets one. I have no problem with people trying to make hybrids like this if they want to. The chances of them being fertile are relatively slim, and even so, they will likely only produce extremely few viable eggs.

I have more a problem with people crossing locales or subspecies of the same genus or species reselling them as breeders. These animals are nearly always fertile, and when you get too many of them on the market it gets harder to figure which locale or subspecies animals are pure or if they've been "muddied up" by the more common locale/subspecies. I see a lot of this in boas with people crossing mutations into the different locales/subspecies, and don't care much for it at all, especially considering the rarity in the wild of some of the locales... I won't knock anyone for doing it (apart from a statement of my disagreement with them) and won't call anyone out, but I won't be buying any of the animals from them either.

Anyway, back on track... Dustin, best of luck if you do choose to attempt the bloodball. Definitely see what Kevin McCurley and Steve Roussis have to say. I'm certain any information they can provide would be very valuable to you in your efforts.

[WesleyTF]

what information you do find, go ahead and repost it here... I for one find the ball/carpet hybrid GORGEOUS and would love to have one.

[TessadasExotics]

If I am not mistaken NERD also created a ballxblood hybrid called a bat eater
Actually a lot of people have done it. Just do a search on google ball python x blood python you will come up with a few pics. They look stunning but personally I am against it. I don't agree with mixing species. If you are going to do it I would def contact BHB and NERD.

[Russ Lawson]

If I am not mistaken NERD also created a ballxblood hybrid called a bat eater
Actually a lot of people have done it. Just do a search on google ball python x blood python you will come up with a few pics. They look stunning but personally I am against it. I don't agree with mixing species. If you are going to do it I would def contact BHB and NERD.

Bateater is burm x retic. Many people have done it.

[TessadasExotics]

Yea I was wrong about the bat eater. I don't know why I was thinking that. It was the Wall I was thinking about WomaxBall

[Oroborous]

Another unhelpful comment, but you asked a question many people have strong opinions about. Be prepared to get some replies you weren't looking for(you did put this in BP breeding section). The best approach in my opinion is to just not do it at all. I just don't see the point.

[dturner100]

True people will have strong opinions about it, but it wasn't a thread on whether or not we all agree with hybridization.

I do apologize if I came off rude on my post stating such, but it's just a thread on the techniques of doing so. Not the morality of doing so.

Also as mentioned in a few posts there's an extremely small chance that I'd get any offspring at all more less create a huge market for hybrids that you may have to contend with.

As well to the guy that mentioned that I'd need space to house the offspring because of the small market: Thank you for the advice, but yes I'm well prepared to house 8 times the amount of snakes that I currently have.

Thanks for all the input everybody whether I agreed with it or not it's all helpful.

[Turbo Serpent]

While we are at it, lets just start making some Big-Foots. Anybody got a Chimp or Gorilla sitting around?

[RhacHead]

While we are at it, lets just start making some Big-Foots. Anybody got a Chimp or Gorilla sitting around?

You can do that?