undecided: pied vs. firefly

[h00blah]

Just by owning a pied, many people get that "instant gratification". They open a tub, and see some white and some pattern. It's a pretty good feeling. I was personally never really into pieds that much. They looked cool on their own, but I don't like that there are so many of my favorite combos that don't mix well with pieds =\. White bodies and patterned heads was cool the first time. It's getting old lol...

Bring on the enchi !!

That's the whole reason I got into pieds ! The best looking pied combos are double recessive combos. Axanthic pied, albino pied, clown pied, caramel pied, hypo pied .......

I suggest the OP look into these, and set a long term goal. Maybe add a co-dom or double co-dom into the double recessive project to start making magic .

[Vasiliki]

Pieds are my absolute favorite morph. Just straight up Pieds. Once you start throwing some combos to the Pied gene, it gets even more exciting! I would love to own a Pumpkin Pied. They are a project worth working with, as it'll keep you guessing, keep you trying and keep everything exciting. Breeding shouldn't be about 'instant gratification', as far as I'm concerned. Especially if you're working towards something fantastic. It'll be worth the wait!

I say Pied... because if you find a good Pied, you should never pass it up. Fireflies come and go. Pretty Pieds are worth the investment.

Edit: You said Hypo Pied.... Omgdroooool....

[adamfritzsche]

The FireFly Pied (there isn't one on the big morph list yet)

You beat me too it. I was asking this same question pied or firefly as first snake, then I decided that a firefly pied would be one hot snake, but it appeared that one does not exist as of yet. From that day, I decided that was going to be one of my ultimate goals down the line. Decided to go with pieds. Although in retrospect, for what I spent for the 1.1 adult pieds, I should have gone the other way, as I could have produced more variety and most likely with less cash.

[PiedPeddler]

Fires are nice.
Fire Pieds are VERY nice.

Firefly Pieds should be amazing!

-Paul

[rabernet]

Justin has a shot of producing the first firefly pied this year from Clutch #82 laid on June 20th!

[joebad976]

Recessive before Dom/Codom for me all day everyday.....so I go with the Pied

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Pieds are great looking pets but more difficult to get cool combos when breeding. Firefly is beautiful and can breed anything and produce cool babies. I would say Pied if a Pet and Firefly if planning to breed.

I'll take a Pet Pied any day , Albino Pied, Hypo Pied, Pastel Hypo Pied, Enchi Pied, Pinstripe Pied, I want the all

Sure for people without patience and wanting instant gratification I guess a firefly would be a better option , but I can tell you that for anyone who likes pied and is serious about breeding you never have enough pieds in your collection.

If I had to chose between all the projects I have right now I would chose my pied projects over any other.

If I was the OP I would get a female pied this year and in about a year I would get a firefly male (pretty obvious where I am going with that)

[Annarose15]

Fires are nice.
Fire Pieds are VERY nice.

Firefly Pieds should be amazing!

-Paul

[snake8myelbo]

That's easy pied! No question! My first ball was a pied!

[zach_24_90]

Mark my words. Pieds will never become obsolete. There is nothing else like them. Bright snakes like the firefly are a dime a dozen now days all you have to do is throw pastel to something. But there is nothing like cutting that egg and seeing patches of white. And people pay for it year after year. Sure they have fallen in value as of late but they still aren't "cheap" and with co-doms het pied readily available now days its easy to make pieds.