Beginning Breeder picking out 1 Male and 4 Females, what would you suggest?

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Wow, I can see asking a question on this site, just gets you a bunch of smart !@#!@3 answers. Especially when someone is asking a general question, However, I have 35k to start the business thats why I said bang for the buck. For the couple of people who did try to help - thank you, the rest of you - move out of your parents basement and get a life.

Here is my advice for your future business plans...

Take the time to realize that about 20% of your success or failure in this business will be determined by what morphs you make. The other 80% will be determined by your reputation. Being snippy to people trying to help you in the best known ball python forum on the web is not a good start on the reputation building.

My observation...

If you legitimately had 35k to spend, and you legitimately have done lots of research; 1.) you wouldn't be asking us what you should get to breed. 2.) You wouldn't be suggesting a buble bee and a pastel.

My advice to you personally...

Spend about $1,000 getting a single base morph male and 2 single base morph females. Pick ones that you like to look at... pick ones that will make combos that you like to look at. Successfully breed those for a year or two... then decide if the other 34k should even be spent on ball pythons at all.

I don't know if the OP was the one originally being insulting... I was fairly active here a year ago, left for the summer and came back and found everyone has gotten a lot ruder to not just these kinds of posts, but all of them. Not sure how active I really feel like being here anymore. :/ It isn't hard to be -polite- even if the question has been asked a million times. If you feel like it's been asked too much, don't answer it! C'mon people.. cheer up and be nice to your fellow herpers, this isn't fauna. lol <3

People arent any ruder now then they were when I joined about 4 years ago... certain kinds of threads will always get negative responses, as they should.