Ive been educating myself and researching breeding ball pythons.

I will have to get an additional thermostat. I will probabaly get a 2 zone herpstat. So i can have one zone on my main rack amd another on an incubator. And i will have my old one for a simple quarrantine rack i have made. Is it better to get 2 herpstats or a double zone one? Based on price vs features/benefits? I have an older single one that is the green box style. Works great still.

I am playing with the idea of what i want on an outcome of breeding. I really like the pinstripe as it is dominant amd banana is a great co dominant. Id like to breed a lesser pair but i am scared of the bug eye issue In bel.

Would i be better off going with a single dominant or co dom female. And then getting a multi gene male down the road?

I was thinking of a pinstripe female and then spending more money on a male later. As prices come down and males are cheaper. I could also find a single gene het. But there are so many recessives. Idk wherw to start on all this. I only have a male normal now who is 12. I have a 4 slot 28qt rack. I want to fill. Ill eventually build another or convert my simple quarrantine rack to full time rack.

Also when running multiple heat tape strips on one zone, can the strips be different lengths? As long as they are the same wattage