What would you get if you had 10,to 12k to spend

[mpenny]

I already have a lot of small end snakes axanthics, desert, carmals, pieds etc. I am talking about high end morphs like bananas tri stripe etc.

[VEXER19]

I already have a lot of small end snakes axanthics, desert, carmals, pieds etc. I am talking about high end morphs like bananas tri stripe etc.

Are you talking like 1 snake or 2 to 3? Aren't bannanas like more than that? It depends on what you wanna do with it. Can you elaborate on your plans. Personally I would enjou creating high end morphs but if you its hard to say. Is it for breeding or just to have?

[cmack91]

definitly a tri-stripe then, i love those things, or a coral glow

edit: a disco would be next also

[evan385]

Bananas are 12-15k for a female and 50-60k for a male because males are more rare for some genetic reason.

[Ezekiel285]

Bananas are 12-15k for a female and 50-60k for a male because males are more rare for some genetic reason.

Is it because they are rare? I would think its because you can quickly create more bananas with a male (breeding to multiple females as soon as the male is 500g) while with a female you would only get one clutch after you waited 2 years for her to get to size.

[evan385]

Is it because they are rare? I would think its because you can quickly create more bananas with a male (breeding to multiple females as soon as the male is 500g) while with a female you would only get one clutch after you waited 2 years for her to get to size.

With ball pythons, as far as i've seen, 90% of the time the female is more expensive. With bananas i've heard that it's because males are much more rare. NERD had a video about coral glows, stating that first gen coral glows only rarely throw a male. You could have 3-4 clutches from a first gen banana or coral glow and only get one or two males. Don't quote me on that 3-4 number I just know that males are rare with the first gen bananas and coral glows and you can have a few clutches with only one or two males.

[Maixx]

On snakes-
A pair of Eastern Indigo.
A pair of SD Retics.

On bp's-
Bel

[Luke Martin]

I'd find a way to come up with another 3k and get a pair of GHI's, unless you were able to find a single male GHI from somewhere...but good luck with that!

[jjmitchell]

Is it because they are rare? I would think its because you can quickly create more bananas with a male (breeding to multiple females as soon as the male is 500g) while with a female you would only get one clutch after you waited 2 years for her to get to size.

With ball pythons, as far as i've seen, 90% of the time the female is more expensive. With bananas i've heard that it's because males are much more rare. NERD had a video about coral glows, stating that first gen coral glows only rarely throw a male. You could have 3-4 clutches from a first gen banana or coral glow and only get one or two males. Don't quote me on that 3-4 number I just know that males are rare with the first gen bananas and coral glows and you can have a few clutches with only one or two males.

There is a genetic reason males are more expensive. They are harder to produce. Taking what was said directly from Kevins mouth, Females can produce males and females, the first males produced mostly females with the extremely rare male. The rare male produced by the first male produced would produce primarily males.

And to the original question, If I was dropping 12k on a single breeding project it would be desert ghost, GHI, Spark male and yb combo females.

I could drop 12k on investment bps relatively easy, lol

[CapeFearConstrictors]

I think I would buy some gold........

Good idea! Way more valuable if your looking to make $$lol

You guys do know there are people out there who breed ball pythons for a living right?

Smart investments in ball pythons can definitely bring a much better return on investment than gold.

As for what I would do with the money, I would stock up on single gene, lower priced codom females, such as lessers, spiders, pinstripes and woma, throw in a few more pricy codom females, such as calicos, enchis and mystics. Then drop some good money on a couple nice males, like a tiger or a pastel champagne, or something else in the $3-5k range. I'd avoid single gene males unless they are rare mutations.

You could also throw in some recessives in the mix, but those projects take more time to be fruitful, and result in more non-visual but non-normal offspring.