Quote Originally Posted by Domepiece View Post
I understand but some of the lower end morphs will take you years to make your money back if thats your intent. For instance a snow will run you a couple thousand dollars, say its a female, theres 3 years right there before you can see any return, then she pumps out normal double hets, probably not enough to break even on the snake, then another year to try again, your talking investing 2,000 for four years to see minimal return, you can double your money easier than that by investing in more tradition market situations so I'm just not understanding the high price. Especially on the 20,000 snakes. Who is buying these animals, they have to be sitting on them for years.
You could breed a Queen Bee with a Lesser Pastel and get a clutch full of normals. Or you could get a clutch full of killer queen bees. Just saying its possible and all depends on the odds. Ball python breeding shouldnt be about the money. sure making your investment back is always nice and being able to fund your breeding projects with the returns youre getting from sales is nice as well, but youre right, if youre trying to make a quick buck, dont choose to breed ball pythons. Its a long and expensive process and you won't see any returns for 3 or 4 years.

To try and answer your question, you need to choose what morphs and outcomes you want to breed wisely. If you are trying to make your return back in the first few years, breeding two recessives to make double hets would not be a good idea at all because a) people would be hesitant to buy double hets from someone who isnt known, b) double hets would be harder to sell than codom or dominant mixed morphs. The only reason you would make double hets is to try and produce a visual form of two combined recessive genes. The longer a process takes for a snake to be made, the more expensive it will be.