Can you have too many genes

[cletus]

As already mentioned..... Most of the 5+ I have seen are not good looking animals.
Why breed ugly?
Why make it hard to tell whats what too?

I would pay more for a nice clean 2 or 3 gene animal.

Boy I thought I was alone. lol Really good question. I have zero breeding experience when it comes to ball pythons, but there does seem to be a more is better mentality. I watch vids and people show these 4 and 5 gene animals that look very plain and washed out and say things like OMG what an AMAZING ANIMAL and I'm thinking to myself mmmmm I don't get it. I think it's more important what an animal is than what it looks like to some people. I can understand that to a certain extent. Those animals don't happen overnight so there has to be an awful lot of pride and satisfaction going on there. I def have my preferences but I might feel different if the snakes I just mentioned were the result of a really long multi year breeding project that I worked really hard to prove out. To me, it just doesn't any better than simple banana combos. And regular old Pied. I love em. To each his own though. Someone will buy them.