Quote Originally Posted by RobNJ View Post
It depends I guess...if you were planning on also picking up an enchi, lesser or some male het pied to breed to the girl this year, maybe going with the het pied girl is the way to go, hope to hit the odds and use sales to fund your clown projects or other future projects. If you were simply going to do het pied x het pied or pied x het pied, maybe going with the pastel het clown would be the way to go and then pinch your pennies to pick up a 2 gene het clown male to breed to her. As far as going with what you like, that works, but if there's a chance on a sooner return on a project you're not necessarily crazy about, nothing wrong at all with going that route to fund future projects.
Great points. Hopefully the sweet deal on the PhC is still available

I already have a small group of females that I hope to breed in the future

Of course it's going to take a LONG time.. But until then, I can see what other combos they're making . I DO want some recessives in here though. In order, my top 3 favorite recessive combos are clown, axanthic, then lavender =p. I eventually want all 3, but if I can start working on producing my favorite first, then I'm all for that!

My plan for the het pied female was to breed a co-dom male het pied to her to maybe get a cool pied female combo.. The point of this was to get some practice in breeding to see if I can do it, and to get another female of course . You can never have too many of those!

I personally agree with Kinra that a pastel het clown is going to be worth more than the het pied in 2 years. Not just in monetary value, but in my own personal endeavor .

I want to keep this hobby as just a hobby . I believe successfully breeding would just be so cool! Breeding something nobody has seen before must feel like exploring a brand new island, opposed to hitting the lottery... That's my train of thought anyways.. If it pays for itself and ends up being a free hobby, then SWEET! If I somehow make a profit, I'd probably just buy more ball pythons

Thanks for the replies