Direction/Opinions Needed. Just beginning.

[satomi325]

Just beginning to get into ball pythons and am not sure which of these three options would be best.

Start with...

2011 Male Mojave

or

Pair of 2011 100% Het Albinos

or

2011 1.0 Orange Ghost male / 2011 0.1 50% het Orange Ghost female

Which of these three options makes the most sense to start off with? Not sure what the future is looking for Orange ghosts, mojaves etc.

For breeding, I say the best choice out of the 3 is the male orange ghost and female het ghost pair. Even though the het ghost is visually a normal, she is still worth something just because she is female and will gain value as she reaches breeding weight. A visual male ghost is good to breed to morph het ghosts. Maybe pick up a 100% het girl too. They're really cheap these days.

I wouldn't go for the het albino pair just because the male is just a normal het. Male hets get obsolete fast the moment you get a visual baby to take his place. And het to het breeding is tricky because you wouldn't know if a normal looking baby is a het or not. The het male and possible het babies might be difficult to sell in the future. If you want albinos, I suggest getting a visual male and het female.

And if you really want a mojave, get a female. Like others have said, it takes longer to grow up a female to maturity than a male.

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