How Good of an Investment are Normal Females?

[Shey]

that being said, nice big females for 100 each still sounds like a good deal, they will be helpful until morph females are raised up and breeding and producing large clutches.

They are actually only $50 each and I know he's put more money into them than that and that they are in good health, so I'm thinking I'll make room for them. I only have room for maybe 5-6 adults for the next two years, (until I move from apartment to house) but I'm out of money for morph snakes, every other dollar needs to go into good caging and equipment instead. Since my morph male is ahead of my morph females, I suppose I'll put him to normals and hope for a couple lesser females that will be grown up not too long after the fire and mojave, and then I'll have 2 or 3 females a year to put his genetic power to use until I can afford more morphs. And enough lessers to go around to make a clutch or two of supers. Wouldn't it be great if he threw me a lesserbee female!

Thank you so much for all the valuable responses, guys! I'm so glad I asked. I love hearing how you guys go about normals, since people rarely talk about them.

[Pythonfriend]

lesser spider to normal gives you 25% lesser spiders, if these big females give you big clutches you have really good chances to hit more lesser spiders, maybe you will even have some to sell.

anyway it sounds like you have a plan

but for BELs i would advise for something like lesser mojave, because super lesser/butters sometimes have eye issues and are sometimes blind.

[Shey]

lesser spider to normal gives you 25% lesser spiders, if these big females give you big clutches you have really good chances to hit more lesser spiders, maybe you will even have some to sell.

anyway it sounds like you have a plan

but for BELs i would advise for something like lesser mojave, because super lesser/butters sometimes have eye issues and are sometimes blind.

Wow I really said super lessers didn't I. I knew that and have it written down in my plans to avoid. I specifically am getting the mojave female for him because lesser x mojave is my preferred BEL combo. I'll keep an eye out for a quality mojave or calico male to put with future lesser females in the next couple years. I'm not afraid to produce super lessers if trying for something else, but yes, I'd prefer to avoid it like any good breeder should in knowing the risks.

Thanks!