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dont take it the wrong way, no one was calling you immature or anything. But it happens every 2-3 weeks i would say someone joins bp.net and asks something along the lines of "whats the best way to make money breeding ball pythons" or "what morphs will sell at the highest price for babies". this is also the same people that give the ball python/ reptile community a bad name. And a few of your post have money as the major topic.
Keeping ball pythons as pets is different that breeding. If you want to keep them as pets no problem anyone with a little common sense and a passion for ball pythons/reptiles can. when you look at breeding( this is the way i see it anyway). there is a lot of things to consider before you just jump right in. Get females first-they take longer to mature, get quality! not quantity. You can start breeding ball pythons with any budget. The thing about breeding that i have considered multiple times is, you breed, you get 6 eggs, all 6 hatch. be prepared to to be able to house and feed all those babies all the way until they die(or you do). There is no guarantee that every baby that hatches you will sell, it takes time, and people have to trust you before they send you any money. Think about these things before you spend all the money on something you dont know if you really want to do. I have had my ph albino(sold as 100% no papers) female for over 7 years, ever since i have had her all i wanted to do was to breed her to an albino. There was plenty of times that i could have(friend have had albino males), but chose no to. All because i am still a college student, was going away for college for 4 years, and knew that i did not have them money or the time to care for any babies that hatched let alone try to sell them. I started picking up my collection again in NOV '11 to hope to breed for the '13/14 season, knowing that i will be almost done with my degree in biology/pre vet, and i will be able to decide then if i want to breed or to wait longer.
As for what morphs i think you should get. It doesn't matter what i think you should get. It only matter what you want, and only what you want. everyone has different opinions on they favorite morph/ what morphs they want to one day create. such as, i LOVE anything albino, where as some people on this fourm, feel albino are boring because they make all colors either yellow or white. do some searching on KS and fauna and find snakes you like and that are in your price range, personally i strongly feel you should pick up 2 gene female(save up a little more money), they will give you more possible offsprings when you plan on breeding. Most people save money on equipment, such has build a rack instead of buying one, so they have more money to spend on snakes to fill the racks. Just DO NOT BE CHEAP ON A THERMOSTAT!!!!
Do some research on the snakes you are thinking of buying, and from the people you are thinking of buying from.
world of ball pythons' genetic wizard will be your best friend when planning your breeding projects.
I think i can speak for a lot of people on this forum, where not mean we just don't like when people join here and their first intention is to see how much money they can make off breeding ball pythons, and by some of your post they seemed money oriented. Bp.net is like a family, were happy for each other, we love pictures, and we also argue about topics.
Tom
Tom
Ball Pythons
Females: Poss. het albino (Angel),Albino (Corona),Pastel Lesser (Lila),Pinstripe Het Albino (Sandy), Pastel Pied (Pandora),
Males: Black Pastel Het Albino (Diablo),Piebald (Atlas),Killerbee (King)
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0.1 Jungle carpet python (Sage)
0.0.1 Green tree python (Unknown)
Misc.
0.1 Snow Corn (Roxy)
0.1 Bearded dragon (Coral-Blood X Red/Citrus)
1.0 Diamond Back Terrapin(Crush)
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