A Decent Place To Start?

[Mr. Misha]

Hey there! For my birthday today I've decided to take the plunge into ball python breeding and buy animals for next year. A friend has offered me what I'd consider a great deal on 4 snakes and a 6-tub rack. Being new to ball python's I was wondering what the opinions were, if it was worth the $800

Not to be too blunt, but why are you trying to breed if you're new to BPs? Doesn't sounds like a thought out plan to me and it sounds like your friend is just trying to unload a project he doesn't want on you.

[TheBear]

Mojave isn't bad, but if it's brighter colors you want I would lean more toward lessers or butters. Reading some of what you described you liked, I think you would like a nice kingpin or a queenbee. There is absolutely nothing wrong with axanthics and you can't go wrong with a pair of axanthic or hets (I didn't mention before, but I would actually go for a female axanthic and a male het with some other gene present), but a good lesser or butter combo can also go pretty well.

The deal has changed now to all of the above snakes, plus a vanilla citrus het ghost female plus a proven pair of pieds :o same amount of money.

[TheBear]

Not to be too blunt, but why are you trying to breed if you're new to BPs? Doesn't sounds like a thought out plan to me and it sounds like your friend is just trying to unload a project he doesn't want on you.

I'm planning on breeding in a year or two, not right away. I've bred carpets and corns, never BP's. Also you're partially right. He's unloading projects he's completed