Lesser vs Fire

[Pythonfriend]

i really like this article, and i always link it when people are in the process of deciding how to start:


http://ballpythonbreeder.com/2012/02...thon-breeders/

would this be your first BP? if yes, i would buy females first, males one year later. also you will need more females than males, and the females are more expensive, and because you can breed one male to several females, it makes sense to invest a bit more into the genetics of the male. so, basically, when you for example start with single gene females, i would then go for a two-gene male. maybe a firefly or a lesser pinstripe.

the problem with single-gene males is that when you breed them to single-gene females, as soon as you get your first hatchlings you will quite quickly get a double-gene male, and then you will raise it up and replace your single-gene male. so, single-gene males make themselves unnecessary quite quickly. if you breed a double gene male to a single gene female, you get more gene combinations in the hatchlings and better overall quality and it will stay interesting for much longer.

and when you consider future breeding, quality is really important. look around a lot, and find good examples of whatever morph or combo you decide to get.