What morphs or hets would be in your group?

[Rbishop]

Hello everyone! Im new to ball-pythons.net. I am almost ready to get a group of 6 to 7 ball pythons. I am just waiting to sale my 1.1 moreilia viridis and my 1.0 lavender retic. In the mean time i figured I would ask some of you BP vets a question or two. If you were just getting into ball pythons and could purchase a group of 6 or 7 ball pythons to go into the rack, What morphs,hets,and ratio's of males to females would you get?

thanks for your help,
Rusty.

[OhhWatALoser]

I would buy all my females first, then give them a year or so to grow up before finding a male or 2 to pair up to them when everyone gets up to size. you really can't go wrong with any morph, I would just suggest trying to find the best example of the morph you can.

nice thing about this hobby, buy what you like, breed for things you want.

[darkbloodwyvern]

Question is, what do you like? I personally like: pieds, spiders, fires, yellowbellies and pastels! But you should figure out what you like and go for it! If you like a really expensive morph, buy a couple as opposed to 6!

[snakesRkewl]

If you like a really expensive morph, buy a couple as opposed to 6!

This!

How much you plan on spending dictates what you can get and always get something you'll enjoy looking at every time you open the tub

Example:

Pastel yellowbelly male
Bumblebee female
super pastel female

This trio can produce: Pastels, Super Pastels, Bumblebees. Killerbees, yellowbelly's, pastel yellowbelly's and super pastel yellowbelly's and normals from the bee too, but odds are for mostly morphs to come from those breedings.

Less can be more if you get a double or triple male.

[SlitherinSisters]

This!

How much you plan on spending dictates what you can get and always get something you'll enjoy looking at every time you open the tub

Example:

Pastel yellowbelly male
Bumblebee female
super pastel female

This trio can produce: Pastels, Super Pastels, Bumblebees. Killerbees, yellowbelly's, pastel yellowbelly's and super pastel yellowbelly's and normals from the bee too, but odds are for mostly morphs to come from those breedings.

Less can be more if you get a double or triple male.

I like this plan

And the plan of getting all the girls now and getting a couple boys in a year or so. The girls need another year or two more than the boys to grow up. As for what you could get that all depends on how much money you would have to spend!

[wax32]

I'd get all females THIS year, picking the co-dom morphs you like (for example: mojo, cinny, spider, pastel, whatever) ... even some female hets of recessives like albino, hypo, or pied. Then NEXT year buy a male of a different morph that is also a het, maybe a mojo het hypo, or cinny het albino. THEN you can make some NEAT stuff.