Hello ball python forum. Wasn't sure if I should post this in the breeding section or here. I guess since I am wanting suggestions on what morphs to buy this is the most appropriate area. I am embarking on a brand new breeding project. I'm very excited about it and this forum has been extremely helpful. I have been taking lots of notes and absorbing as much knowledge as my little brain can handle. I have kept snakes, reptiles and tarantulas all my life but have never tried my hand at breeding. Well, I'm ready to give it a go. Within the next few months I will be dedicating a room in my home to keep and breed ball pythons. The room will be insulated and climate controlled. I have a list of all the equipment and supplies that I will need and also a written plan of action. As soon as I have my room all set and everything in place I will begin to acquire the snakes. I have already purchased my first male, (I couldn't wait, this guy looked really nice to me so I didn't want to snooze on him) a Mojave from BHB. Here is a video I put on youtube of him. http://youtu.be/YrGOc5hj760
Anyways, I just thought it would be cool and fun to get a bunch of different suggestions from people on what they think I should have as my breeding colony. All together I have $5000 to get this thing started and off the ground. I am setting aside $1000 to put towards the snake room and food for the first year and anything unexpected that I might have overlooked or comes up. So that leaves me with around $4000 to spend on snakes. Give or take some. Since i'm new to the breeding aspect I thought it would be a good idea to start small, so my plan is to have two males and 4 females. Raise them up for a few years and then see what I can do. I already have the Mojave male, so I'll be getting one more male and 4 females.
So what do you think? What would be a good start? I would like to make a small profit and perhaps potentially turn this into a small quality business if it all goes well, but my main reason for doing this is passion and love of ball pythons. So I'm just as interested in choosing based on striking colors and patterns, basically snakes that are wildly cool to look at. So I think it would be great to get feedback based on both the business perspective and and an admiration standpoint. Which morphs do you think will offer me a chance at a decent potential return on my initial investment, and which ones when bred together turn out something that you think is just plain striking and cool? Thanks for participating if you do. Any of your thoughts, opinions, advice etc. will be a big help. Later.
Paul
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