Plan to breed thoughts

[sneakysnake611]

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

[sneakysnake611]

Btt anyone

[Eric Alan]

Is it better to get 2 herpstats or a double zone one? Based on price vs features/benefits?

Price and your future plans should be your biggest consideration, as the features are the same. A Herpstat 2 is essentially two Herpstat 1s packaged in a single unit.

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

Yes. Females take considerably longer to mature, so it's in your best interest (for several reasons) to add females to your collection first.

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

Nope. The heat strips need to be of the same length when plugged into the same Herpstat Output. Picture a person holding a bowling ball in one hand and a baseball in the other. If the person uses the same force to throw both balls at the same time, the baseball is going to go much further than the bowling ball. The same logic applies to heat tape of different lengths. All the Herpstat knows is to provide the same amount of power to its one output. Applying the same amount of power to two different lengths of tape will result in two different temperatures.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

YOU need to breed what YOU like and should not let other's dictate what your goal should be.

If you fear for bug eyes but want to make a BEL a safe option will be Lesser X Mojave

The only thing I would encourage you to do is make sure you are ready and asking yourself the right question, such as what will you do with the offspring, will you keep them, is there a market for them, can you afford keeping them X amount of time if they do not sell, do you have a reliable source of live feeder once your hatchling hatch?

As for heat tape you want to run identical pieces of heat tape on the same thermostat otherwise you will have temperatures discrepancies.

[sneakysnake611]

I did not know that about the mojXlesser is better to avoid bug eyed lucys. Thank you

If you "bridge" multiple strips onto one male plug going into the herpstat for one zone is this okay? So long as each strip is the same Length/wattage...

[Eric Alan]

If you "bridge" multiple strips onto one male plug going into the herpstat for one zone is this okay? So long as each strip is the same Length/wattage...

The less you do this, the more safe you'll be, but yes - it will work like that.

[sneakysnake611]

Im leaning towards getting a simple single gene female pinstripe maybe het somthing. And then adding a male banana down the road maybe het something.And adding with a moj x lesser now.

Im a big lucy fan. I love the pinstripes in any combo morph

[sneakysnake611]

YOU need to breed what YOU like and should not let other's dictate what your goal should be.

If you fear for bug eyes but want to make a BEL a safe option will be Lesser X Mojave

The only thing I would encourage you to do is make sure you are ready and asking yourself the right question, such as what will you do with the offspring, will you keep them, is there a market for them, can you afford keeping them X amount of time if they do not sell, do you have a reliable source of live feeder once your hatchling hatch?

As for heat tape you want to run identical pieces of heat tape on the same thermostat otherwise you will have temperatures discrepancies.

Is lesser x lesser the only bug eye prone pairing?
How about super butters? Or any other super bel combo?

[Eric Alan]

Is lesser x lesser the only bug eye prone pairing?
How about super butters? Or any other super bel combo?

Super Butter is as well, yes.

Here is a good list for combos that have issues associated with them: http://www.owalreptiles.com/issues.php.

[JusBlaze365]

Great link Eric. That's very good info to have. Thanks