Dreamsicle prodution--WWYD?

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If you can afford it, get a dreamsicle male. If you can't, think about getting a lavender albino het pied. At least ALL your babies will be double hets if not visuals.

The problem I see you running into is that if you are brand new, you may have trouble selling dreamsicles (a high-dollar morph) with no reputation. Just something to keep in the back of your mind.

Hmmm....this is tough question to answer...directly. im guessing it depends on two things: how quickly you want a ROI, and how your finances are. If your finances are goood, and you can afford it, get the dream hatchling male in a year. That way, theyll both be ready at the same time, and the clutch should pay for your original investment....much quicker. Im sure adult vs baby is not going to differ terribly in price.

sent from my incubator

it has nothing to do with the genetics of the animals. For me, I like to buy from people with a reputation or someone who's pretty active here on the forums. I want to be able to trust the buyer. If a buyer comes out selling something high-end and they don't have a single good guy thread on fauna or no one has heard of them, then it puts red flags up for me (as a buyer). That person may be legit and really did produce those animals, but it could read as a scam to some other buyers. I've seen it happen here on the forums!

I'm just offering up a warning that it's something to keep in mind because if this person is really new to the scene and doesn't have any good feed back, that could be a deterrent for a buying looking to buy the dreamsicle babies.

I'm not passing judgment on the OP or telling him not to do the breeding, I'm just giving him a slightly different perspective to keep in mind.

Thanks guys, and I do appreciate the concern.

FWIW, I'm getting my stock from RDR and I've been in very active communication with the man himself (email trail, purchase receipts, etc.), so I'm confident he'll back me up on the genetics if there are any questions. And I figure if nothing else, my admittedly limited presence asking questions like this on BPnet will help people realize that I'm just a dude tryna breed some cool snakes.

Also, I post a lot about my pets on other forums, especially MFK (monsterfishkeepers.com) and I'm sure I could pull out a lot of legit references from people (and moderators) there, so I think I'll probably be OK. I hope! I suppose it also doesn't hurt that my herp vet is the curator of a zoo, so I could probably get him to send an email on my behalf if somebody was concerned. (He says my snakes look nicer than his!)

And lastly, to reiterate, what do you guys think a male dreamsicle goes for these days? Prediction for a year or so from now? (I've searched for them on KS but usually I just see geckos.)