What would YOU pair with him?

[cchardwick]

It's not a crime to actually make a profit breeding ball pythons, not sure why people always jump and say they are not in the hobby to make money. In my opinion you should be thinking about both your favorite combos and what will bring in some money to at least cover your time and feed costs or at least break even so you can really enjoy your hobby without breaking the bank. You could breed to a pied but your offspring will be all het pied, only a few possibilities with that, and you'll have to wait about five or six years to actually produce a pied if you decide to breed back the het pieds. Although the het pieds may increase the price of your babies.

Personally I'd probably get a three gene combo to breed with him. What is your budget? Here's one sub $400 with three additional genes that you don't have. That would give you six genes in your breeding program with some nice bright yellow colors and you could possibly get a five or six gene snake out of the deal:

PASTEL / FIRE / SPIDER FEMALE

http://www.morphmarket.com/c/reptile...-pythons/22872



Here's the cross possibilities, you could breed this pair for ten years and not get all the possible combos, it would be a nice long term project with just one pair of snakes:

Percent	Fraction	Morph
1.56%	1/64	Normal
1.56%	1/64	Fire
1.56%	1/64	Pastel
1.56%	1/64	Spider
1.56%	1/64	Firefly
1.56%	1/64	Fire Spider
1.56%	1/64	Fire Bee
1.56%	1/64	Pastel Spider
1.56%	1/64	Banana Ball
1.56%	1/64	Banana Fire
1.56%	1/64	Banana Pastel
1.56%	1/64	Banana Spider
1.56%	1/64	Pastel Banana Ball Fire
1.56%	1/64	Banana Fire Spider
1.56%	1/64	Pastel Banana Ball Fire Spider
1.56%	1/64	Banana Bumble Bee
1.56%	1/64	Pinstripe
1.56%	1/64	Fire Pinstripe
1.56%	1/64	Lemon Blast
1.56%	1/64	Spinner
1.56%	1/64	Fire Pastel Pinstripe
1.56%	1/64	Fire Spinner
1.56%	1/64	Firefly Spinner
1.56%	1/64	Spinner Blast
1.56%	1/64	Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Fire Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Pastel Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Spider Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Firefly Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Fire Spider Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Fire Bee Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Pastel Spider Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Banana Pin
1.56%	1/64	Banana Fire Pinstripe
1.56%	1/64	Banana Lemon Blast
1.56%	1/64	Banana Spinner
1.56%	1/64	Banana Dragon Fly
1.56%	1/64	Banana Ball Fire Pinstripe Spider
1.56%	1/64	Banana Fire Spinner Blast
1.56%	1/64	Rainbow Banana
1.56%	1/64	Banana Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Banana Fire Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Banana Pastel Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Yellow Belly Banana Ball Spider
1.56%	1/64	Yellow Belly Pastel Banana Ball Fire
1.56%	1/64	Yellow Belly Banana Ball Fire Spider
1.56%	1/64	Yellow Belly Pastel Banana Ball Fire Spider
1.56%	1/64	Banana Bumble Belly
1.56%	1/64	Yellow Belly Banana Ball Pinstripe
1.56%	1/64	Yellow Belly Banana Ball Fire Pinstripe
1.56%	1/64	Yellow Belly Pastel Banana Ball Pinstripe
1.56%	1/64	Yellow Belly Banana Ball Pinstripe Spider
1.56%	1/64	Yellow Belly Pastel Banana Ball Fire Pinstripe
1.56%	1/64	Yellow Belly Banana Ball Fire Pinstripe Spider
1.56%	1/64	Yellow Belly Pastel Banana Ball Fire Pinstripe Spider
1.56%	1/64	Yellow Belly Pastel Banana Ball Pinstripe Spider
1.56%	1/64	Pinstripe Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Fire Pinstripe Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Lemon Blast Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Spinner Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Dragon Fly Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Fire Spinner Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Fire Spinner Blast Yellow Belly
1.56%	1/64	Spinner Blast Yellow Belly